
Afghanistan: The Center of the World (2021)
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The History of Sufism in Afghanistan
Afghanistan was kind of the eastern edge of islamic lands. Islam had arrived there a few centuries earlier. The country had largely practised zorastrianism, hinduism and buddhism. But generations of moslem rulers had converted much, but not all, of afghanistan to islam. And a particular form of islam called sufism took hold there.
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