List of countries; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_east#Traditional_definition_of_the_Middle_East http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_east#Traditional_defin

List of countries; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_east#Traditional_definition_of_the_Middle_East http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_east#Traditional_definit... Average rate of atheism; turkey 3% bahrain N/A assumes 0 maximum possible of 9.8% (other) kuwait N/A assumes 0 maximum possible rate of 5% (non islamic) oman N/A assumes 0 less than 5% (non islamic) qatar N/A assumes 0 max possible 22.5% (other) saudi arabia atheism expressly illegal UAE N/A assumes 0 max possible 15 (other) yemen n/A assumes 0 max possible 1 (other) Gaza strip 0 iraq N/a assumes 0 max possible 3 (other) israel 15-37 (split @ 26% :/) Jordan N/A assumes 0 max possible 2 (other) Lebanon N/A assumes 0 max possible 5 (other) Syria 0 (other) West Bank N/A assumes 0 max possible 8 (other) Iran N/A assumes 0 max possible 2 (other) Cyprus 2% Egypt < 1% 18 countries total 3 + 26 + 2 + 1 = 32 / 18 = 1.7% Excuse uberfast formatting, methodology, just check the wikipedia entries then check the atheism rates, combination of the wiki entries on a per country basis + the religion in x articles + demographics of atheism. Compare 1.7% with the figures for a wide variety of western nations referenced at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_atheism#Distribution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_atheism#Distrib.... I'm kind of baffled by the idea that this is controversial.