Religion in the United Arab Emirates Religion in the United Arab Emirates Islam is both the official and majority religion in the United Arab Emirates followed by approximately 76% of the population. The Al Nahayan and Al Maktoum ruling families adhere to Sunni Islam of Maliki school of jurisprudence. Many followers of the Hanbali school of Sunni Islam are found in Sharjah, Umm al-Quwain, Ras al-Khaimah and Ajman. Their followers include the Al Qasimi ruling family. Other religions represented in the country including Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and Sikhism are practiced by non-nationals. There are more Sunni than Shiite Muslims among the residents. There are also
Handbook of Religion and Health "Freethought Today", a magazine published by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, wrote that the "Handbook" "reports that there are at least 1200 studies on religion and health - with the vast majority showing positive associations" and asked Are there really this many studies? What are these studies like? Well, here's one of them that qualifies by Koenig's standards... The authors reported differences between Jewish and non-Jewish Cleveland attorneys in the incidence of some index of cardiovascular disease. That's it... So that's how numbers like 1200 arise, because studies like this get included. (pp. 10-11) In the "Journal for the Scientific