Is it 1% of the people? Or 100% of the imams?
Because that 100% of the imams is Middle Eastern countries'
1%.
Aren't you the same people who tell us we should take down the wealth elites? Well, these are the religion elites, and they hold 99% of the population in a state of fear with their daily calls to worship.
1% is a high estimate. I'm just talking about removing imams either by arrest or execution. But since imams tend to proselyze in prison, they would have be kept in solitary or killed.
In many Muslim-majority countries there is roughly 1 mosque imam per several hundred to a few thousand congregants. That implies on the order of 0.05%–0.5% of Muslims serve as imams (about 1 in 200–1 in 2,000).
In countries with fewer mosques or more volunteer-led prayers the share is lower; in densely mosque-populated areas it’s higher.
Making a reasonable estimate: Iran population ~88 million (2026). About 99% are Muslim → ~87 million Muslims. Estimates of mosques (2003 data) ~49,000–75,000 (various reports); if each mosque had one imam, that implies 49,000–75,000 imams.
Compute percent:
Lower: 49,000 / 87,000,000 ≈ 0.056% (about 1 in 1,800)
Upper: 75,000 / 87,000,000 ≈ 0.086% (about 1 in 1,160)
So roughly 0.06%–0.09% of Muslims in Iran are imams (order of magnitude: 1 in 1,200–1,800). These are approximate—counts of mosques and imams vary by source and some mosques lack full‑time imams.
Can you live with 0.06-0.09% of the population being arrested or killed? I can. If it saves the rest of the country from calls to martyrdom and war? Yes, the goal of peace involves stopping those who want to make war. 0.09% or potentially everyone?
Would I do the killing? Not a chance. The people of Iran ought to crowd in on their religious leaders and stone them to death.
Iran’s census claims that 99.5% of the population are Muslim, a figure that hides the state’s active hostility toward irreligiosity, conversion and unrecognised religious minorities.
Compared with Iran’s 99.5% census figure, we found that only 40% identified as Muslim.
And of that remaining 40%, 20% more (that isn't 20% of 40%) want an end to the Islamic Republic.
Our surveys consistently show that the majority shares a consensus on what it does not want. Across provinces, rural and urban areas, age groups and gender, roughly 70–80% say they would not vote for the Islamic Republic.
Only 20%. And of the remaining 20%, if they were told that this is an American asking, and the Ayatollah would not find out, likely only 5% really support Islam.
That's not terrorism. That's pest control. If American troops killed just the imams tomorrow, 95% of the population would probably thank us. Probably 5%, that's the highest amount that is likely siding with the Islamic state because they actually firmly believe in it.
By intertwining religion with authoritarian rule, the Islamic Republic has hollowed out Islam. Mosques are often deserted; young women publicly burn their hijabs; street art mocks religious figures. Protest chants like “We don’t want an Islamic Republic!” or “Clerics, get lost!” are not those of a devout majority—but the voice of a population that has rejected religion as tyranny.
The rest are only Muslims because the choice was that and being killed by a bunch of no-account thugs.
When you remove the religious element to this, it's just the 5% thugs which now don't have the religion to hide their psychopathy behind. They are just thugs. They get arrested. The End.
Is sweet Mina or any of her family in the 1% of Muslims you want to slaughter in your holy war dreams to wipe out her religion, terrorist?
Maybe her family, if they led her to throw her life away.
But again, it's not my call.
If Trump were smart, he'd give Iran impossible choice.
"As long as Islam runs your country, it is in danger from war and repression. Surrender your religious leadership to international law now, or the whole country is doomed." Defend the 0.05% to 0.09%? Or get rid of them, their books, and their temples?
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