There also is a notable Muslim minority within the state.
But violence from a "significant minority" within the crowd prevented them from doing so.
But what of the minority within the minority who have to deal with fear, guilt, shame and isolation?
Erdoğan said the uprising had been carried out by a "minority" within the military opposed to national unity.
They see themselves as a neglected minority within the state, even as Kashmir's Muslims constitute an estranged minority within India.
General Dundar emphasized that only a small minority within the military, including members of the air force, a military-style police force and armored units, had revolted.
But Ms. Mashour, who is Catholic, is speaking to a minority within the minority of Israeli Arabs, who make up 1.2 million out of Israel's 6 million people.
Out at a pub in Hertfordshire, the only person from an ethnic minority within the group, friendly banter leads a good friend to label her "a tree ornament".
A close-knit minority within the Sunni minority, they exploited ties of region, clan and family to seize control of the army, then the state.
Researchers have confirmed the central contention that unites those on Dr. Peters's e-mail list: their backgrounds represent a distinct minority within the academy.
Ismaili Muslims are a small minority within the faith, scattered among many nations but concentrated mainly in India, Pakistan, Central Asia and parts of North America.
