High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Membership in a religious community is ordinarily determined by birth. Based on statistical analyses from 2006, Muslims were estimated as constituting 87% of the total population, although their proportion was possibly greater and was certainly growing. The Muslim birthrate reportedly was higher than that of the minorities, and proportionately fewer Muslims were emigrating abroad. Of the Muslims, 74% were members of the Sunni branch, while the remaining 13% were Alawites, Ismailis and Twelvers combined. 10% of the population was made up by Christians, while the remaining 3% were Druze. Others adhere to Sufism. Religion permeates life in all but the most sophisticated social groups. The Syrian tends to view religion instrumentally, depending on the deity and subsidiary powers to aid in times of trouble, solve problems, and assure success.

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