Re: Parsis - A recognised minority
Persians were sunnis for centuries, and only became shia in 15th or 16th century. Many of renowned scholars of sunnis like Abu Hanifa, Imam Bukhari, Ghazali, Muslim, Abu Dawood, Ahmad bin Hanbal, Abdul Qadir Gilani, etc. were Persians.
So it is absolutely wrong to claim that Persians became shias only because Arabs chose Sunni Islam.
In fact, shiaism has its roots among Arabs.
Iraq is majority shia and Arab. Egypt also was shia under Fatimid, until Saladin converted them after conquest of the country. There were also several shia states in other Arab North Africa which don’t exist anymore obviously.
Arabs were shias long before Iranians were.