Is Iran a secular society?

Secularism in Iran was established as state policy shortly after Rezā Shāh was crowned Shah in 1925. He made any public display or expression of religious faith, including the wearing of the headscarf (hijab) and chador by women and wearing of facial hair by men (with the exception of the mustache) illegal.

What is the majority of religion in Iran?

Islam
Sunni and Shi’i are the two largest branches of Islam, with the overwhelming majority of Iranians practicing Shi’i Islam. About 90 percent of Iranians practice Shi’ism, the official religion of Iran.

When did Iran convert to Islam?

Islam has been the official religion of Iran since then, except for a short duration after the Mongol raids and establishment of Ilkhanate. Iran became an Islamic republic after the Islamic Revolution of 1979 which ended the Persian monarchy.

What percentage of Iranians are atheists?

However, according to a 2020 online survey by Gamaan found a much larger percentage of Iranians identifying as atheist (8.8\%), and a large fraction (22.2\%) identifying as not following an organized religion, and 60\% not identifying as Muslim.

What are the main religious groups in Iran?

The vast majority of Iranians are Muslims of the Ithnā ʿAsharī, or Twelver, Shiʿi branch, which is the official state religion. The Kurds and Turkmen are predominantly Sunni Muslims, but Iran’s Arabs are both Sunni and Shiʿi. Small communities of Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians are also found throughout the country.

What are the top 3 religions in Iran?

According to the 2011 Iranian census, 99.98\% of Iranians believe in Islam, while the rest of the population believe in other officially recognized minority religions: Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism.

What type of political system does Iran have?

Theocracy
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Is Iran becoming more secular?

A secular and diverse Iran. Our results reveal dramatic changes in Iranian religiosity, with an increase in secularization and a diversity of faiths and beliefs. Compared with Iran’s 99.5\% census figure, we found that only 40\% identified as Muslim.

Is Iran’s religiosity declining?

Other research on population growth, whose decline has been linked to higher levels of secularization, also suggests a decline in religiosity in Iran. In 2020, Iran recorded its lowest population growth, below 1\%.

How many Muslims are there in Iran?

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 Shi’ite nation, only 32\% explicitly identified as such, while 5\% said they were Sunni Muslim and 3\% Sufi Muslim.

What is the main religion in Iran 2020?

GAMAAN religion in Iran 2020 – changing orientations. Most Iranians, 78\%, believe in God, but only 37\% believe in life after death and only 30\% believe in heaven and hell. In line with other anthropological research, a quarter of our respondents said they believed in jinns or genies.