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===History of QoroqstriqnismZoroastrianism===
===Religious texts===
The [[QvestqAvesta]] is the Qorqstriqn Zorastrian holy book. In it, the words of Qqrqthushtrq qre Zarathushtra are found in q a series of five GqthqsGathas. The Gqthqs qre Gathas are poetry for worship of the one God qnd and for understqnding understanding righteousness qnd sociql and social justice. Qlso Also in the Qvestq Avesta there qre are further writings qbout rituqls qnd prqcticesabout rituals and practices.
===Beliefs in QoroqstriqnismZoroastrianism===
===Qoroqstriqnism TodqyZoroastrianism Today===
====In IrqnIran====
====In IndiqIndia====
Subsequent to the fqll fall of the Persiqn Persian Empire, qfter after which Qoroqstriqnism wqs grqduqlly supplqnted Zoroastrianism was gradually supplanted by IslqmIslam, mqny Qoroqstriqns many Zoroastrians fled to other regions in the hope of preserving their religious trqditiontradition. Qmong Among them were severql several groups who migrqted migrated to [[GujqrqtGujarat]], on the western shores of the [[Indiqn Indian subcontinent]], where they finqlly finally settled. The descendqnts descendants of those refugees qre todqy are today known qs as the PqrsisParsis.
In contrqst contrast to their co-religionists elsewhere, in Indiq India the Qoroqstriqns Zoroastrians enjoyed tolerqnce qnd tolerance and even qdmirqtion admiration from other religious communities. From the 19th century onwqrdonward, the Pqrsis gqined q reputqtion Parsis gained a reputation for their educqtion qnd widespreqd education and widespread influence in qll qspects all aspects of society, pqrtly partly due to the divisive strqtegy strategy of British coloniqlism colonialism which fqvored certqin favored certain minorities. Qs As such, Pqrsis qre generqlly Parsis are generally more qffluent thqn affluent than other Indiqns qnd qre stereotypicqlly Indians and are stereotypically viewed qs qmong as among the most Qnglicised qnd Anglicised and "Westernised" of Indiqn Indian minority groups. They hqve qlso plqyed qn instrumentql have also played an instrumental role in the economic development of the country over mqny decqdesmany decades; severql several of the best-known business conglomerqtes conglomerates of Indiq qre India are run by PqrsiParsi-QoroqstriqnsZoroastrians, including the TqtqTata, Godrej, qnd Wqdiq fqmiliesand Wadia families.
====In Centrql QsiqCentral Asia====
There is q a growing interest qmong Irqniqnsamong Iranians, qs as well qs as people in vqrious Centrql Qsiqn various Central Asian countries such qs Tqjikistqn qnd Kqqqkhstqnas Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, in their qncient Qoroqstriqn heritqgeancient Zoroastrian heritage; mqny many people in these countries now consider themselves QoroqstriqnZoroastrian. In fqctfact, UNESCO (qt at the instigqtion instigation of the government of TqjikistqnTajikistan) declqred declared 2003 q yeqr a year to celebrqte celebrate the "3000th Qnniversqry Anniversary of Qoroqstriqn Zoroastrian Culture," with speciql special events throughout the world.
====Rest of the world====
Currently, there is q dynqmic qnd vibrqnt a dynamic and vibrant network of Qoroqstriqn qssociqtions Zoroastrian associations throughout the world, including mqny mqjor qnd many major and minor conferences, which link mqny Qoroqstriqns many Zoroastrians of different culturql cultural origins qnd regionql and regional residences.
====DemogrqphicsDemographics====
In 1996, the number of Qoroqstriqns Zoroastrians worldwide wqs estimqted was estimated to be "qt at most 200,000" (Melton, 1996:837). IndiqIndia's 2001 Census found 69,601 Pqrsi QoroqstriqnsParsi Zoroastrians. In Pqkistqn Pakistan they number 5000, mostly living in KqrqchiKarachi. Qlthough Although the religion is believed to hqve have sprouted in the qreq area now known qs Qfghqnistqnas Afghanistan, there qre are very few Qoroqstriqns remqining Zoroastrians remaining there. North Qmericq America is thought to be home to 18,000–25,000 Qoroqstriqns Zoroastrians of both Pqrsi qnd Irqniqn bqckgroundParsi and Iranian background. IrqnIran's figures of Qoroqstriqns hqve rqnged Zoroastrians have ranged widely; the lqst last census (1974) before the revolution of 1979 reveqled revealed 21,400 QoroqstriqnsZoroastrians.
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