[QwOpHGyZ]

Religion Statistics > Islam > Shia (most recent) by country---Source:http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/re...ion-islam-shia

Showing latest available data.
Rank Countries Amount

# 1 Iran: 61,924,500


# 2 Pakistan: 33,160,712


# 3 India: 30,900,000


# 4 Iraq: 18,158,400


# 5 Turkey: 14,550,000


# 6 Yemen: 8,685,600


# 7 Bangladesh: 6,484,075


# 8 Azerbaijan: 6,276,480


# 9 Afghanistan: 5,328,180


# 10 Nigeria: 3,287,500


# 11 China: 3,128,880


# 12 Syria: 2,484,000


# 13 Saudi Arabia: 2,460,000


# 14 Russia: 2,212,000


# 15 Indonesia: 1,952,720


# 16 Uzbekistan: 1,393,920


# 17 Algeria: 1,298,880


# 18 Lebanon: 1,200,000


# 19 Ghana: 1,118,000


# 20 Tanzania: 1,095,000


# 21 Kuwait: 910,000


# 22 United States: 900,000


# 23 Egypt: 695,600


# 24 Morocco: 607,860


# 25 Sudan: 586,920


# 26 Kenya: 560,000


# 27 Senegal: 549,900


# 28 Bahrain: 490,000


# 29 Niger: 407,400


# 30 Ethiopia: 387,000


# 31 France: 358,800


# 32 Kazakhstan: 354,850


= 33 Tajikistan: 306,000


= 33 Germany: 306,000


# 35 Serbia and Montenegro: 304,500


# 36 Uganda: 301,280


# 37 Malaysia: 280,600


# 38 Brazil: 276,300


# 39 Guinea: 242,250


# 40 Burkina Faso: 208,500


# 41 Tunisia: 196,000


# 42 Turkmenistan: 185,120


# 43 United Kingdom: 160,000


# 44 Oman: 118,800


# 45 Kyrgyzstan: 117,000


# 46 Jordan: 109,040


# 47 South Africa: 93,800


# 48 Bulgaria: 89,000


# 49 Somalia: 86,000


# 50 Albania: 80,000


# 51 Qatar: 76,000


# 52 Canada: 62,000


# 53 Libya: 56,260


# 54 Benin: 50,400


# 55 Argentina: 50,000


# 56 Mauritania: 31,000


# 57 Gambia, The: 30,400


# 58 Australia: 28,000


# 59 Eritrea: 23,500


# 60 Israel: 21,760


# 61 Maldives: 15,000


# 62 Western Sahara: 9,000


# 63 Mongolia: 8,000


# 64 Djibouti: 7,520


# 65 Comoros: 6,860


# 66 Macedonia, Republic of: 6,300


# 67 Italy: 2,500


Total: 217,851,867
Weighted average: 3,251,520.4

Source:http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/re...ion-islam-shia

"O Yazid! Practice any trick you can and do anything that you think would vanish Islam, but you should know that you can not eradicate our message, path and memory. You should know that our memory will never die." Bibi Zainab binte Ali (a.s)

[AntonioMQ]

What is the point of this thread? If anything, it shows us how tiny the Shi'as are - less than 15% of the global Muslim population yet they make a little too much noise.

[enactolaelant]

Assalamu alaykum


# 3 India: 30,900,000 What is that? Is there a extra zero there.

I think the figures shows MOURNERS of Imam Hussain Radiallahu anhu!!!!!!!!!!

There are onlookers from barelvees during shia hoo haa. Are they counting them as mourners.

[QwOpHGyZ]

"And hold fast, all of you together, to the rope of Allah, and be not divided among yourselves."[312]

Muslim unity has two fundamentals, one of which is to uphold the Holy Qur'an as the constitution of life, and the second of which is to accept our mutual responsibility towards each other as Muslims, for the Messenger of Allah (PBUH & HF) has said:

"Whoever does not care about the affairs of the Muslims is not one of them," and, "Whoever hears a man calling 'O Muslims!' and does not respond is not a Muslim."

[enactolaelant]

Assalamu alaykum

"And hold fast, all of you together, to the rope of Allah, and be not divided among yourselves."[312]

Muslim unity has two fundamentals, one of which is to uphold the Holy Qur'an as the constitution of life, and the second of which is to accept our mutual responsibility towards each other as Muslims, for the Messenger of Allah (PBUH & HF) has said:

"Whoever does not care about the affairs of the Muslims is not one of them," and, "Whoever hears a man calling 'O Muslims!' and does not respond is not a Muslim." Means who ever is opposing the mourning of Hadrath Imam Hussain Radiallahu anhu is dividing the ummah. Never.

