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The significance of the Christian community in Herat can be seen in that till today there is a district outside of the city named Injil, [37] The Arabic/Dari/Pashto word for Gospel. The Christian community was present in Herat until at least 1310. [38] Tekuder, who was a Christian convert to Islam, [39] receives an embassy.
Legend from the apocryphal Acts of Thomas and other ancient documents suggests that Thomas the Apostle preached in Bactria, which is today northern Afghanistan. [2] The Nestorians planted Christianity in the area, and there were historically nine bishops and dioceses in the region, including Herat (424–1310), Farah (544–1057), Kandahar, and ...
Easter Sunday – which falls on April 17 this year – marks the end of Lent.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. Part of a series of articles on Religion in Afghanistan Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif The largest mosque in Afghanistan Majority Sunni Islam Minority Shia Islam Zoroastrians Sikhism Hinduism Bahá'í Christianity Catholicism Historic/Extinct Buddhism Judaism Controversy Religious ...
Abdul Rahman was born in 1965. [5]In 1990, while he was working as a staff member for a Catholic non-governmental aid group which was providing medical assistance to Afghan refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan, he learned about Christianity and he was subsequently baptized into the Roman Catholic Church. [6]
Rachel Barber, USA TODAY February 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM You spent the year paying down your student loans, contributing to your savings, and having your employer withhold a portion of your paycheck ...
Police are praising the heroic actions of a local pilot who confronted and stopped a 15-year-old who entered Texarkana Regional Airport in Arkansas on Tuesday, brandishing guns and demanding a plane.
The Taliban imposed its interpretation of Islamic law, establishing a "Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice" for purposes of enforcement.One of the Ministry's duties was to operate a body of religious police who enforced edicts on dress code, employment, access to medical care, behavior, religious practice, and expression.