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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 1931 Constitution made Hanafi Shariah the state religion, while the 1964 Constitution simply prescribed that the state should conduct its religious ritual according to the Hanafi school. The 1977 Constitution declared Islam the religion of Afghanistan, but made no mention that the state ritual should be Hanafi.
Islam is the main religion of Afghanistan and over 99.7% [31] of Afghans are Muslims. An estimated 84.7–90% of the population adhere to Sunni Islam , while an estimated 7–15% practice Shia Islam , and approximately 1% are followers of other religions, [ 31 ] [ 32 ] most prominently Sikhism . [ 33 ]
In 2022, Freedom House rated Afghanistan's religious freedom as 1 out of 4. [10] In 2023, it was reported that violations against minorities had increased after September 2021. In particular, religious, sectarian, and ethnic minorities including Shia Hazaras and Ahmadis had fled to neighbouring countries such as Iran and Pakistan. [11]
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Likewise, Islamic religious tradition and codes, together with traditional practices, provide the principal means of controlling personal conduct and settling legal disputes. Islam was used as the main basis for expressing opposition to the progressive reforms of Afghanistan by King Amanullah in the 1920s.
The United Nations is seeking to verify reports that Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are allowing girls of all ages to study at Islamic religious schools that are traditionally boys-only, the U.N ...
Afghanistan, [e] officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, [f] is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, [g] Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east.