{"id":587,"date":"2013-04-28T21:28:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T21:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/04\/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity.html"},"modified":"2014-07-29T09:58:05","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T14:58:05","slug":"the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2013\/04\/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity.html","title":{"rendered":"The World&#8217;s Muslims: Unity and Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-RAZ-dpo9Keg\/UX3Kv48hbAI\/AAAAAAAACck\/UGjlstNr21w\/s1600\/Shia-Sunni-map-percentages.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-RAZ-dpo9Keg\/UX3Kv48hbAI\/AAAAAAAACck\/UGjlstNr21w\/s400\/Shia-Sunni-map-percentages.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I am covering the Sunni Shia split in my religion class and saw <a href=\"http:\/\/euphratesinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Shia-Sunni-map-percentages.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this nice map <\/a>from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewforum.org\/Muslim\/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity-executive-summary.aspx\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Pew Center on Religion and Public Li<\/a>fe. Here\u2019s more on Sunni Shia split from<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewforum.org\/Muslim\/Mapping-the-Global-Muslim-Population(6).aspx\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> another Pew Center survey<\/a>\u00a0and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x13x37#.UX3PQqLqm3E\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">short news clip<\/a> about the difference.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am covering the Sunni Shia split in my religion class and saw this nice map from The Pew Center on Religion and Public Life. 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