Thank you, Mike. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 2:32 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Brigette Gabriel again supporting Israel > JK > >What percentage of Arabs are not Muslim? > > JE: > >No idea. What percentage of Muslims are not > Arab? > > "There are an estimated 1.2 billion Muslims worldwide. They live in every > world region and belong to many different cultures and ethnic groups. The 10 > countries with the largest Muslim populations, in descending order, are > Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Nigeria, and > China. Of these, only Egypt is an Arab country, and despite the stereotypes, > only 193 million of the worldâs Muslimsâ15 to 18 percent of the totalâare > Arabs. " > > http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/intro/islam.htm > > > > How many Arabs are not Muslims? 'Arab' is a speaker of Arabic, it's not a > nationality. How many speakers of English are not Christians? > > There are more Muslims in Indonesia than all the rest of the world combined. > Worldwide, only 10 -15 percent of Muslims are Shiite, but in Iraq the Shiite > comprise approximately 65 percent of the population. Of the roughly 35 > percent Sunni, 15 percent are sunni Arabs, 20 percent are Sunni Kurds. > > You can find a break down by country of the Muslim population by number and > percentage at: > http://www.islamicpopulation.com/asia_general.html > > Have fun with it. > > Andy Amago > Beverly Hills > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html