The World’s Muslims: Unity and Diversity | Pew Research Center
2012年8月9日 · Substantial minorities in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia also identify as “just a Muslim” (regional medians of 23% and 18%). Sectarian identities appear to be particularly relevant in South Asia and the Middle East-North Africa region, where majorities identify as Sunnis or Shias.
Muslim-Majority and Muslim-Minority Communities in a Global ... - Brookings
2011年8月15日 · Muslim minorities, especially in the West, are increasingly becoming ambassadors and advocates of social justice and freedom in their societies, yet they continue to face a number of challenges.
Muslims - Wikipedia
Muslims (Arabic: المسلمون, ... India's Muslim population is the world's largest Muslim-minority population in the world (11% of the world's Muslim population). [114] Followed by Ethiopia (28 million), China (22 million), Russia (16 million) and Tanzania (13 million). [113]
Mapping the Global Muslim Population | Pew Research Center
2009年10月7日 · More than 300 million Muslims, or one-fifth of the world’s Muslim population, live in countries where Islam is not the majority religion. These minority Muslim populations are often quite large. India, for example, has the third-largest population of Muslims worldwide.
Muslim minorities, especially in the West, are increasingly becoming ambassadors and advocates of social justice and freedom in their societies, yet they continue to face a number of challenges.
Religious Minorities in the Modern Middle East
In some Middle Eastern states, like Bahrain, Iraq, and Iran, Sunni Muslims, who are the majority of the region as a whole, are themselves demographic minorities.
Persecution of minority Muslim groups - Wikipedia
A number of minority groups within Islam have faced persecution by other Muslims for allegedly being incompatible with the regional majority of Islam. Accusation of heresy or apostasy can result in takfir (excommunication). [1]
Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs | Taylor & Francis Online
2024年8月2日 · Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs is the only scholarly journal studying Muslim communities in non-Muslim societies. It provides a wealth of information about these communities that cannot be found anywhere else in documented form.
1. Demographic portrait of Muslim Americans - Pew Research Center
2017年7月26日 · Nearly six-in-ten U.S. Muslims adults (58%) are first-generation Americans, having been born in another country. An additional 18% are second-generation Americans – people who were born in the U.S. and who have at least one parent who was an immigrant.
Muslims as minorities - Wake Forest News
2012年10月18日 · Nearly one-third of the world’s Muslims live as minorities in 149 countries, facing diverse, complex challenges as they attempt to maintain their Islamic identity.