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Is sunni muslim the largest religious group in the world?

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If we're still counting Roman Catholics and Protestants as separate "religious groups," then yes. However, these two groups are closer than they've been since the Reformation and for many, they are all just "Christians." Some even include Eastern Orthodox as well. read more

The Sunni Muslims constitutes about 80% of the total Muslim population. Among the Sunni Muslims, the Hanafi school is the largest denomination (fiqh) or sub-sect. Among the Shia Muslims, the Ithna Asharia school is the largest denomination (fiqh) or sub-sect. Thus the Hanafi Sunni Muslims are the largest denomination in Islam. read more

As of 2009, Sunni Muslims constituted 87–90% of the world's Muslim population. Sunni Islam is the world's largest religious denomination, followed by Catholicism. Its adherents are referred to in Arabic as ahl as-sunnah wa l-jamāʻah ("the people of the sunnah and the community") or ahl as-sunnah for short. read more

Almost 87-90% of the World Muslim Population is Sunni Muslims, numbering around 1.6 out of 1.8 billion globally and making it the world's largest religious denomination. read more

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