Islamic schools and branches

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Demographic of Islamic schools and branches

  Ḥanafī Sunnīsm (45%)

  Shāfiʿī Sunnīsm (28%)

  Mālikī Sunnīsm (15%)

  Ḥanbalī Sunnīsm (2%)

  Twelver Shīʿīsm (8.5%)

  Zaydī Shīʿīsm (0.5%)

  Ismāʿīlī Shīʿīsm (0.5%)

  Ibadism (0.5%)

Islamic schools and branches have different understandings of Islam.