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Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest religions, "combining a cosmogonic dualism and eschatological monotheism in a manner unique... among the major religions of the world." It was founded by the Iranian Prophet Zoroaster (or Zarathustra) in the second millennium BCE as one of the oldest world religions. Zoroastrianism was the official religion of the Iranian empires until Islam superseded it in the seventh century AD. Ascribed to the teachings of the prophet Zoroaster, its Supreme Being is Ahura Mazda. Leading characteristics, such as messianism, heaven and hell, and free will influenced other religious systems, including Second Temple Judaism, Gnosticism, Christianity, and Islam. For a thousand years, forms of Zoroastrianism (including a Mithraic Median prototype and Zurvanist Sassanid successor) was one of the world's most important faith traditions, serving as the state religion of the pre-Islamic Iranian empires from around 600 BCE to 650 CE. 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. Besides the Zoroastrian diaspora, the older Mithraic faith Yazdanism is still practised amongst the Kurds.
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In search of the Zoroastrians an ancient people who have tended a holy flame for the last 2500 years. I do not condone any insults towards the Islamic religion or any other.
This video is an attempt to inform people about the basic customs, traditions and beliefs of one of the world religions - Zoroastrianism
Followers of one of the world's oldest religions have been celebrating their holiest day of the year, with a nervous eye on their dwindling numbers. Zoroastrianism was founded around 3,000 years ago in Persia - now known as Iran. But from a population of millions, the church now has around 200,000 members. Robert Pigott reports.
Professor Kaikhosrov D. Irani is a retired Professor Emeritus of Philosophy from City College of New York. At City College of New York, he taught philosophy for 41 years, and also served as the chairman of the Department of Philosophy for 9 years. He has served as Director of the Academy of Sciences and Humanities at City University of New York, and is a member of the Academy of Science in New York, the American Philosophical Association, the Philosophy of Science Association, and the American Academy of Religion. Prof. Irani has lectured in his field at UCLA, the Universities of Michigan, London, Goetingen, Vienna and Rome. At Princeton University he got to work with Albert Einstein. In 1999, he was singularly honored by the establishment of the K.D. Irani chair of Philosophy, at the Ci...
A short audio visual on the evolution of Zoroastrianism from 1200BC to present
Lectures given on March 3, 2014 at the University of California, San Diego. Touraj Daryaee, UC Irvine "Zoroastrian Sacred History: From Alexander to Islam" Jenny Rose, Adjunct, Claremont Graduate University "From Samarkand to Southern California: A Zoroastrian Synopsis" Dayna Kalleres, UC San Diego "Zoroastrian Legacy: Devils and Demons in Early Christianity?"