Sunni Islam

• Locations

Location	Flag	Religions	Context
Sudan		Sunni Islam	Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum), indigenous beliefs 25%
Algeria		Sunni Islam	Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%
Libya		Sunni Islam	Sunni Muslim 97%, other 3%
Iran		Sunni Islam	Muslim 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2%
Egypt		Sunni Islam	Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1%
Pakistan		Sunni Islam	Muslim 95% (Sunni 75%, Shia 20%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 5%
Turkey		Sunni Islam	Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
Afghanistan		Sunni Islam	Sunni Muslim 80%, Shia Muslim 19%, other 1%
Somalia		Sunni Islam	Sunni Muslim
Yemen		Sunni Islam	Muslim including Shaf'i (Sunni) and Zaydi (Shia), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and Hindu
Iraq		Sunni Islam	Muslim 97% (Shia 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%
Oman		Sunni Islam	Ibadhi Muslim 75%, other (includes Sunni Muslim, Shia Muslim, Hindu) 25%
Syria		Sunni Islam	Sunni Muslim 74%, other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%, Christian (various denominations) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
Tajikistan		Sunni Islam	Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
Jordan		Sunni Islam	Sunni Muslim 92%, Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small Shia Muslim and Druze populations) (2001 est.)
Kuwait		Sunni Islam	Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shia 30%), other (includes Christian, Hindu, Parsi) 15%
Lebanon		Sunni Islam	Muslim 59.7% (Shia, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Copt, Protestant), other 1.3%
West Bank		Sunni Islam	Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%
Comoros		Sunni Islam	Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%
Bahrain		Sunni Islam	Muslim (Shia and Sunni) 81.2%, Christian 9%, other 9.8% (2001 census)
Gaza Strip		Sunni Islam	Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 99.3%, Christian 0.7%
Maldives		Sunni Islam	Sunni Muslim
Cocos (Keeling) Islands		Sunni Islam	Sunni Muslim 80%, other 20% (2002 est.)

Hierarchies involved

Specialisation

• Religion
• Islam
• Sunni Islam

Occurrences

• Description
  • accounts for over 75% of the world's Muslim population. It recognizes the Abu Bakr as the first caliph after Muhammad. Sunni has four schools of Islamic doctrine and law - Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali - which uniquely interpret the Hadith, or recorded oral traditions of Muhammad. A Sunni Muslim may elect to follow any one of these schools, as all are considered equally valid.

Names

• Sunni Islam : Name
• Sunni Muslim : Name
• Sunni : Name

Associations involved

• is subclass of

  • Islam