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The Bibi-Heybat Mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan. Islam is the majority religion in Azerbaijan, but the country is considered to be the most secular in the Muslim world. [5] Estimates include 90% (The World Factbook, 2020) [6] and 99.2% (Pew Research Center, 2006) [7] of the population identifying as Muslim.
Islam arrived in Azerbaijan with Arabs in the seventh century, gradually supplanting Christianity and pagan cults. [8] In the sixteenth century, the first shah of the Safavid Dynasty, Ismail I (r. 1501-1524), established Shi'a Islam as the state religion, [8] although a portion of people remained Sunni.
Freedom of religion in Azerbaijan is substantially curtailed. [1] [2] The Azerbaijan government, which follows a strictly secular and anti-religious ideology, represses all religions. [1] The majority of the population in Azerbaijan is Muslim, mainly Shia. According to Michigan State University political scientist Ani Sarkissian, "the ...
Azerbaijan is a secular state by law. [1] The Constitution states, "religious associations shall be separate from the state and shall not interfere in state affairs." [ 1 ]
Azerbaijani people by religion (6 C) Religious buildings and structures in Azerbaijan by city (3 C) * Religion in the Republic of Artsakh (2 C, 1 P)
Zoroastrianism in Azerbaijan goes back to the first millennium BC or earlier and was the predominant religion of Greater Iran before the conversion to Islam. [1]Today the religion, culture, and traditions of Zoroastrianism remain highly respected in Azerbaijan, and the new year Nowruz continues to be one of the main holidays in the country.
Azerbaijan, [a] officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, [b] is a transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. [10] It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south.
Official: Azerbaijani: ... 10,200,013 people [2] as of July 2024 Azerbaijan: Population and rural population 1958-2006 (in millions). ... religious affiliation for ...