Source: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week817/feature.html

On December 24, 2004 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly ran a feature story on Zoroastrianism: "This week marks an observance for a belief system much older than Christianity -- the anniversary of the death of the prophet Zarathustra, also known as Zoroaster. Zoroastrianism began in ancient Iran or Persia and may be little known today, but it left its historical imprint on Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Estimates vary widely, but some claim that as few as 115,000 Zoroastrians remain, a few in Europe, North America and Iran; the vast majority in India, where they are called Parsis. From Bombay, now officially known as Mombai, Fred DeSam Lazaro reports."