Editing Uzbeks (section)

===Religion===
{{Main|Islam in Uzbekistan}}

Uzbeks come from a predominantly [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslim]] background, usually of the [[Hanafi]] school,<ref name="EofI">{{cite encyclopedia| title = Ozbek| encyclopedia = [[Encyclopaedia of Islam]]| edition = CD-ROM Edition v. 1.0| publisher = Koninklijke Brill NV| location = Leiden, The Netherlands| year = 1999}}</ref> but variations exist between northern and southern Uzbeks. According to a 2009 [[Pew Research Center]] report, Uzbekistan's population is 96.3% Muslim,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pewforum.org/uploadedfiles/Topics/Demographics/Muslimpopulation.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519092435/http://pewforum.org/uploadedfiles/Topics/Demographics/Muslimpopulation.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> around 54% identifies as [[non-denominational Muslim]], 18% as [[Sunni]] and 1% as [[Shia]].<ref name="Pew">{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2012/08/09/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity-1-religious-affiliation/#identity|title=Chapter 1: Religious Affiliation|date=August 9, 2012|work=The World's Muslims: Unity and Diversity|publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]'s Religion & Public Life Project|access-date=4 September 2013|archive-date=26 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226113158/http://www.pewforum.org/2012/08/09/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity-1-religious-affiliation/#identity|url-status=live}}</ref> And around 11% say they belong to a [[Sufi]] order.<ref name="Pew" /> The majority of Uzbeks from the former [[USSR]] came to practice religion with a more liberal interpretation due to the movement of [[Jadid]]ism which arose as an indigenous reform movement during the time of [[Tsarist Empire|Russian imperial rule]], while Uzbeks in Afghanistan and other countries to the south have remained more conservative adherents of Islam. However, with Uzbek independence in 1991 came an Islamic revival amongst segments of the population. People living in the area of modern Uzbekistan were first converted to [[Islam]] as early as the 8th century, as [[Arabs]] conquered the area, displacing the earlier faiths of the region.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/uzbekistan0000liba|url-access=registration|title=Uzbekistan|last=Libal|first=Joyce|publisher=Mason Crest Publishers|year=2005|isbn=1-59084-887-X|location=Philadelphia|pages=[https://archive.org/details/uzbekistan0000liba/page/34 34]-36}}</ref>

A 2015 study estimates some 10,000 Muslim Uzbek converted to [[Christianity]], most of them belonging to some sort of [[evangelical]] or [[charismatic]] [[Protestant]] community.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Johnstone|first1=Patrick|last2=Miller|first2=Duane Alexander|title=Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census|journal=IJRR|date=2015|volume=11|issue=10|pages=1–19|url=https://www.academia.edu/16338087|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-date=13 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313222442/https://www.academia.edu/16338087/Believers_in_Christ_from_a_Muslim_Background_A_Global_Census|url-status=live}}</ref> According to 2009 national census 1,794 Uzbeks in [[Kazakhstan]] are [[Christians]].<ref name="stat.kz_010411">[http://www.stat.kz/p_perepis/Documents/010411_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%86%20%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%20%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81.doc Итоги национальной переписи населения 2009 года. Национальный состав, вероисповедание и владения языками в Республике Казахстан]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In [[Russia]] there are some long-term Uzbek workers who have converted to [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] through [[missionaries]].<ref>{{cite book|title= Russia's Islam and Orthodoxy beyond the Institutions: Languages of Conversion, Competition and Convergence|first= Michael |last= Kemper|year= 2019| isbn= 9781351022408|publisher=Routledge}}</ref>

The ancient pre-Islamic religion of Uzbekistan-[[Zoroastrianism]] survives today and is followed by 7,000 people in Uzbekistan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vcn.bc.ca/oshihan/Pages/UzbakistanClasse.htm |title=Uzbakestan Zoroastrians at Gatha Class |access-date=2020-06-06 |archive-date=2020-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030170715/http://vcn.bc.ca/oshihan/Pages/UzbakistanClasse.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> According to 2009 national census 1,673 Uzbeks in [[Kazakhstan]] are [[atheists]].<ref name="stat.kz_010411" />