Notes on Church-State Affairs
Afghanistan Following the withdrawal of US and NATO military forces, the Islamic militant group the Taliban quickly gained power throughout Afghanistan. Their takeover threatens religious minorities such as Christians—especially converts from Islam—Jews, the Bahá′í community, Hazara, Sikhs, Hindus,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2022
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| In: |
A journal of church and state
Year: 2022, Volume: 64, Issue: 1, Pages: 174-186 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Church
/ State
/ Afghanistan
/ Australia
/ Canada
/ China
/ Cuba
/ ElSalvador
/ Europäische Union
/ Finland
/ France
/ Germany
/ Ghana
/ India
/ Ireland
/ Israel
/ Kenya
/ Montenegro
/ Netherlands
/ Nicaragua
/ Pakistan
/ Poles
/ Russia
/ Great Britain
/ USA
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia KBL Near East and North Africa KBM Asia KBQ North America KBR Latin America KBS Australia; Oceania SA Church law; state-church law |
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| Summary: | Afghanistan Following the withdrawal of US and NATO military forces, the Islamic militant group the Taliban quickly gained power throughout Afghanistan. Their takeover threatens religious minorities such as Christians—especially converts from Islam—Jews, the Bahá′í community, Hazara, Sikhs, Hindus, and Shiite Muslims. The Taliban ruled Afghanistan from 1996-2001 and imposed fundamentalist interpretations of Islam that oppressed religious minorities and women. When the Taliban began to spread this time, many who were able to flee did so out of fear that the Taliban would renew its oppressive practices. This resulted in numerous women, children, and religious minorities fleeing westward as refugees. After the Taliban seized power on August 15, it restricted women’s higher education, including limitations on subjects being studied, gender segregation, and mandatory hijabs. Although spokesmen for the new government have indicated they do not intend to return to exactly what they were in the 1990s, it does appear that harsh punishments... |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csab093 |