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Warpy

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4. Shi'a Muslims are a slight majority in the Middle East as a whole

Reply to GiqueCee (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 04:36 PM

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Sunn9is were the ones who went forth and conquered, so they are the majority elsewhere. I admit my ignorant Iris ass didn't know this until Dubya astarted his wars and I finally got around to looking up the proportions of each in the Muslim parts of the world.

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