The Volokh Conspiracy
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The Islamo-Rectangle (and Then Some)
What are the northernmost, southernmost, easternmost, and westernmost majority-Muslim countries? Let's determine the winners by comparing the countries' northernmost, southernmost, easternmost, and westernmost points, respectively.
(By the way, note that it wouldn't make much sense to ask this question for Christianity, not so much because it's a larger religion—there are only about 25% more Christians than Muslims—but because European colonialism was in large measure seaborne, while Arab and then Turkish colonialism was much more on land.)
