How did the four Sunni Islamic school of thoughts settle to the current geography? Could this change in the future?

by HolyScheisse

The map of the Muslim world shows the geography of four Sunni Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)

Each of the schools is predominant in the following regions;

  • Hanafi : Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Egypt, Central Asia, Chechenya, Tatarstan, Balkan peninsula, Afghanistan, South Asia, Uyghur
  • Hanbali : Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar
  • Maliki : North Africa, Saharan region, West Africa, Kuwait, Northeastern Saudi Arabia, West part of UAE
  • Shafi'i : Southeast Asia, East Africa, Kurdistan, Southern Iraq, Eastern Egypt, Yemen, Coastal area of India, Maldives
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Mod mote to OP and potential respondents: just a reminder that this sub does not permit speculation, so discussion here will have to exclude the last question (re possible futures) .