Afghanistan is a devoutly Muslim nation—90% of its population areSunniMuslims (other Afghan Muslims areSufisorShiites). Religious schools were established in Afghanistan after Islam arrived in the seventh century andtalibanbecame an important part of the social fabric: running schools, mosques, shrin...
” Not a single freedom has been expanded or “protected” by this war. However, nearly every “right” provided by the Constitution of the United States has been in one form or another attacked, eroded, or outright ignored and flagrantly violated. As such, today I am going to briefly ...
Iran and Afghanistan share a 582-mile (936-km) border. The two countries have also enjoyed religious and linguistic affinities. For instance, approximately one-fifth of the population in Afghanistan consists of the Shiite Hazara community. Most Hazaras, like Iranians, are Shiite and...
The worshippers targeted in Friday's were Hazaras, who have long suffered from double discrimination as an ethnic minority and as followers of Shiite Islam in a majority Sunni country. The Islamic State group and the Taliban, who seized control of the country with the exit of the foreign troop...
In recent years, the Sunni extremists of the local IS affiliate have carried out a wave of horrific attacks targeting Hazaras. An attack on a maternity ward last year killed 24 people, including mothers and their newborn babies. The Taliban have condemned such attacks and engaged in turf wars...
The worshippers targeted in Friday's were Hazaras, who have long suffered from double discrimination as an ethnic minority and as followers of Shiite Islam in a majority Sunni country. The Islamic State group and the Taliban, who seized control of the country with the exit of the foreign troop...
As Sunni Muslims, the Taliban have been able to suppress all other ethnic groups--one of these groups is the Shiite Muslims. Shiite Muslims account for about 15 percent of the world’s Muslims. Shiites can be found throughout the world, not only are they the dominate ethnic group in Iran...
the fourth caliph of the Sunnis and the first Imam or divinely inspired leader of the Shiites. (Ali was the first cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad). Because South Asian Islam, although it is largely Sunni, was deeply influenced at key points by Shiite...