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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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Authors: Prather, Scott (Author) ; Randolph, Jacob R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2022
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
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...
ISSN:2040-4867
Contains:Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csab093