- Religion in Afghanistan
The majority Religion in
Afghanistan isIslam , with over 99% of Afghans being counted asMuslims . Of those, approximately 80% areSunni 20% are Shi'a Encyclopædia Britannica - "Afghanistan"... [http://www.britannica.com/wdpdf/Afghanistan.pdf Link (PDF)] ] [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html CIA World Factbook] ] [Goring, R. (ed) "Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions" (Larousse: 1994); pg. 581-58;: Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs", ISBN 0-7523-0000-8, Note: "... Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% ..."] (estimates vary). There are about 30,000 to 150,000 Hindus andSikhs living in different cities but mostly inJalalabad ,Kabul , andKandahar . [ [http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1994/4/1994-4-02.shtml Hinduism Today: Hindus Abandon Afghanistan] ] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3138282.stm BBC South Asia: Sikhs struggle in Afghanistan] ] Also, there was a smallJew ish community in Afghanistan ("SeeBukharan Jews ") who fled the country after the 1979 Soviet invasion, and only one individual,Zablon Simintov , remains today. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39702-2005Jan26.html Washingtonpost.com - Afghan Jew Becomes Country's One and Only - N.C. Aizenman] ] There is an estimated 3,000 - 5,000 Christians in Afghanistan. ("SeeChristianity in Afghanistan ") Most of these are former Muslims who converted. [ [http://afghantimes.com/index2.htm AfghanTimes.com - Afghan Christian News Network] ] Buddhists, very few in number, probably number about 0.3% of the current population. Baha'is could be considered the second largest minority of Afghanistan with more than 20,000 members.ee also
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Bahá'í Faith in Afghanistan
*Islam in Afghanistan
*Hinduism in Afghanistan
*Roman Catholicism in Afghanistan
*Protestants in Afghanistan
*Buddhism in Afghanistan
*Religious freedom in Afghanistan References
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