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The great mosque in Mardin. The majority of Kurdish people are Muslim by religion. [1] [2] [3] While the relationship between religion and nationalism has usually been strained and ambivalent with the strong hold of the Islamic leaders in Kurdish society, it has generally been the conservative Muslim Kurds who formed the backbone of the Kurdish movements.
Kurds do not comprise a ... Yazidism is a monotheistic ethnic religion with roots in a western branch of ... Among Kurdish Jews a common practice was the making of ...
Kurdish Muslims (Kurdish: موسڵمانی کورد, romanized: Musilmanên Kurd) are Kurds who follow Islam, which is the largest religion among Kurds and has been for centuries. [1] Kurds largely became Muslims in the 7th century. [2] [3]
The Kurdish people have different religions depending on their ethnic connections and the country in which they live. The most common religion among Kurds is Sunni Islam, practiced by 98% of Kurds living in Iraqi Kurdistan. The Kurds of Turkey are 30% Alevi out of a population of approximately 15–22 million Kurds and 68% follow Sunni Islam. [12]
Spread of Islam among Kurds started in the 7th century with the Early Muslim conquests. [1] Before Islam, the majority of Kurds followed a western Iranic pre-Zoroastrian faith which derived directly from Indo-Iranian tradition, [2] [3] [4] some elements of this faith survived in Yezidism, Yarsanism and Kurdish Alevism.
[4] [5] [6] Some Kurds had historically followed Christianity and remained Christian when most Kurds were converted to Islam, however, the majority of modern Kurdish Christians are converts. [7] Historically, Kurdish converts to Christianity came from diverse backgrounds, including Ancient Iranian religion, Zoroastrianism, Islam, and Yazidism.
Kurdish Alevism [1] (Kurdish: Rêya Heqî, lit. 'The Path of God/Truth' [2] or Elewîtî) [3] refers to the unique rituals, sacred place practices, mythological discourses and socio-religious organizations among Kurds who adhere to Alevism. [4]
Zoroastrianism was one of the dominant religions in Northern Mesopotamia before the Islamic era. Currently, [18] Zoroastrianism is an officially recognized religion in Iraqi Kurdistan and Iran. Zoroastrianism has become the fastest growing religion with Kurds, especially in Kurdish-controlled Northern Iraq. [19]