Zuism

Zuism
ClassificationReligious group
RegionIceland (native to Iraq)
Origin2010s
Members493 (Iceland 2023)[1] Steady to Increase

Zuism (Icelandic: Zúismi) is an Icelandic group established in the 2010s to be a modern pagan new religious movement based on the Sumerian religion.[2]

After registering as a religious group in 2013 with three members, the group experienced significant surge in membership in 2015, under new management, when it announced that the government church funds to the Zuist Church would be reimbursed to every member.[3] At its peak, the Church had around 3000 members.[4] In the late 2010s, the Church underwent a significant decline after facing a number of legal troubles, including being prosecuted for fraud.[5]

  1. ^ "Populations by religious and life stance organisations". Statistics Iceland.
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  3. ^ "Zúistar telja ósannað að loforð um endurgreiðslur hafi fjölgað félögum - Vísir". visir.is. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  4. ^ Harriet Sherwood (8 December 2015). "Icelanders flock to religion revering Sumerian deities and tax rebates". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 December 2017.
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