In the social, economic, cultural and political reports of the world, special
emphasis is placed on the Islamic world, Islamic countries, and Islamic powers.
This is because nearly 22% of the world population, 25% of world
countries, and 19% of the land areas of the earth belong to the Islamic world;
consequently, the Islamic world has gained ever-increasing significance in. world
affairs. Hence, studying and analysing the social, ideological and environmental
positions of the Islamic world deserves special attention at present.
The present paper, although brief, attempts to provide a survey of 8
geographical study regions, and 49 Islamic countries of Asia, Europe and
African continents. It is believed that it is necessary to study the relationship of
other Islamic countries that house about 1,357,553,000 Moslems to the Islamic
Republic of Iran. It is also important to find out how unevenly Moslems are
distributed throughout the world and how much economic and cultural power
they hold in the world at large.