How many Muslim countries are in Russia?

Six of the 15 republics had a Muslim majority: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. There was also a large Muslim population in the Volga-Ural region and in the northern Caucasus region of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

Which region has the most Muslim?

However, the Middle East-North Africa region has the highest concentration of Muslims of any region of the world: 93\% of its approximately 341 million inhabitants are Muslim, compared with 30\% in sub-Saharan Africa and 24\% in the Asia-Pacific region.

When was the Quran banned in Russia?

On 21st January 2019, a court in the Russian city Samara banned a translation of the Quran and blacklisted it as extremist – which outraged many Russian Muslims.

What is Deobandi Islam?

Deobandi is an Islamic revivalist movement within Sunni (primarily Hanafi) Islam that formed during the late 19th century around the Darul Uloom Islamic seminary in the town of Deoband, India, from which the name derives.

What country has the most Muslims?

The greatest Muslim country is Indonesia, home to 12.7\% of the world’s Muslims, follow by Pakistan (11.0\%), India (10.9\%), and Bangladesh (9.2\%). About 20\% of Muslims continue in Arab countries.

What percentage of Russia is religious?

Russia is a multi-ethnic and multi-faith nation. Orthodox Christianity is Russia’s largest religion with 75\% of the population belonging to the Orthodox Christian denomination. Islam is professed by 5\% of the population.

What countries are Muslim?

Morocco. Most of the Moroccan population,about 34 million people,is Muslim.

What is the Muslim population of Russia?

According to a news article of Russia Today, Muslim minorities make up approximately 15\% of the total population of Russia. There are about 20 million indigenous Muslims living in the Russian Federation where the total population is over 140 million (about 15 percent of the total population).