Editing Arab world (section)

===Religion===
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[[File:Eid in Morocco.JPG|thumb|[[Eid al-Fitr]] mass prayer in [[Morocco]]]]
[[File:Orthodox_Easter_celebrations_in_As-Suwayda.jpg|thumb|[[Easter]] celebrations in Syria]]
The majority of people in the Arab world adhere to [[Islam]], and the religion has official status in most countries. [[Shariah]] law exists partially in the legal system in some countries (especially in the [[Arabian Peninsula]]), while others are legislatively [[secularism|secular]]. The majority of the Arab countries adhere to [[Sunni Islam]]. [[Iraq]] and [[Bahrain]], however, are [[Shia Islam|Shia]] majority countries, while [[Lebanon]], [[Yemen]], and [[Kuwait]] have large Shia minorities. In [[Saudi Arabia]], Ismailite pockets are also found in the eastern Al-Hasa region and the southern city of Najran. [[Ibadi]] Islam is practiced in [[Oman]], where Ibadis constitute around 75% of Muslims.

There are also [[Christianity|Christian]] adherents in the Arab world, particularly in [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Iraq]], [[Jordan]], and [[Palestine]]. Small native Christian communities can be found also throughout the [[Arabian Peninsula]] and [[North Africa]].<ref name="PharesIntro">*{{cite web|first=Walid|last=Phares|author-link=Walid Phares|url=https://www.arabicbible.com/for-christians/christians/1396-arab-christians-introduction.html|title=Arab Christians: An Introduction|publisher=Arabic Bible Outreach Ministry|year=2001}}
* {{cite web|title=Majority and Minorities in the Arab World: The Lack of a Unifying Narrative|url=http://jcpa.org/article/majority-and-minorities-in-the-arab-world-the-lack-of-a-unifying-narrative/|website=Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs}}</ref> [[Coptic Church|Coptic]], [[Maronite Church|Maronite]] and [[Assyrian Christian]] enclaves exist in the Nile Valley, Levant and northern Iraq respectively. There are also [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]], [[Armenians|Armenian]] and [[Arab Christians]] throughout Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan, with [[Arameans|Aramean]] communities in [[Maaloula]] and [[Jubb'adin]] in Syria. There are also native Arab Christian communities in Algeria,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/eoir/file/826846/download|title=Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada|date=30 June 2015|publisher=Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada|quote=there is an estimated 20,000 to 100,000 evangelical Christians in Algeria, who practice their faith in mainly unregistered churches in the Kabyle region|access-date=17 January 2022|archive-date=15 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715132018/https://www.justice.gov/eoir/file/826846/download|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bahrain,<ref name="2010Census">{{cite web|url=http://www.census2010.gov.bh/results_en.php|title=2010 Census Results|access-date=15 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320104234/http://www.census2010.gov.bh/results_en.php|archive-date=20 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Morocco,<ref>{{cite book|title=Al-Maghred, the Barbary Lion: A Look at Islam| first=Nat |last= Carnes|year= 2012| isbn= 9781475903423| page =253|publisher=University of Cambridge Press|quote=. In all an estimated 40,000 Moroccans have converted to Christianity}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/house-churches-and-silent-masses-the-converted-christians-of-morocco-are-praying-in-secret/|title='House-Churches' and Silent Masses —The Converted Christians of Morocco Are Praying in Secret – VICE News|date=23 March 2015|quote=Converted Moroccans — most of them secret worshippers, of whom there are estimated to be anywhere between 5,000 and 40,000 —}}</ref> Kuwait<ref name="num">{{cite web|last=Sharaf|first=Nihal|year=2012|title='Christians Enjoy Religious Freedom': Church-State ties excellent|url=http://www.arabtimesonline.com/RSS/tabid/69/smid/414/ArticleID/147658/Default.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125518/http://www.arabtimesonline.com/RSS/tabid/69/smid/414/ArticleID/147658/Default.aspx|archive-date=2 April 2015|work=Arabia Times}}</ref> and Tunisia.<ref>{{cite book|title=Religion and Contemporary Politics: A Global Encyclopedia [2 volumes]| first=Jeffrey M.|last=Shaw |year= 2019| isbn= 9781440839337| page =200|publisher=ABC-CLIO|quote=}}</ref>

Smaller ethno-religious minorities across the Arab League include the [[Yezidis]], [[Yarsan]] and [[Shabak people|Shabaks]] (mainly in Iraq), the [[Druze]]s (mainly in Syria and also in Lebanon, Jordan)<ref>{{cite book|title=Middle East Patterns: Places, People, and Politics| first=Colbert C. |last= Held|year= 2008| isbn= 9780429962004| page =109|publisher=Routledge|quote= Worldwide, they number 1 million or so, with about 45 to 50 percent in Syria, 35 to 40 percent in Lebanon, and less than 10 percent in Israel. Recently there has been a growing Druze diaspora.}}</ref> and [[Mandaeans]] (in Iraq). Formerly, there were significant minorities of [[Jews]] throughout the Arab World. However, the [[Arab–Israeli conflict]] prompted their mass [[Jewish exodus from Arab countries|exodus]] between 1948 and 1972. Today small Jewish communities remain, ranging anywhere from just 10 in [[Bahrain]], to more than 400 in Iraq and Syria, 1,000 in [[Tunisia]] and some 3,000 in [[Morocco]].