Druze, and almost all other Minorities Including the non-Sunni Arabs - Oppose ( and Fear ) a Sunni Arab Take Over in Syria
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Ethnic Kurds ( almost all Sunni Kurds ) are the Largest Minority making up - up to 15% of the Syrian population
Syrian born Sunni Arabs make up between 45% and 55% of the population - and are called the Majority
The vast majority of the productive - food growing - lands are the current and historic lands of non-Sunni and Sunni Kurds
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The minorities fear - with good reason in the Mid-East - they will be driven off their Farms and Their Orchards if Sunni Arabs control the government
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Religious Schism Map:
Note Below: Only the Narrow Euphrates Valley region is both Arable and Sunni Arab Majority
Note Above: Only the Narrow Euphrates Valley region is both Arable and Sunni Arab Majority
Over Simplified Language Map:
Over Simplified Language Map - Above
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Dialect Language Map:
Dialect Language Map - Above
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Over Simplified Religion Map:
Over Simplified Religion Map
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Religious Schism Map:
Religious Schism Map
Religions
Sunni Muslims 68.4%. This includes not just Sunni Arabs ( 45% to 55% ), but also most Kurds (up to 15% of total Syria Population ) (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wiki/Kurds), Circassians (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wiki/Circassians), Kabarda (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wiki/Kabarda), Chechens (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wiki/Chechens), Roma (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wiki/Roma) and some Turkomans (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wiki/Turkomans).
Gnostic 27% (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wiki/Gnostic) religions such as Alawism (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wiki/Alawism) (11.0%), Druze (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wiki/Druze) (3.2%), Nusairism (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wiki/Nusairi) (1.3%), Alevism (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wiki/Alevism) (0.7% all Turkomans (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wiki/Turkomans)) and Yezidism (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wiki/Yezidism) (0.2%) are supplemented by various Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Christianity (11.2%).
Shi'a Muslims 2.1% (http://thepoliticalforums.com/wiki/Shi%27a) include the Imami ( Twelvers )(http://thepoliticalforums.com/wiki/Imami)/Twelvers http://thepoliticalforums.com/wiki/Twelvers (1.1%) and Ismailis ( Seveners) http://thepoliticalforums.com/wiki/Seveners) (1.0%).