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Religion in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is an Islamic state, in which most citizens follow Islam. As much as 90% of the population follows Sunni Islam. [1] 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.
Islam is the official state religion of Afghanistan, with approximately 99.7% of the Afghan population being Muslim. Roughly 90% practice Sunni Islam, while around 10% are Shias. [4] [5] Most Shias belong to the Twelver branch and only a smaller number follow Ismailism. [4]
Islam is the dominant religion in the Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with more than 200 million adherents.
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Country Pew Forum CIA - The World Fact Book World Christian Database 2010 International Religious Freedom Report for 2012; Afghanistan: Population 31,410,000, Christian 0.1%, Muslim 99.7%
The culture of Afghanistan [1] [2] has persisted for over three millennia, tracing record to at least the time of the Achaemenid Empire in 500 BCE, [3] and encompasses the cultural diversity of the nation. Afghanistan's culture is historically strongly connected to nearby Persia, including the same religion, as the people of both countries have ...
In 1994, the Zoroastrian Society of Ontario estimated that there were around 100–200 Zoroastrians residing in Afghanistan. In 2015, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) granted official recognition to the Zoroastrian religion and also proceeded with the opening of three new Zoroastrian temples.
H. Hinduism in Afghanistan (5 C, 14 P) History of religion in Afghanistan (6 C, 3 P)