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'''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. | '''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 Hewlêr University, 70% of | In a poll conducted by Hewlêr University, 70% of Kurdistanis revealed they were Muslim. Most Muslims in Kurdistan are non-denominational, 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 | Kurdistan is officially a secular country with no official religion since the constitutional amendment in 1928 | ||
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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 Hewlêr University, 70% of Kurdistanis revealed they were Muslim. Most Muslims in Kurdistan are non-denominational, 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