Throughout Azerbaijan"s history, it has twice changed from Sunnism to Shiism as its official religion. Shiism finally became dominant in the 16th century by virtue of Shah Ismail. Such a frequent change of religious guidelines suggests a superficial acquisition of Islam by humans of that time.Islam is one of the system-forming principles of culture and psychology of the Azerbaijani people. After the Russian invasion, adherents of Azerbaijan"s tra...

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