 Saudi Arabia follows a reformist strain of Islam, Wahhabism, and there is limited freedom of religion between the different sects even whilst all of the population are Muslims.Small Shia communities are present in Egypt and Jordan making up over 1% of the population.The Shia population is negligible in the predominantly Sunni states of North Africa including Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania and Morocco where Shia Islam is officially opposed amid strong pro-Sunni policies to “counter foreign influence (notably Iranian Persian) in the region in the form of Shi'ism”.