[ZonaPutaX]

# 47 South Africa: 93,800

??? There are very few Shia's in SA, I doubt this figure very much...

[Kennypor]

Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah said,
"Two things people do have disbelief in them: attacking lineage and wailing over the dead." [Muslim]

[paulaglober]

"And hold fast, all of you together, to the rope of Allah, and be not divided among yourselves."[312]

Muslim unity has two fundamentals, one of which is to uphold the Holy Qur'an as the constitution of life, and the second of which is to accept our mutual responsibility towards each other as Muslims, for the Messenger of Allah (PBUH & HF) has said:

"Whoever does not care about the affairs of the Muslims is not one of them," and, "Whoever hears a man calling 'O Muslims!' and does not respond is not a Muslim."

^ What does this have to do with anything.

Muslims do not mourn for more than three days.

and there is no unifying with those who vile my beloved mothers and my beloved 's companions.

[Nfxutkpa]

Grossly exaggerated nonsense.

[ZonaPutaX]

# 47 South Africa: 93,800

??? There are very few Shia's in SA, I doubt this figure very much...

Most Shia's are concentrated in Western Cape (also a recent development) and the stats quoted constitute almost 80% of Western Cape's muslim population... Which is a lie because about 90-95% are staunch sunni's!

[GohJHM9k]

What is that? Is there a extra zero there. Yes. It is there in every figure.

[Kokomoxcvcv]

# 47 South Africa: 93,800

??? There are very few Shia's in SA, I doubt this figure very much...

Are you from South Africa?

Grossly exaggerated figures, I would count a few hundred Shias in South Africa.

[Kokomoxcvcv]

"And hold fast, all of you together, to the rope of Allah, and be not divided among yourselves."[312]

Muslim unity has two fundamentals, one of which is to uphold the Holy Qur'an as the constitution of life, and the second of which is to accept our mutual responsibility towards each other as Muslims, for the Messenger of Allah (PBUH & HF) has said:

"Whoever does not care about the affairs of the Muslims is not one of them," and, "Whoever hears a man calling 'O Muslims!' and does not respond is not a Muslim."

Your call is directed to "O Shias!"

[ZonaPutaX]

Are you from South Africa?

Grossly exaggerated figures, I would count a few hundred Shias in South Africa.

ASA,

Jumua Mubarak.

Yes I am.

[Kokomoxcvcv]

ASA,

Jumua Mubarak.

Yes I am.

Good to have you on SF.

See these two threads (if you already haven't)

An appeal to South Africans

Bayaans, Lectures, Programs - South Africa

[paulaglober]

I think there recently was a shia imam bara that opened somewhere in Durban.. I also saw one once near Verulam. However those two were the only ones.

[Kokomoxcvcv]

I think there recently was a shia imam bara that opened somewhere in Durban.. I also saw one once near Verulam. However those two were the only ones.

According to the Shia Foundation SA website they have a Mosque in Phoenix, Durban. In total they count 16 centers in the country and the majority are in the rural, indigenous communities.

Shaykh Taha Karaan (HA) is in Pietermaritzburg today and tomorrow for a series of lectures on Shi'ism.

[paulaglober]

Yes, I heard . I heard one of Shaykh Taha's debate a few years ago on Shi'ism.

[ZonaPutaX]

Shaykh Taha Karaan (HA) is very knowledgeable and wrote various refutations directed at Shiiasm besides his lecture series (he is distant cousin of my wife and we know his family well.) This was mainly to counter the influx of Shiiasm in the Western Cape that started in the late 90's ( as propagated by Ahlul Bait Foundation.)

[QwOpHGyZ]

Shaykh Taha Karaan (HA) is very knowledgeable and wrote various refutations directed at Shiiasm besides his lecture series (he is distant cousin of my wife and we know his family well.) This was mainly to counter the influx of Shiiasm in the Western Cape that started in the late 90's ( as propagated by Ahlul Bait Foundation.)

Yes brother, I was a Salafi, then converted to Real Islam, Thank God for a light he provided to me through Imam Hussain (as).