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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 January 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 freedom ...
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the entire field of social justice, represent major attempts to cope with elements of secular law based on, but superseded by, other systems.
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.
South Asia has the largest population of Muslims in the world, with about one-third of all Muslims being from South Asia. [22] [23] [24] Islam is the dominant religion in the Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
Afghanistan religion-related lists (1 C, 1 P) C. Christianity in Afghanistan (6 C, 4 P) H. Hinduism in Afghanistan (5 C, 14 P) History of religion in Afghanistan (6 C ...
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 ...
This is an overview of religion by country or territory in 2010 according to a 2012 Pew Research Center report. [1] The article Religious information by country gives information from The World Factbook of the CIA and the U.S. Department of State .
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.