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Oct 4, 2022 · Iran’s clerics, like the overwhelming majority of Iranians, were part of the Shiite branch of Islam. They would take Shiism’s historical reverence for clergy and fuse it with a modern ...
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Iran’s census claims that 99.5% of the population are Muslim, a figure that hides the state’s active hostility toward irreligiosity, conversion and unrecognised religious minorities. Iranians live with an ever-present fear of retribution for speaking against the state. In Iran, one cannot simply call people or knock on doorsseeking answers to polit...
Our resultsreveal dramatic changes in Iranian religiosity, with an increase in secularisation and a diversity of faiths and beliefs. Compared with Iran’s 99.5% census figure, we found that only 40% identified as Muslim. In contrast with state propaganda that portrays Iran as a Shia nation, only 32% explicitly identified as such, while 5% said they ...
We found that societal secularisation was also linked to a critical view of the religious governance system: 68% agreed that religious prescriptions should be excluded from legislation, even if believers hold a parliamentary majority, and 72% opposed the law mandating all women wear the hijab, the Islamic veil. Iranians also harbour illiberal secul...
Oct 21, 2022 · On September 16, 2022, a 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Zhina Amini died in police custody. The women and men of Iran spilled into the streets, coming together in a feminist uprising the likes of ...
Apr 6, 2024 · Estimates by the U.S. military and arms experts put Hezbollah’s arsenal, the largest of the Iranian-linked groups, at about 135,000 to 150,000 rockets and missiles. Others estimate it is even ...
According to The World Factbook of the CIA, between 90-95% of Iran's Muslim are Shia, and another 5-10% are Sunni, [72] the American Iranian Council, citing the Islamic Republic estimates, gives the Sunni percentage at between 7% and 10%. [73] (. Almost all of Iran's Shia follow the Twelver branch).
Feb 11, 2014 · Iran 1979: the Islamic revolution that shook the world. Celebrating its 35th anniversary, Iran’s Islamic Revolution shocked the world and redrew the map of global alliances. The Middle East and ...
Oct 10, 2023 · Iran’s Persian Constitutional Revolution reveals the complicated relationship between Islam and democracy. The Persian Constitutional Revolution made unlikely allies and enemies of missionaries ...
