While Shiites have remained a minority throughout most of the Islamic world, they are still the majority in Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. These areas — primarily ...

Sunni-led allies of Saudi Arabia have cut diplomatic ties with Shiite Iran, further polarizing the Middle East along the two major branches of Islam. But while almost all of the governments are ...

The Middle East divide between Sunni and Shia explained in one map. ... The majority of the world’s Muslims are Sunni, between 85 and 90 per cent according to most counts, ...

Map: More Than a Third of the World’s Shia Muslims Live in Iran. Roll over a country bubble to see the percentage of its Muslim population that is Shia and the percentage of the world Shia population ...

The execution of a Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia has split the Middle East along sectarian lines Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser ...