| · Language: Dari | · Population: 316,000 The name Qizilbash, which is Turkish for “Red Heads,” is given to a wide variety of Shi’ite … [Read more...]
Afghanistan - a wounded land, background
There are the burned out skeletons of tanks and armoured vehicles, the ruins of homes destroyed by rockets or bombs and the pock marks where walls … [Read more...]
The Friday Sermon
Friday Prayer Focus Each Friday just after noon several hundred million Muslims find their way to mosques around the world. In some places, almost … [Read more...]
Badakhshan (religious identification Ismaili)
Ismaili Muslims in the remote Pamir mountains The soaring Pamir mountains dominate the landscape of greater Badashan / Badakshan, which spills over … [Read more...]
The Aimaq Muslims
| · 700,000+ Aimaq in Afghanistan (estimate) | · Possibly 200,000 Aimaq in Iran (estimate) The name "Aimaq" (the Mongolian word for tribe) … [Read more...]
A Vision to Reach Muslims in Nuristan, Afghanistan
| · Population : Estimates are from 100,000 to 300,000 The most inaccessible of Afghan provinces, Nuristan forms the backbone of the Hindu Kush … [Read more...]
Massacre in Northern Afghanistan
| · Focus: Balkh and Mazari Sharif cities Balkh province in northern Afghanistan lies on the borders of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tadjikistan. … [Read more...]
Muslims of Herat, ancient city of Afghanistan
Lying close to the Iranian border, Herat is the most westerly city in Afghanistan and forms the strategic gateway into the country from the west and … [Read more...]
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