Study: One in four people is Muslim

A new study has shown that nearly one in four people worldwide is Muslim, and two out of three of the world's Muslims live in Asia, extending from Turkey to Indonesia.

The study by American think-tank the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found unexpected data, including that there were more Muslims in Germany than in Lebanon, and more in Russia than in Jordan and Libya together.

Amaney Jamal, an assistant professor of politics at Princeton University, told the AP news agency that the whole idea that Muslims are Arabs and Arabs are Muslims is completely obliterated by this report.

The report, published on Wednesday, shows that more than 300 million Muslims are in countries where Islam is not the religion of the majority.

It also says that the number of Muslims in China is more than in Syria.

According to the study, of the total Muslim population, 10-13 percent are Shia Muslims while 87-90 percent are Sunnis.