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islam country，Islamic countries “generally refer to countries and regions where Islam is the state religion and the majority of residents believe in Islam (Islamic countries are sometimes referred to as Muslim countries, where Muslims mean Muslims). They include all Arab countries (Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Somalia, Djibouti and Comoros), Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Chad in Africa, Bosnia Herzegovina, Albania and Kosovo in Europe, and Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei in Asia, There are a total of 47 countries and 2 regions (Western Sahara and Kosovo). Only about half of the people in Lebanon, Chad, Nigeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Malaysia practice Islam.
There are also some countries where Muslims do not make up the majority of the population, but due to the influence of Islam, they have declared themselves as Islamic countries and joined the Organization of the Islamic Conference. They are Guinea Bissau, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda, Tanzania (joined in 2009) and Mozambique in Africa, as well as Guyana and Suriname in South America.