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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. Part of a series of articles on Religion in Afghanistan Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif The largest mosque in Afghanistan Majority Sunni Islam Minority Shia Islam Zoroastrians Sikhism Hinduism Bahá'í Christianity Catholicism Historic/Extinct Buddhism Judaism Controversy Religious ...
The 1977 Constitution declared Islam the religion of Afghanistan, but made no mention that the state ritual should be Hanafi. The Penal Code of 1976 and the Civil Code of 1977, covering the entire field of social justice, represent major attempts to cope with elements of secular law based on, but superseded by, other systems.
The ancient history of Afghanistan, also referred to as the pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan, dates back to the prehistoric era and the Helmand civilization around 3300–2350 BCE. Archaeological exploration began in Afghanistan in earnest after World War II and proceeded until the late 1970s during the Soviet–Afghan War .
Historian Cameron A. Petrie states that while the Arab expansion had both social and religious motives, it was their extraction of taxes from the subjugated people that invited the numerous local rebellions. [29] Medieval Islamic scholars divided modern-day Afghanistan into two regions – the provinces of Khorasan and Sistan.
Until 2021, when all minority religious institutions ceased to be recognized, the only legally recognized church in Afghanistan was within the compound of the Italian embassy. Italy was the first country to recognize Afghanistan's independence in 1919, and the Afghan government asked how it could thank Italy.
Afghanistan's culture is historically strongly connected to nearby Persia, including the same religion, as the people of both countries have lived together for thousands of years. Its location at the crossroads of Central , South and Western Asia historically made it a hub of diversity, dubbed by one historian as the "roundabout of the ancient ...
The history of Afghanistan covers the development of Afghanistan from ancient times to the establishment of the Emirate of Afghanistan in 1823 and Afghanistan in modern times. This history is largely shared with that of Central Asia , Persia , and the Indian subcontinent .
The territory within the modern borders of Afghanistan has seen many cultural and religious shifts over the centuries. The geographical position of the area between the Middle East, South Asian, and Central Asian cultures, and the proximity to the famous Silk Road (connecting East Asian and Mediterranean civilizations, and others in between), have been major drivers of local historical and ...