The global Muslim population of 1.8 billion is internally diverse and geographically dispersed

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 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Global Muslim practice is internally diverse across sects and regions. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 159; Most of the world’s 1.2 billion Muslims are not Arab — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race…, 81; Muslims are demographically dispersed and diverse, not a monolithic Arab bloc (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Global Muslim practice is internally diverse across sects and regions. #corroborates (0.95) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 159
• Muslims are demographically dispersed and diverse, not a monolithic Arab bloc #corroborates (0.95)
• The Muslim is a unitary racial category despite enormous internal diversity. #contradicts (0.90) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 45
• Islam as a monolith is a nominal fiction masking internal diversity #corroborates (0.90)
• Most of the world’s 1.2 billion Muslims are not Arab #expands (0.80) — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 81
• American Muslims are racially diverse and often identify as white or Asian #exemplifies (0.75) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 108
• The term Islam misrepresents most diverse Muslim life #expands (0.75) — Edward W. Said, Covering Islam, 202