The vast majority of iranians are muslims of the ithnā ʿasharī, or twelver, shiʿi branch, which is the official state religion They believe that, after the death of muhammad, the lineage of ali was ordained to take over leadership of the muslim community The kurds and turkmen are predominantly sunni muslims, but iran’s arabs are both sunni and shiʿi
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Small communities of christians, jews, and zoroastrians are also found throughout the country
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The two cornerstones of iranian.
Explore the religious makeup of iran, where shia islam is the dominant faith Learn about the historical context and differences between sunni and shia beliefs. Initially, iran was a sunni majority until 1500 when shah ismail i conquered iran and forced a conversion of sunni muslims to shia islam with several sunnis murdered in the process. Iran is unique as the only nation where shia islam is the official religion, following its establishment during the 1979 islamic revolution
Iran table of contents although shias have lived in iran since the earliest days of islam, and there was one shia dynasty in part of iran during the tenth and eleventh centuries, it is believed that most iranians were sunnis until the seventeenth century The safavid dynasty made shia islam the official state religion in the sixteenth century and aggressively proselytized on its behalf Iran’s journey to becoming a bastion of shia islam is deeply intertwined with the rise of the safavid dynasty in the early 16th century The safavids’ concerted efforts to institutionalize.
Iran’s “axis of resistance” was supposed to be the shia world’s nato
An attack on one implied an attack on all But over the past year the “unity of fronts” has disintegrated. The cunning shia planned to build a state stretching from iran through iraq, syria and lebanon to the gulf kingdoms, but by attacking shia in their religious, political, and military depth his jihadis would drag the shia into the arena of sectarian war, and leading them to bare the teeth of the hidden rancor working in their breasts. [as of?] the three main shia branches are twelverism, isma'ilism, and zaydism
Shia muslims form a majority of the population in three countries across the muslim world Significant shia communities are also found in bahrain, lebanon, kuwait. Discover how iran transitioned from a sunni stronghold to the heart of shia islam, driven by historical events like the rise of the safavid dynasty and the islamic golden age. Iran’s islamic revolution, which brought shias to power in 1979, and the sunni backlash have fueled a competition for regional dominance
In syria, however, iran’s export of twelver shia islam aims to spread iranian influence in a very direct way
Working to settle shia populations in that country who are supportive of iran. Sunni and shi’i are the two largest branches of islam, with the overwhelming majority of iranians practicing shi’i islam About 90 percent of iranians practice shi’ism, the official religion of iran [i] by contrast, most arab states in the middle east are predominantly sunni
The rift between shi’is and sunnis occurred early in islamic history when the muslim community split over who. Shia opposition to the islamic republic of iranshia opposition to the islamic republic of iran refers to shia muslims who oppose the islamic republic of iran, a shia islamist theocracy based on khomeinism, established after the 1979 iranian revolution. Here's a historical overview detailing how divisions of political and spiritual leadership separated shia and sunni muslims. Shias are a minority of the global muslim population, although they have strong communities in iraq, pakistan, albania, yemen, lebanon and iran
There are also different sects within shia islam.
Twelver shi’ah, the largest of the three groups of shi’ah extant today
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