Global Muslim practice is internally diverse across sects and regions.

Evidence

Even a cursory look at the practice of Islam around the world shows this myth to be patently false. One and a half billion people around the world are Muslims—85 percent are Sunni and 15 percent are Shi’a. Within these two main denominations, there are many more branches. Muslim-majority countries and regions span the globe, from Indonesia to Bangladesh to several central Asian countries, the Middle East, and North Africa. In most of these countries Islam is the dominant religion, hence the term “Muslim-majority countries.” But these countries are also home to Christians, Jews, and people of other faiths, as well as atheists. India, a predominantly Hindu country, is home to more than a hundred million Muslims. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 159

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Practices Westerners blame on Islam often predate Islam or are geographically limited. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 311; Concrete data show Muslim-majority nations integrating modernization and pluralism — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 691; Muslim Spain exemplified relative interfaith coexistence through convivencia. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 55 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Islam has varied regionally and adapted to historical transformations. #corroborates (0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 160
• Orientalist dissenters defended Islam’s internal diversity against essentializing stereotypes #exemplifies (0.50)
• Arab and South Asian identities have been conflated with Islam #complicates (0.40) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 173
• Sharia and fiqh refer to distinct concepts Westerners conflate #exemplifies (0.35) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 612