ethnic groups.pptx

ethnic groups.pptx

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  Ethnic groups andLanguages in WA ETHNIC GROUP – a social group or category of the population that, in a larger society, is set apart and bound together by common ties of race, language, nationality, or culture. 1. Arabs • Arabs constitute the majority ethnic group in all of the Middle East states except Iran, Israel, and Turkey • the term "Arab" referred to the peoples that inhabited the northern and central portions of the Arabian Peninsula.
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  • Following thespread of various Arab-Islamic empires throughout the Middle East and into Europe and south Asia, the term "Arab" has come to be synonymous with those who speak Arabic. • Presently, about 60% of the total population in the Middle East speak Arabic and consider themselves to be an Arab.
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  2. Persians • Persiansare Iran’s largest ethnic group • The name Persia derives from Parsa, the name of the Indo-European nomadic people who migrated into southern Iran—to an area then called Persis—about 1000 BCE • Before the Muslim conquest of Persia in the 7th century CE, most Persians followed Zoroastrianism, based on the teachings of the ancient prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra), who lived during the first half of the 1st millennium BCE • The vast majority of Persians practice Shia
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  3. Turkish • About80% of the population in Turkey is Turkish • The Turkish people have been in the region of Turkey and its surrounding areas since around 1071 AD, and have gradually spread throughout the country we now know as Turkey. • Early Turkish settlers in the area slowly overtook the mostly Greek and Christian areas of Turkey and it soon became a Muslim country. • The Turkish people have a long history in the region and still make up 72.5% of the population today. Turks can also be found in Cyprus, Western Europe and North America. Interestingly, the Turkish State recognizes all people with citizenship as ethnic Turks.
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  4. Kurds/Kurdish • Kurdsor Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria • The number of Kurds living in Southwest Asia is estimated at between 30 and 45 million, with another one or two million living in the Kurdish diaspora. • Kurds comprise anywhere from 18 to 25% of the population in Turkey, 15 to 20% in Iraq, 10% in Iran & 9% in Syria. • Kurds form regional majorities in all four of these countries, viz. in Turkish Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iranian Kurdistan and Syrian Kurdistan. • The Kurds are the fourth-largest ethnic group in West Asia after Arabs, Persians, and Turks.
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  5. Jews • Jewsoriginated as an ethnic and religious group in the Middle East during the second millennium BCE, in a part of the Land of Israel. • The Jewish population is diverse. Jews from eastern and western Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, North America, and Latin America have been immigrating to this area since the late 19th century. • Differing in ethnic origin and culture, they brought with them languages and customs from a variety of countries. • The Jewish community today includes survivors of the Holocaust, offspring of those survivors, and émigrés escaping anti-Semitism. The modern State of Israel is the only country where Jews form a majority of the population • Jews constitute about three-fourths of the total population of Israel
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  RELEGIOUS SECTS –Sunni & shia • Islam , an Arabic word meaning "submission". Obedience to God is a central theme in the Islamic faith. • The monotheistic belief system originated in the 7th century through the teachings of Muhammad • Muslims identify themselves with different strands of Islamic tradition. The main ones are Sunnism and Shiism.
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  • Today adherentsof Islam constitute the world's second-largest religious group. • An estimated 1.8 billion or more than 24% of the world population identify themselves as Muslims. • Islam is the official religion in 26 countries in Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, and the Middle East • The two main branches of Islam today, Sunni and Shia • The sects split from each other soon after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, over a religio- political leadership dispute about the rightful successor to Muhammad.
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  • Sunnis arein a majority by far; Shias might constitute no more than 15 per cent though most Sunnis would place the figure much lower. • Every Sunni majority country has a Shia minority and vice-versa, but the size of the minority varies. • There are four Shia majority countries — Iran, Iraq, Bahrain and Azerbaijan.
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  SUNNI • The greatmajority of the world's Muslims are Sunnis; its followers make up 87 to 90% of the global Muslim population. • Sunnis regard the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad. The majority of the Muslims of Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Jordan, Gaza and the West Bank, and Saudi Arabia are Sunnis. They regard themselves as the traditional (original) followers of the Islamic faith.
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  SHIA • Followers ofthe Shiite faith reject the first three Sunni caliphs and regard Ali, the fourth caliph, as Mohammed's first true successor. • The majority of Shia Muslims live in Iran, southern Iraq, Lebanon, Bahrain, Azerbaijan, and Yemen. There are large Shia communities in Afghanistan, India, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Syria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.