Notes

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-The Church of The East in the Sassanid Empire - 409 AD -Christianity is going well in Afghanistan, there are no haters. - 6th to 7th century -610 Muhammad sees ArchAngel Gabriel and starts Islam. -Soon after 610, military expeditions called "futuhats" are launched into the Afghan Region, Afghanistan becomes Muslim. -First Crusades Start, so does Christian/Muslim conflict. - 1,095 to 1291 -Spanish Christian Explorers came to Afghanistan. Emperor Akbar greeted them well, but no relations were held between the countries. -1582 -Soviets invaded in 1978 -1985 Mujahideen band together to fight against the Soviets. -1986 America supplies the Mujahideen with weapon. Mujahideen later became the Taliban in '96. -Taliban (Islamic Extremists) came to power in 1996. -Taliban fell in 2001 -Became the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in 2004 -Abdul Rahman almost executed in 2006 -"Kabar" still hides his Christianity from Police in 2007 -2006 is the pinnacle of US and UK Media activity in Christians in Afghanistan.
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-Afghanistan is an Islamic Republic -America funded the Taliban to help them fight the Russians. -The legal system is based on Civic and Sharia Law. -ALL (but one) Churches in Afghanistan are underground. -There is exactly one Synagog and one Church that are not secretive/underground. Both are Government "tools" to say "Hey, we support other faiths." They are not open to locals. -One guy was tortured and executed for just communicating with a Christian convert. -It is illegal to convert from Islam -It is illegal to advertise any religion aside from Islam.
 * General Facts**

-99.85% of Afghanis are Muslim -0.05% of Afghanis are Christian -Hamid Karzai is the President -Population of 30 million (humans). -Approximately 2,000-10,000 Christians in Afghanistan -There is only ONE known Afghan Jew.
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