Azerbaijan - Religion
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Description: Covers the history and present status of Islam in the country.
The prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra), who was born in the seventh century B.C. in what is now Azerbaijan, established a religion focused on the cosmic struggle between a supreme god and an evil spirit. Islam arrived in Azerbaijan with Arab invaders in the seventh century A.D., gradually supplanting Zoroastrianism and Azerbaijani pagan cults. In the seventh and eighth centuries, many Zoroastrians fled Muslim persecution and moved to India, where they became known as Parsis. Until Soviet Bolsheviks ended the practice, Zoroastrian pilgrims from India and Iran traveled to Azerbaijan to worship at sacred sites, including the Surakhany Temple on the Apsheron Peninsula near Baku.
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| Page title: | Azerbaijan - Religion |
| Keywords: | Azerbaijan Islam religion |
| Description: | Religion in Azerbaijan: Discussion of the history of various religions in Azerbaijan, including the situation today for minority religions. |
| IP-address: | 207.241.148.80 |
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| Date | Creation Date: 12-mar-1999 Expiration Date: 12-mar-2020 |