Turkmenistan: Information on the religious composition of the country, percentage of Sunnite and Shi'ites
| Publisher | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 October 1992 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | TMT11860 |
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Information on the religious composition of Turkmenistan could not be found in the sources currently available to the DIRB in Ottawa, other than that contained in: Caratini, Roger. 1989. Dictionnaire des nationalités et des minorités en U.R.S.S. (Paris: Larousse) which you have already consulted. According to this source, "Les Turkmènes sont musulmans sunnites, de rite h nafite." (188)
References
Caratini, Roger. 1989. Dictionnaire des nationalités et des minorités en U.R.S.S. Paris: Larousse.
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