Home›Religions›Where Practised›IraqRegionIraqThe Near East and EgyptDocumented History and SocietyVerifiedIraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, historically known in the west as Mesopotamia, is the country in West Asia bordered by Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, Kuwait, Jordan and Syria, with Baghdad as its capital. The source dates the rise of early cities between the Tigris and Euphrates to the sixth millennium BC, naming Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia and Assyria, and records that after the Arab conquest of the seventh century Iraq became the metropole of the Abbasid Caliphate with Baghdad a hub of the Islamic Golden Age. Schools, sects, sacred sites and texts are placed here when they arose in the modern country, beside the older Mesopotamia region of this atlas.IraqConnectionsIn the Other AtlasesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)IraqFilter Results1 entryPlace of OriginAllHejaz (1)DenominationsAllAhmadiyya (1)Alawites (1)Alevism (1)Ibadism (1)Ismailism (1)Kharijites (1)Nation of Islam (1)Quranism (1)Salafism (1)Shia (Twelver) (1)Sufism (1)Sunni (1)Wahhabism (1)Zaidiyyah (1)ScripturesAllAl-Istibsar (1)Al-Muwatta (1)Buyruk (1)Da'a'im al-Islam (1)Hadith (1)Jami at-Tirmidhi (1)Jami' al-Rabi' (1)Kitab al-Kafi (1)Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih (1)Musnad al-Imam Zayd (1)Sahih al-Bukhari (1)Sahih Muslim (1)Sunan Abu Dawud (1)Sunan an-Nasa'i (1)Sunan Ibn Majah (1)Tahdhib al-Ahkam (1)The Quran (1)Origin EraAll610 (1)Conception of the DivineAllMonotheistic: one God (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (1)Closed Practice StatusAllPartly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Giving Obligation EnforceabilityAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Usury PositionAllInterest of any kind on a loan is forbidden (1)Marriage PositionAllMarriage may licitly be polygynous (1)Sexuality PositionAllSame-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (1)Kind of TraditionAllAbrahamic (Monotheistic) (1)Show ResultsIslamIraqConnectionsModern AreaIraq, Countries Well-attested Source Iraq (Wikipedia)Originated HereAthari School, Schools of Theology Well-attested Source Islamic Creeds: A SelectionW. Montgomery Watttier 1Classical Mandaic, Languages Well-attested Source Mandaic language (Wikipedia)Ismailism, Denominations Well-attested Source The Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd editionP. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W. P. Heinrichs (eds.)tier 1Kharijites, Denominations Well-attested Source The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh CenturyHugh Kennedytier 1Kitab al-Anwar wal-Maraqib (Book of Lights and Watchtowers), Literary Works Well-attested Source Kitab al-Anwar wal-Maraqib (Book of Lights and Watchtowers)Ya'qub al-Qirqisanitier 3Kitab-i-Iqan, Scriptures & Texts Well-attested Source Kitab-i-Iqan (Wikipedia)Najibiyyih Garden (Garden of Ridvan), Baghdad, Sacred Sites Well-attested Source An Introduction to the Baha'i FaithPeter Smithtier 1Sufism, Denominations Well-attested Source The Sufi Orders in IslamJ. Spencer Triminghamtier 1Sunni, Denominations Well-attested Source The Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd editionP. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W. P. Heinrichs (eds.)tier 1The Hidden Words, Scriptures & Texts Well-attested Source The Hidden Words (Wikipedia)The Last Girl, Literary Works Well-attested Source Wikipedia, "The Last Girl (memoir)"tier 3Zaidiyyah, Denominations Well-attested Source The Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd editionP. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W. P. Heinrichs (eds.)tier 1Regions Where This Is PrincipalIslam, Religions Well-attested Source CIA World Factbook (public-domain archive): CIA World Factbook: IraqIn the Other AtlasesSame AsIraqAlso in Geography Atlas: the same subject.SourcesIraq (Wikipedia)IntroductionQuote, IntroductionIraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, historically known in the west as Mesopotamia, is a country in West Asia.View the SourceThe Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd editiontier 1P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W. P. Heinrichs (eds.), Brill, 2005Originated Here: Sunni, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: The central Islamic lands: the Hijaz, Iraq, Syria and KhurasanOriginated Here: Ismailism, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Iraq, and then North Africa and Egypt under the FatimidsOriginated Here: Zaidiyyah, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Iraq, and established in the Yemeni highlandsView the SourceThe Sufi Orders in Islamtier 1J. Spencer Trimingham, Oxford University Press, 1971Originated Here: Sufism, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Iraq and KhurasanView the SourceThe Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Centurytier 1Hugh Kennedy, Routledge, 2016Originated Here: Kharijites, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Kufa, IraqView the SourceAn Introduction to the Baha'i Faithtier 1Peter Smith, Cambridge University Press, 2008Originated Here: Najibiyyih Garden (Garden of Ridvan), Baghdad, Stored country property on this entity, cited to this source: IraqIslamic Creeds: A Selectiontier 1W. Montgomery Watt, Edinburgh University Press, 1994Originated Here: Athari School, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Baghdad, IraqView the SourceKitab al-Anwar wal-Maraqib (Book of Lights and Watchtowers)tier 3Ya'qub al-Qirqisani, 937Originated Here: Kitab al-Anwar wal-Maraqib (Book of Lights and Watchtowers), Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: Iraq (Baghdad region)Wikipedia, "The Last Girl (memoir)"tier 3WikipediaOriginated Here: The Last Girl, Stored origin-place property on this entity, cited to this source: IraqView the SourceKitab-i-Iqan (Wikipedia)Wikimedia FoundationOriginated Here: Kitab-i-Iqan, Lead sectionQuote, Originated Here: Kitab-i-Iqan, Lead sectionThe work was composed in Baghdad over two days in January 1861, written partly in Persian and in Arabic.View the SourceThe Hidden Words (Wikipedia)Originated Here: The Hidden Words, Lead sectionQuote, Originated Here: The Hidden Words, Lead sectionThe Hidden Words (Kalimát-i-Maknúnih, Arabic: کلمات مكنونة, Persian: کلمات مکنونه) is a book written by Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, around 1858. He composed it while walking along the banks of the Tigris river during his exile in Baghdad.View the SourceMandaic language (Wikipedia)Originated Here: Classical Mandaic, LeadQuote, Originated Here: Classical Mandaic, LeadMandaic, or more specifically Classical Mandaic, is the liturgical language of Mandaeism and a South Eastern Aramaic variety in use by the Mandaean community, traditionally based in southern parts of Iraq and southwest Iran, for their religious books.View the SourceCIA World Factbook (public-domain archive): CIA World Factbook: IraqCIA World Factbook (public-domain archive)Regions Where This Is Principal: Islam, ReligionsQuote, Regions Where This Is Principal: Islam, ReligionsReligions.text: Muslim (official) 95-98% (Shia 61-64%, Sunni 29-34%), Christian 1% (includes Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Assyrian Church of the East), other 1-4% (2015 est.)View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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