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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. Shia Islam is prevalent in the western, central, and southern regions of the country.
Due to many decades of Soviet atheist policy, Muslim religious affiliation in Azerbaijan is largely cultural and ethnic rather than religious. Shia Islam is prevalent in the western, central, and southern regions of the country.
Azerbaijan is considered one of the most irreligious Muslim countries with most of the people attaching no direct importance to religion. Approximately1% of the population is atheist or agnostic practicing no form of worship.
The vast majority of the country's population (97%) is nominally [26] Muslim, [27] but the Constitution of Azerbaijan does not declare an official religion, and all major political forces in the country are secular. Azerbaijan is a developing country and ranks 89th on the Human Development Index.
Azerbaijan is a predominantly Muslim country; more than three-fifths of the population is Shiʿi, and about one-third is Sunni. Members of the Russian Orthodox or Armenian Orthodox Church constitute a very small percentage of the population.
Azerbaijan -- a secular nation with a majority-Turkic and majority-Shia Muslim population -- was briefly independent (from 1918 to 1920) following the collapse of the Russian Empire; it was subsequently incorporated into the Soviet Union for seven decades.
Azerbaijan, country of eastern Transcaucasia. It was an independent country from 1918 to 1920 before being incorporated into the Soviet Union. It declared its sovereignty in 1989 and received independence in 1991. Its population is predominantly Azerbaijani (Azeri). The capital, Baku, lies on the Caspian Sea.
Azerbaijan - a secular nation with a majority-Turkic and majority-Shia Muslim population - was briefly independent (from 1918 to 1920) following the collapse of the Russian Empire; it was subsequently incorporated into the Soviet Union for seven decades.
Thus, Islam became a dominant religion in the South Azerbaijan and in the mountainous and foothill areas of the North Azerbaijan. However, according to famous Russian orientalist Vasily Bartold, Arabs did not touch fire-worshippers, either, and spread Islam among them peacefully.
Ethnic Azerbaijanis are mainly Muslims and non-Muslims are mainly Russians, Georgians, Armenians, and other national minorities. Others include the International Society of Krishna Consciousness and those professing no religion.