Pew maps the Muslim world

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I think what really jumps out are how few Muslims live in the Middle East/North Africa. Here in the US, we we tend to think of the Middle East when Islam is mentioned, yet we really should be thinking of South Asia (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh) and Indonesia.

Click on the OP’s second link and then click on the two maps to see this point dramatically illustrated.
 
Another point which strikes me is how few Muslims, considering the 1.5 billion members of Islam, actually fit the western image of the fanatical, mad suicide bomber intent on killing as many innocents as possible. Perhaps we need to readjust our images.
 
Thanks so much for posting this. I’ll definitely pass it along. Pew consistently impresses me with their objective approach to research.
 
The Pew Forum’s estimate of the Shia population (10-13%) is in keeping with previous estimates, which generally have been in the range of 10-15%. Some previous estimates, however, have placed the number of Shias at nearly 20% of the world’s Muslim population.3 Readers should bear in mind that the figures given in this report for the Sunni and Shia populations are less precise than the figures for the overall Muslim population. Data on sectarian affiliation have been infrequently collected or, in many countries, not collected at all. Therefore, the Sunni and Shia numbers reported here are expressed as broad ranges and should be treated as approximate.

These findings on the world Muslim population lay the foundation for a forthcoming study by the Pew Forum, scheduled to be released in 2010, that will estimate growth rates among Muslim populations worldwide and project Muslim populations into the future. The Pew Forum plans to launch a similar study of global Christianity in 2010 as well. The Pew Forum also plans to conduct in-depth public opinion surveys on the intersection of religion and public life around the world, starting with a 19-country survey of sub-Saharan Africa scheduled to be released later this year. These forthcoming studies are part of a larger effort - the Global Religious Futures Project, jointly funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation - that aims to increase people’s understanding of religion around the world.​

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Tsuwano said:
Another point which strikes me is how few Muslims, considering the 1.5 billion members of Islam, actually fit the western image of the fanatical, mad suicide bomber intent on killing as many innocents as possible. Perhaps we need to readjust our images.
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What strikes me is how little you know about islam.

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