Shia Islam in the Indian subcontinent: Difference between revisions

According to the [[Library of Congress]], [[Pew Research Center]], [[Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies|Oxford University]], [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] [[The World Factbook|World Factbook]], [[United States Department of State|U.S. State Department]] and many others, [[Shia Islam|Shi'as]] make up 5-20%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Pakistan.pdf |title=Country Profile: Pakistan |date=February 2005 |work=[[Library of Congress Country Studies]] on Pakistan |quote=''Religion: The overwhelming majority of the population (96.3 percent) is Muslim, of whom approximately 80 percent are Sunni and 20 percent Shia.'' |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |accessdate=2010-09-01}}</ref><ref name="PRC">{{cite web |url= http://pewforum.org/Muslim/Mapping-the-Global-Muslim-Population%286%29.aspx |title=Mapping the Global Muslim Population: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World’s Muslim Population |accessdate=2010-08-24 |work=[[Pew Research Center]] |publisher= |date=October 7, 2009}}</ref><ref name="PRCPDF">{{Cite book |url=http://pewforum.org/newassets/images/reports/Muslimpopulation/Muslimpopulation.pdf |title=Mapping the Global Muslim Population: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population |editor-last=Miller |editor-first=Tracy |date=October 2009 |publisher=[[Pew Research Center]] |format=PDF |accessdate=2010-08-28}}</ref><ref name="Oxford">{{cite web |url=http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1809?_hi=1&_pos=1 |title=Pakistan, Islam in |accessdate=2010-08-29 |work=[[Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies]] |quote=''Approximately 97 percent of Pakistanis are Muslim. The majority are Sunnis following the Hanafi school of Islamic law. Between 10 and 15 percent are Shias, mostly Twelvers.'' |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |date=}}</ref><ref name="State">{{cite web |url=http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108505.htm |title=Pakistan - International Religious Freedom Report 2008 |quote=''The majority of Muslims in the country are Sunni, with a Shi'a minority ranging between 15 to 25 percent.'' |work=[[United States Department of State]] |publisher= |accessdate=2010-08-28}}</ref><ref name="CIA">{{cite web |url= https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html?countryName=Pakistan&countryCode=pk&regionCode=sas&#pk |title=Religions: Muslim 95% (Sunni 70%, Shia 25%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 5% |accessdate=2010-08-24 |work=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |publisher=[[The World Factbook]] on Pakistan|year=2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/26/us-pakistan-attack-idUSBRE96P0NE20130726 |title=Suicide bombs kill 39 near Shi'ite mosques in Pakistan |first1=Javed |last1=Hussain |first2=Jibran |last2=Ahmad |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=July 26, 2013}}</ref> of the total [[Muslim]] population of [[Pakistan]]. The total number of Shias in Pakistan is approximately 17 million<ref name="PRC"/> to as high as 30 million according to [[Vali Nasr]].<ref name="CC">{{cite web |url= http://www.cceia.org/resources/transcripts/5400.html |title=The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future |accessdate=2010-08-24 |work=Vali Nasr, Joanne J. Myers |quote=''Iran always had been a Shia country, the largest one, with about 60 million population. Pakistan is the third-largest [[Shia Islam|Shiite]] country in the world, with about 45 million population.'' |date=October 18, 2006 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120914193938/http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/studio/transcripts/5400.html |archivedate=14 September 2012}}</ref>