Today, however, the great majority of Tajiks follow Sunni Islam, although small Twelver and Ismaili Shia minorities also exist in scattered pockets. Areas with large numbers of Shias include Herat, Badakhshan provinces in Afghanistan, the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan, and Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County in China. Some of the famous Islamic scholars were from either modern or historical East-Iranian regions lying in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and therefore can arguably be viewed as Tajiks. They include Abu Hanifa, Imam Bukhari, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawood, Nasir Khusraw and many others.
today however the great majority of tajiks follow sunni islam although small twelver and ismaili shia minorities also exist in scattered pockets areas with large numbers of shias include herat badakhshan provinces in afghanistan the gorno-badakhshan autonomous province in tajikistan and tashkurgan tajik autonomous county in china some of the famous islamic scholars were from either modern or historical east-iranian regions lying in afghanistan tajikistan uzbekistan and turkmenistan and therefore can arguably be viewed as tajiks they include abu hanifa imam bukhari tirmidhi abu dawood nasir khusraw and many others