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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.
Most Shia Muslims in the country follow the Ja'fari school of Shia Islam, while Sunni Muslims typically adhere to either the Hanafi or Shafi'i school. [7] Due to many decades of Soviet atheist policy, religious affiliation in Azerbaijan is often nominal and Muslim identity tends to be based more on culture and ethnicity than on religion.
Of the total Muslim population, 87–90% are Sunni and 10–13% are Shi'a. Most Shi'as (between 68% and 80%) live in mainly four countries: Iran , Azerbaijan , Bahrain , and Iraq . [ 31 ] Furthermore, there are concentrated Shi'a populations in Lebanon , Russia , China , Pakistan , Bangladesh and 10 sub-Saharan African countries. [ 32 ]
Majority following Alevi Shia sect. Azerbaijan: Islam in Azerbaijan: 4,575,000–5,590,000: 45–55: 2–3 Azerbaijan is majority Shia. [117] [118] [119] A 2012 work noted that in Azerbaijan, among believers of all faiths, 10% identified as Sunni, 30% identified as Shia, and the remainder of followers of Islam simply identified as Muslim. [119 ...
Nearly 96 percent of the population is Muslim, out of which 65% is Shia and 35% is Sunni. The remaining four percent of the population consists of atheists, Armenian Apostolics, Baha’is, Catholics, Georgian Orthodox, members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, Molokans, Protestants, and Russian ...
The Muslim population is approximately 70 percent Shia and 30 percent Sunni, with differences not defined sharply. Fairly-large expatriate Christian and Muslim communities exist in Baku, the capital, and are generally permitted to worship freely.
Population of Azerbaijan according to ethnic group 1926–2019 [22] [23] [24] Ethnic group Census 1926 1 Census 1939 2 Census 1959 3 Census 1970 4 Census 1979 5 Census 1989 6 Census 1999 7 Census 2009 8 Census 2019 9; Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Azerbaijanis: 1,437,977 62.1 1,870,471 58.4 ...
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