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Islamic Culture
Muslim Countries
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Undergraduate 1
10/02/2014
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Indonesia
 Definition
  • Non Arab
  • Republic
  • Southeast Asia
  • Capital City: Jakarta
  • 90% Muslim
  • Language: Indonesian
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Pakistan
 Definition
  • Non Arab
  • Republic, Last 10 years - Military General
  • South Asia
  • Capital City: Islamabad
  • 77% Sunni Muslim
  • Language: Urdu
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Bangladesh
 Definition
  • Non Arab
  • South-Central Asia
  • Capital City: Decca
  • 83% Muslim
  • Language: Bengali
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Iran
 Definition
  • Non Arab
  • Republic
  • Western Asia
  • Capital City: Tehran
  • 93% Shia Muslim
  • Language: Persian (Farsi)
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Turkey
 Definition
  • Non Arab
  • Republic (Very Secular)
  • Southeastern Europe + Western Asia
  • Capital City: Ankara
  • 96% Muslim (Mostly Sunni)
  • Language: Turkish and Kurdish
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Egypt
 Definition
  • Arab Country
  • Republic
  • North Africa
  • Capital City: Cairo
  • 94% Muslim (Mostly Sunni)
  • Language: Arabic
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Saudi Arabia
 Definition
  • Arab Country
  • Monarchy
  • Southwest Asia
  • Capital City: Riyadh
  • 99% Muslim (Mostly Wahabbis)
  • Language: Arabic
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Iraq
 Definition
  • Arab Country
  • Republic
  • Western Asia (Ancient Mesopotamia)
  • Capital City: Baghdad
  • 55% Shiite Muslims, 40% Sunni Muslims
  • Language: Arabic and Kurdish
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Afghanistan
 Definition
  • Non Arab
  • Taliban
  • Western Asia
  • Capital City: Kabul
  • Mostly Sunni Muslim
  • Language: Pashto and Dari (Persian)
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Syria
 Definition
  • Arab Country
  • Republic
  • Western asia
  • Capital City: Damascus
  • 74% Sunni Muslim
  • Language: Arabic
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Libya
 Definition
  • Arab Country
  • Republic, Led by Ghadafi (Two years ago killed him and his sons)
  • North Africa
  • Capital City: Tripoli
  • Almost all Sunni Muslims
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Jordan
 Definition
  • Arab Country
  • Monarchy
  • West Asia
  • Capital City: Amman
  • Mostly Sunni Muslim
  • About half Palestanians (Fought over land with Israel)
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Lebanon
 Definition
  • Arab Country
  • Republic
  • Western Asia
  • Capital City: Beirut
  • 75% Sunni Muslims
  • Language: Arabic
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Morocco
 Definition
  • Arab Country
  • Monarchy
  • North Africa
  • Captial City: Rabat
  • 99% Muslim
  • Language: Arabic
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Algeria
 Definition
  • Arab Country
  • Republic
  • North Africa
  • Capital City: Algiers
  • 99% Sunni Muslims
  • Languages: Arabic
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Kuwait
 Definition
  • Arab Country
  • Monarchy
  • Western Asia
  • Capital City: Kuwait City
  • 50-60% Sunni Muslim
  • Language: Arabic
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Dubai
 Definition
  • Arab Country
  • Monarchy
  • Emirate of the UAE
  • Coast of the Persian Golf
  • Sunni Muslim
  • Language: Arabic
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Senegal
 Definition
  • Non Arab
  • Republic
  • Western Africa
  • Capital City: Dakar
  • 92% Muslim
  • Language: French
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Guinea
 Definition
  • Non Arab
  • West Africa
  • Former French Colony
  • 85% Muslim
  • Language: Arabic
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Sudan
 Definition
  • Arab Country
  • Republic
  • East Africa
  • Capital City: Khartoum
  • 70% Sunni Muslim
  • Language: Arabic
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