Zoroastrianism

Examples of Zoroastrianism in the following topics:

• Zoroastrianism

  • Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest religions.
  • Zoroastrianism was suppressed from the 7th century onwards, following the Muslim conquest of Persia.
  • Recent estimates place the current number of Zoroastrians at around 2.6 million, with most living in India and Iran.
  • Zoroastrianism as a religion was not firmly established until several centuries later.
  • Zoroastrianism enters recorded history in the mid-5th century BCE.

• Spread of Islam

  • In contrast, for sedentary and often already monotheistic societies, "Islam was substituted for a Byzantine or Sassanian political identity and for a Christian, Jewish or Zoroastrian religious affiliation."
  • After the end of military operations, which involved the sacking of some monasteries and confiscation of Zoroastrian fire temples in Syria and Iraq, the early caliphate was characterized by religious tolerance, and people of all ethnicities and religions blended in public life.
  • After the Muslim conquest of Persia, Zoroastrians were given dhimmi (non-Muslim) status and subjected to persecutions; discrimination and harassment began in the form of sparse violence.
  • Zoroastrians were made to pay an extra tax called Jizya; if they failed, they were killed, enslaved, or imprisoned.
  • Zoroastrians who were captured as slaves in wars were given their freedom if they converted to Islam.

• Expansion and Decline of the Kushan Empire

  • The Kushans are believed to have been predominantly practitioners of Zoroastrianism, one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions founded by the Prophet Zoroaster in ancient Iran approximately 3,500 years ago.
  • Kushan emperors represented a wide variety of faiths, including Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and possibly Saivism, a sect of Hinduism.
  • The Kushans were influenced by the Hellenistic kingdoms and maintained a wide variety of faiths, including Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and Hinduism.

• The Nomadic Tribes of Arabia

  • Pre-Islamic religion in Arabia consisted of indigenous polytheistic beliefs, Ancient Arabian Christianity, Nestorian Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism.

• Rise of the Ming Dynasty

  • His rebel force later joined the Red Turbans, a millenarian sect related to the White Lotus Society, and one that followed cultural and religious traditions of Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and other religions.

• Culture and Religion in Pre-Islamic Arabia

  • Zoroastrianism existed in the east and south, and there is evidence of Manichaeism or possibly Mazdakism being practiced in Mecca.

• Trade Under the Tang Dynasty

  • However, in another bloody episode at Guangzhou in 879, the Chinese rebel Huang Chao sacked the city and purportedly slaughtered thousands of native Chinese, along with foreign Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, and Muslims in the process.

• Dates and Calendars

  • One of these was calendar of the Persian Empire, which in turn gave rise to the Zoroastrian calendar, as well as the Hebrew calendar.