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Religion in Syria is made of range of faiths and sects. Syria is a secular state. However, membership of a religious community in Syria is ordinarily determined by birth. Based on statistical analyses from 2006, Muslims were estimated as constituting 90% of the total population, although their proportion was possibly greater and was certainly growing. The Muslim birth rate reportedly was higher than that of the minorities, and proportionately fewer Muslims were emigrating. Of the Syrian population, 74%〔 were Sunnis (including Sufis〔http://www.ou.edu/mideast/Additional%20pages%20-%20non-catagory/Sufism%20in%20Syriawebpage.htm〕), whereas 13%〔 were Shias (including 8.0% Alawites from which about 2% are called Mershdis and they are the followers of Sulayman al-Murshid, 3% Twelvers , or 1% Ismailis ), 3%〔 were Druze, while the remaining 10%〔 were Christians. Not all of the Sunnis are Arabs. Most of the Kurds, who make up 9% of the population〔The CIA World Factbook. (Syria ). Accessed on 21 May 2014〕 are officially Sunni, as are the Turkmens who encompass 1%. A striking feature of religious life in Syria is the geographic distribution of the religious minorities. Most Christians live in Damascus, Aleppo, Homs, and other large cities along with significant numbers in Al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria, Tartus and Latakia. Nearly 90 percent of the Alawis live in the coastal area of the country, namely in Latakia Governorate and in Tartus Governorate in the rural areas of the Jabal an Nusayriyah; they constitute over 80 percent of the rural population of the coastal area. The Jabal al-Arab/Jabal al-Druze, a rugged and mountainous region in the southwest of the country, is more than 90 percent Druze inhabited; some 120 villages are exclusively so. The Twelvers Shia's are concentrated in the rural areas of Homs, in addition to two rural towns in Aleppo Governorate, plus some living in Damascus. The Ismailis are concentrated between the Salamiyah region and Masyaf region in Hamah Governorate; approximately 10,000 more inhabit the mountains of Tartus Governorate in a small city called Kadmous. The Jewish community has declined dramatically in the last 20 years. Where in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights has seen an influx of non-citizen Jews settled there due to the protection of Israel. Some estimates that in Damascus remained fewer than 100 Jewish people. But there are some others also in the Aleppo area, as are the Yazidis, some of whom inhabit the Jabal Sam'an and about half of whom live in the vicinity of Amuda in the Al-Jazira. ==Islam== (詳細はウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Religion in Syria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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