Oct 25, 2009

Singapore and its great Islamic Heritage

The Wikipedia (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71357.htm) describes Islam in Singapore as follows:
Sunni Islam is the religion of about 15% of Singapore's population; mainly the sizeable Malay minority, who constitute about 13.9% of the country's population. Other adherents include Tamil, Pakistani and Arab Muslim communities together with a tiny number of Chinese and Eurasian followers of Islam. 17 per cent of Muslims in Singapore are of Indian origin.

Approximately 77 percent of the population was ethnic Chinese, 14 percent ethnic Malay, and 8 percent ethnic Indian. Nearly all ethnic Malays were Muslim, and most ethnic Indians Hindu. The ethnic Chinese population was divided among Buddhism, Taoism, and Christianity, or was agnostic or atheist. http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71357.htm

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