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What is the number of shiite Muslims living in Iran?
90-95% of Iran population (near 80,000,000) are shia Muslims.
Which branch of Islam do the majority of people in Iran practice?
Shi'aa.The majority or 90% of all Muslims in Iran are Shiites. Shi'a Islam is the official state religion of Iran. Sunni and Sufi only represent 9%of the Muslims there.
What branch of Islam is widely practiced in Iran?
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Are the Muslims in Iran following zorastrian tradition?
Zoroastrianism was the main religion of Persia (Iran) before the arrival of Islam. Islam is the religion of Muslims. There are still some followers of Zoroastrianism in Iran as well as in Karachi in Pakistan and Mumbai in India. They are called Parsis. Iranian Muslims now mainly follow the Shia branch of Islam. They do not follow the main traditions of Zoroastrianism. It is possible that the Zoroastrian past of Iran has left some traces in modern Iranian culture.
Was the Shah of Iran a Muslim?
The Shah of Iran is a title for the Kings of Persia stretching back to antiquity, even preceding Islam. Some of the Shahs, such as those of the Parthian and Sassanid Dynasties were Zoroastrian. All Shahs of Iran after the year 800 C.E. were Muslim and All Shahs of Iran after 1550 C.E. were Shiite Muslims.
Fundamentalist Muslims in Iran were opposed to the shah because he had?
westernized Iran
Is Iran Jewish. Muslim or Cristian?
Iran is ruled by Shia Muslims
What is the language of Iran and its branch of Islam?
The language of Iran is called Farsi and most Iranians are Shiite Muslims, although this is not an exclusively Iranian version of Islam as it is also practiced in Bahrain, Syria, Azerbaijan, and several other countries.
The majority of Iran's Muslims are what?
shiites
What the majority of Iran's Muslims are?
shiites
What is the demography of Sunnis and Shiites in Iran?
In Iran 85-90% of people are Shia Muslims and the rest are sunni. a small minority are not Muslims.
Is Iran's population mostly Shiite Muslims or Sunni Muslims?
The official religion or race of Iran is shia of course, where over 85% of the population is shia. While the rest are sunnis.
