1. Syria
[By CIA THE WORLD FACTBOOK]
Religion : Sunni Muslim
(Islam - official) 74%, other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%,
Christian (various denominations) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus,
Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
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2. Syria Info
[By Library of Congress]
Religion: The majority of Syrians are
Sunni Muslims, comprising 74 percent of the population. Minority religious
groups include Alawis, a heterodox Shia Muslim sect (12 percent); Christians
(10 percent); Druze, a religious group located in southern Syria whose
beliefs contain elements of Shia Islam, Christianity, and paganism (3
percent); and small numbers of other Muslim sects, Jews (who have tiny
communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo), and Yazidis (a small
religious group whose religion contains elements of Islam, Judaism, and
Christainity). |