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Religion in Afghanistan

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Religion in Afghanistan
Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif
The largest mosque in Afghanistan
Majority
Sunni Islam
Minority
Historic/Extinct
Controversy
Religion in Afghanistan (2012)
religion percent
Sunni Islam
 
 90%
Shia Islam
 
 9.7%
Other religion
 
 0.3%

Religion in Afghanistan (2012)

  Sunni Islam (90%)
  Shia Islam (9.7%)
  Other religion (0.3%)

Sunni Islam (Hanafi/Deobandi) is the largest and the state religion of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.[1][2][3] According to The World Factbook, Sunni Muslims constitute between 84.7 and 89.7% of the population, and Shia Muslims between 10 and 15%. Other religions are followed by 0.3% of the population.[4][5]

In 2022, Freedom House rated Afghanistan’s religious freedom as 1 out of 4.[6]

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  2. ^ "Chapter 1: Religious Affiliation". The World's Muslims: Unity and Diversity. Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project. August 9, 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  3. ^ Hayat, Bais (2023-12-17). "Taliban minister asserts sole dominance of Hanafi school in Afghanistan". Amu TV. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  4. ^ www.isas.nus.edu.sg https://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/papers/remaking-of-afghanistan-how-the-taliban-are-changing-afghanistans-laws-and-legal-institutions/. Retrieved 2024-09-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ Rana, Sohel; Ganguly, Sumit (2021-08-25). "Taliban's religious ideology – Deobandi Islam – has roots in colonial India". The Conversation. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  6. ^ Freedom House, Retrieved 2023-04-25

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