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Zoroastrianism itself inherited ideas from other belief systems and, like other "practiced" religions, accommodates some degree of syncretism, [203] with Zoroastrianism in Sogdia, the Kushan Empire, Armenia, China, and other places incorporating local and foreign practices and deities. [204]
The Faravahar, one of the most prominent symbols used to represent Zoroastrianism. In 2012, a study by the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America published a demographic picture of Zoroastrianism around the world, which was compared with an earlier study from 2004. [1]
In 2006, the United States had the world's third-largest Zoroastrian population at six thousand adherents. [2] Based on mailing addresses rather than congregations, there are two U.S. counties where Zoroastrians constitute the second-largest religion after Christianity.
Some of Zoroastrianism's holiest sites are located in Iran, such as Yazd. Today, Iran has the second- or third-largest Zoroastrian population in the world, behind only India and possibly the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The official Iranian census of 2011 recorded a total of 25,271 Zoroastrians in the country, but several unofficial accounts ...
In the Middle East, Zoroastrianism is found in central Iran. [116] Today, there are estimated to be under 20,000 Zoroastrians in Iran. [117] It is one of the oldest monotheistic religions as it was founded 3500 years ago. [116] It was also one of the most powerful religions in the world for about 1000 years, during the Persian pre-Islamic ...
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]
Zoroaster (Greek Ζωροάστρης, Zōroastrēs) or Zarathustra (Avestan: Zaraθuštra), also referred to as Zartosht (Persian: زرتشت), was an ancient Iranian prophet and the founder of Zoroastrianism, a religion that was the national religion of the Sassanid Empire of Persia; it is predominantly practiced today by the Parsi community of India.
The Zoroastrians moved to India in successive migrations in the Islamic period. The initial migration following the conquest has been characterized as a religious persecution by invading Muslims. According to the account, the Zoroastrians suffered at their hands and in order to protect themselves and safeguard their religion, fled first to ...