Zoroastrians in a sentence

However, the Parsis would be the only Zoroastrians to do so (and would do it only once), with the result that – from then on – the calendar in use by the Parsis and the calendar in use by Zoroastrians elsewhere diverged by a matter of thirty days.

This ruling was based on the precedent that the Islamic prophet Muhammad did not forbid such self-marriages among Zoroastrians despite coming into contact with Zoroastrians and knowing about this practice.

It includes Muslims, Jews, Zoroastrians and others with cultural ties to Iran and a range of views and opinions about leadership and politics in Tehran and Washington.

But in any case I didn’t think there were really any live Zoroastrians walking among us.

I thought it was pretty well accepted that they were Zoroastrians.

Another popular means to distress Zoroastrians was to maltreat dogs, as these animals are sacred in Zoroastrianism.

As in many other faiths, Zoroastrians are encouraged to marry others of the same faith, but this is not a requirement.

Baghdad was home to Christians, Jews, Hindus, and Zoroastrians, in addition to the growing Muslim population.

Because of their sheer numbers, the conquered Zoroastrians had to be treated as dhimmis (despite doubts of the validity of this identification that persisted down the centuries), which made them eligible for protection.

Following the fall of the Sassanid Empire in 651 CE, many Zoroastrians migrated.

However, through the sixth century, the church was frequently beset with internal strife and persecution by Zoroastrians.

In older English sources, the terms Gheber and Gueber (both deriving from Persian for infidel, compare giaour ) were used to refer to Zoroastrians; however, these terms are considered offensive and have fallen out of use.

In recent years, the United States has become a significant destination of Zoroastrian populations, holding the second largest population of Zoroastrians after India.

In the 17th century, Bulsar was one of the five centres of the Zoroastrian religion (the other four were also in what is today Gujarat) and consequently "Bulsara" is a relatively common name amongst Zoroastrians.

It is enjoyed by people with different religions, but is a holiday for Zoroastrians.

Religious text Avestan main The Avesta is the religious book of Zoroastrians that contains a collection of sacred texts.

Schools set up by Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians had to be run by Muslim principals.

The cities where Arab governors resided were particularly vulnerable to such pressures, and in these cases the Zoroastrians were left with no choice but to either conform or migrate to regions that had a more amicable administration.

The fund succeeded in convincing a number of Iranian Zoroastrians to emigrate to India (where they are known today as Iranis) and may have been instrumental in obtaining a remission of the jizya for their co-religionists in 1882.

The Parsis, whose name means "Persians", are descended from Persian Zoroastrians who emigrated to India to avoid religious persecution by the Muslims.