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The persecution of Zoroastrians has been recorded throughout the history of Zoroastrianism, an Iranian religion. The notably large-scale persecution of Zoroastrians began after the rise of Islam in the 7th century CE; both during and after the conquest of Persia by Arab Muslims , discrimination and harassment against Zoroastrians took place in ...
Zoroastrian high priest Kartir, refers in his inscription dated about 280 on the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht monument in the Naqsh-e Rostam necropolis near Zangiabad, Fars, to persecution (zatan – "to beat, kill") of Christians ("Nazareans n'zl'y and Christians klstyd'n"). Kartir took Christianity as a serious opponent.
The Roman–Sasanian war of 421–422 was a conflict between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Sasanians.The casus belli was the persecution of Christians by the Sasanian king Bahram V, which had come as a response to attacks by Christians against Zoroastrian temples; [a] the Christian Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II declared war and obtained some victories, but in the end, the two powers ...
[26] [208] There are clear commonalities and similarities between Zoroastrianism, Judaism and Christianity, such as: monotheism, dualism (i.e., a robust notion of a Devil—but with a positive appraisal of material creation), symbolism of the divine, heaven(s) and hell(s), angels and demons, eschatology and final judgment, a messianic figure ...
They have also deplored and criticized many Zoroastrian rituals (e.g. excessive ceremonialism and focus on purity, [18] [19] using "bull's urine for ritual cleansing, the attendance of a dog to gaze at the corpse during funerary rites, the exposure of corpses on towers [for consumption by vultures and ravens]") [20] [21] and theological and ...
The "three Persian religions" include: Zoroastrianism (xiān-jiào 祆教); The Christian Church of the East (jǐng-jiào 景教); Manichaeism (míng-jiào 明教); Zoroastrianism was first introduced to China during the early Northern and Southern dynasties period, while Christianity and Manichaeism were both introduced to the Central Plains during the Tang dynasty.
Christianity. Persecution; ... The partition of India entailed creating two countries ... Christianity, and Zoroastrianism are officially recognized and legally ...
As of 2018, Christians face harassment in 145 countries, Muslims face harassment in 139 countries, and Jews face harassment in 88 countries. [22] Respectively: Christians account for 31% of the world's population, Muslims account for 24%, and Jews account for 0.2%. [ 24 ]