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| caption = Religion in Kurdistan (2017)
| caption = Religion in Kurdistan (2017)
| label1 = Non-Denominational Islam
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| label2 = Sunni Islam
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| label3 = Shia Islam
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| label4 = Ahmadiyya
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| label6 = Atheist
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| value7 = 4.8
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| label8 = Christianity
| label8 = [[Christianity in Kurdistan|Christianity]]
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| label9 = Yazidi
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| label10 = Jewish
| label10 = [[Judaism in Kurdistan|Jewish]]
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Revision as of 17:30, 16 March 2020

Religion in Kurdistan (2017)

  Sunni Islam (21.7%)
  Shia Islam (6.3%)
  Ahmadiyya (2.8%)
  Other Islamic Sects (0.7%)
  Atheism (11.2%)
  Spirtual (4.8%)
  Christianity (11.34%)
  Yazidi (2.8%)
  Jewish (0.14%)
  Other (0.84%)

Islam is the largest religion in Kurdistan according to the state, with 70% of the population being automatically registered by the state as Muslim,for anyone whose parents are not of any other officially recognised religion and remaining 11.2% are not religious, 11.34% are Christians and 0.84% are Others religion affiliation.

In a poll conducted by Sabancı University, 70% of Kurdistan revealed they were Muslim. Most Muslims in Kurdistan are Non-DenominationalSunnis forming about 55%, Sunni Islam denominations in total form about 31% of the Muslim population and Shia (Alevis, Ja'faris, Alawites) 9%. Among Shia Muslim presence in Kurdistan there is a small but considerable minority of Muslims with Ismaili heritage and affiliation. Christians (Oriental Orthodoxy, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic) and Jews (Sephardi), who comprise the non-Muslim religious population, make up more than 11.48% of the total. Irregilion people make up 16% percent. with atheist making up 80%.

Kurdistan is officially a secular country with no official religion since the constitutional amendment in 1928