Shia communities have always been seen as a minority which means that an overwhelming majority of Muslims are Sunnis and the Shia population statistics in the world prove that they generate about 10-13% percent of Muslims. It is estimated that there are between 154 million and 200 million Shia Muslims in the world today. Shia […]

Reaching independence in Azerbaijan was followed immediately by the debates on concepts of liberalism, nationalism, secularism and religion. Prominent among these concepts are terms such as secularism and nationalism, which characterize Azerbaijani society. Nearly every politician frequently uses the term “liberal values” or “the establishment of a democratic regime”, but most of them are nationalists […]

To know more about the history of Shiism in Azerbaijan we need to know some basic facts about Shiism itself. As we know, Shia Islam has several branches, like Zaydiyya (Fiver Shia Islam), Ismaili (Sevener Shia Islam), Isna Ashari (Twelver), Alawits etc. Most Azerbaijani Muslims belong to Twelver Shia Islam, based on Jafari Madhab, the […]