伊朗轉向什葉派
伊朗轉向什葉派是指16世紀薩非王朝統治伊朗期間，強行讓原本信仰遜尼派的伊朗民眾信仰什葉派[1]。在接下來的三個世紀裡，薩非王朝（十二伊瑪目派）持續鎮壓遜尼派穆斯林、猶太人、基督徒和其他宗教團體， [2] [3] [4] [5]最終讓伊朗成為一個以什葉派為主的國家以及最大的什葉派國家[6][7]。不過這導致伊朗與周邊遜尼派占多數國家（例如鄂圖曼帝國）關係惡化。
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Shah Ismail pursued a relentless campaign of forced conversion of the majority Sunni population in Iran to (Twelver) Shia Islam...
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Shah persecuted the philosophers, mystics, and Sufis who had been promoted by his grandfather, and unleashed fanatical campaigns of forcible conversion on Sunnis, Jews, Christians and other religious minorities
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Forced conversion in the Safavid Empire made Persia for the first time dominantly Shia and left a lasting mark: Persia, now Iran, has been dominantly Shia ever since, and for centuries the only country to have a ruling Shia majority.
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