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According to the European Union Agency for Asylum , the number of Hindus currently living in Afghanistan has steadily declined over the years. In the 1970's, approximately 700,00 Hindus lived in Afghanistan, by 1992 there were 220,000. At the start of 2021, 400 Hindus remained and by the end of the same year, just 150 were left.
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Existing records of a Jewish presence in Afghanistan date back to the 7th century CE, [3] although ancient Iranian tradition holds that there was a Jewish presence in Afghanistan as early as the time of Israel and Judah. There are also origin theories among some Pashtuns that claim their descent from the Ten Lost Tribes of the Israelites.
At the village level, the female village leader is called "qaryadar". Her duties may include witnessing women's ceremonies, mobilizing women to practice religious festivals, preparing the female dead for burial, and performing services for deceased women. She also arranges marriages for her own family and arbitrates conflicts for men and women ...
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Hindu and Jewish representatives gave presentations, and participants wore lapel pins combining the Israeli, Indian, and American flags. [31] About 5,000 Jews reside in India today. [33] The Bnei Menashe are a group of more than 9,000 Jews from the Indian states Manipur and Mizoram who have resided in India since as early as 8th century BCE. [34]
The Jews who lived under Arab rule during the Middle Ages, notably in Islamic Spain, wore turbans and headwear not too different from their Muslim counterparts. The Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, also known as Rishon LeZion customarily wears a turban (mitznefet). [37] [38] Some married Jewish women wear mitpaḥats as an act of modesty.
The first mention of a Hindu in Afghanistan appears in the 982 AD Ḥudūd al-ʿĀlam, where it speaks of a king in "Ninhar" , who shows a public display of conversion to Islam, even though he had over 30 wives, which are described as "Muslim, Afghan, and Hindu" wives. [4] These names were often used as geographical terms by the Arabs.