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In Iran (Persia), Christianity dates back to the early years of the religion during the time of Jesus.Through this time the Christian faith has always been followed by a minority of the population of Iran under its different state religions: Zoroastrianism in ancient Persia, followed by Sunni Islam in the Middle Ages after the Arab conquest, then Shia Islam since the Safavid conversion of the ...
Religion in Iran has been shaped by multiple religions and sects over the course of the country's history. Zoroastrianism was the main followed religion during the Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BC), Parthian Empire (247 BC-224 AD), and Sasanian Empire (224-651 AD). Another Iranian religion known as Manichaeanism was present in Iran during this period.
Born in Iran, Abedini is a former Shia Muslim who converted to Christianity in 2000. [2] [3] [4] While Christianity is recognized as a minority religion under the Iranian constitution, [5] Shiʿite converts to Christianity suffer discrimination at the hands of Iranian authorities. In particular, such converts are disallowed from worshiping with ...
The Catholic Church in Iran is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. In 2022, there were about 21,380 Catholics in Iran out of a total population of about 86.8 million. [ 1 ]
After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Iranian Christians were recognized as a "protected religious minority" and according to the Constitution of Iran possess freedom of religion and even have a Member of Parliament (MP) representing them. However, evangelism and missionary work and converting Muslims to Christianity are prohibited by law.
Iran bans the Baha’i religion, which was founded in the 1860s by a Persian nobleman considered a prophet by his followers, and from time to time has arrested and prosecuted members of the faith ...
With a population of approximately 87 million, approximately 99.4% of Iran is Muslim (as of 2022). [1] Of these an estimated 90-95% were Shi'a and 5-10% Sunni (mostly Turkomen, Arabs, Baluchs, and Kurds living in the southwest, southeast, and northwest); although there are no official statistics of the size of the Sufi Muslim population, some reports estimated several million people, while ...
The backlash against Ryan Murphy's Monsters just keeps coming — and now the cast has spoken out in defense of their scripted show about Lyle and Erik Menéndez's infamous murder case. Season 2 ...