[5] Angāli people are Shi’ite Muslims, believing in the twelve Imams.

They are faithful believers, and, except for children and some of the youth before the legal age of eighteen, they all observe their religious rituals——three times of prayers during the day, annual fasting, etc.

Although historically Angāli has always been one of the important and strategic centers of political activity (partly due to the conflict between the local khāns [‘chieftains’] and the central government, over matters such as independence and fire arms control, etc.

One of the main reasons is rooted in the strategy of the Pahlavi regime (under Reza Shah, as well as his son and successor Mohammad-Reza, a.k.a.

the Shah) who kept the regional powers (that is, the khāns, kalāntars, and their tribes and tribesmen) in low profile, in order to prevent any possible encouragement for others, who might follow their foot steps in dealing with the central government.