Iran.
Muslims in world are near 80% sunni and near 20% sunni. researchers have counted up to 260 sect for Islam that they all belong to categories Sunni and shia. the main category of Shia is 12 Imami shia and other sects of shia are nearly extincted.
at least 300,000,000 but there is no clear stat. shias always have been controlled and killed during history and so usually they hide their beliefs. all 12 Imams of shia have been killed or spent their life in prison.
they are Wahhabi that is a sunni sect.
no. the shiiah is sect within Islam religion.
shah ismail safavi was from Sheikh safi alddin Ardebili household who were shiite.
Oman is actually majority-IBADI, which is a minority sect in Islam that represents less than 1% of all Muslims.
Sunni sect is the largest sect of Islam. Shia are in very less number. Sufi is not a sect. It is a way of life for some of the Muslims who seek pleasure of Almighty Allah by excessive prayer and devotion.
The Shiite Muslims
they are two sect or fraction of Islam religion. Sunnism as Majority and Shiite as minority are two main sects in Islam religion.
in religious sciences we apply sect in place of faction.hence it is better to say that we have two sects in islam religion shiite as minority and sunni as majority.
The Sunnis belong to Islam and Shiites are a false sect who claim to be part of Islam.
in islam religion we have two major sect,the Sunni as majority and the Shiite as minority.
The Safavid Empire is primarily made of SHIITE MUSLIMS, because that was the official religion of the empire. Numerous Persian Sunni Muslims were forcibly converted to Shiite Islam under Safavid rule.
The Syrian regime has strong bonds with Iran they have the same ideololgy, and the same sect(Shiite)