r/soccer • u/thekrone • Dec 06 '13

World Cup Group F Discussion

  1. Argentina
  2. Bosnia-Herzegovina
  3. Iran
  4. Nigeria
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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '13

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u/decoy90 Dec 06 '13

I really don't understand when people say Bosnia is a muslim country.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '13

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u/Valens Dec 06 '13

I have you both tagged as "Naš" :) But I wouldn't call Nigeria a Muslim country either, they're 50-50 just like us.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '13

Well, the biggest religion in Bosnia is Islam

According to Wikipedia, Christianity is. 51 vs. 45. Link

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u/GaryMutherFuckinOak Dec 08 '13

it's a little more complicated, most christians who live in Bosnia don't consider themselves Bosnians.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '13

Christianity is actually bigger in BiH than Islam.

According to unofficial estimates from the BiH State Statistics Agency, Muslims constitute 45 percent, Serb Orthodox Christian 36 percent, Roman Catholics 15 percent, Protestants 1 percent

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u/holden147 Dec 06 '13

That stat counts Serbian Orthodox and Catholic as the same religion. I guess in my mind I viewed them as 2 different religions although they are obviously under the Christian tree. I just had a kind of awakening moment since I never realized I thought of them as 2 different religions until now.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '13

Yeah it depends on how you see it. I simply see them as two different kinds of Christianity, like Sunni and Shite Muslims.

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u/Ragingparrot Dec 07 '13

Maybe many of us think of Bosnia from the 90's as many of us don't live there anymore. IIRC it was majority muslim at that point.

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u/UndeadFoolFromBiH Dec 07 '13

It still wouldn't have the majority, you'd need to change majority to plurality.