Vainakhs are predominantly Muslim of the Shafi`i school of thought of Sunni Islam. by Johanna Nichols, University of California, Berkeley. The majority of Chechens (approx. 2 million) and Ingush (approx. 1 million people) are Muslim of the Shafi`i school. Kists (about 15,400 people) are mainly Sunni Muslims with a Georgian Orthodox minority, while Bats (approx. 3,000 people) are Christian (Georgian Orthodox).
