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Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili and Ilia Murtazashvili on Afghanistan, Local Institutions, and Self-Governance

Democracy Paradox

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Islamic Law in Afghanistan

So the mula is the religious figure in the and often there's more than one, because the community will have mosques, right? And so amula is the religious leader, usually leading a mosque. And really interesting thing about afghanistan is people will tell you how big their village is by how many mosques there are. Like, savase, are you from a big village? Yes, we have five mosques. Ok? So this is sort of a measure as well. So islam, of course, plays an important role in society.

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