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Uzbekistan - Prayercast
Uzbekistan - Prayercast
Uzbekistan, a landlocked nation in Central Asia, was once part of the Persian empire and was conquered by Alexander the Great in the 4th century B.C. Once a thoroughfare for the Silk Road, it was a strategic point of conquest for many invaders. As a result, this populous country is comprised of numerous ethnic groups. Today it is filled with rich architectural beauty evident in its mosques, palaces, and minarets.
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Uzbekistan - Prayercast
Rajput - Prayercast
Rajput - Prayercast
If any words best describe the history of Northern India, they would be invasion, conquest, and migration. “Rajput” originally referred to the various clans that ruled ancient South Asia. Muslim Rajputs trace their history back to the arrival of Islam in the 8th century.
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Rajput - Prayercast
Jat - Prayercast
Jat - Prayercast
Today there are approximately 33 million Muslim Jat spread throughout Northwest India and Pakistan. Because lineage is extremely important in this region, who you are depends on who you are related to. There are dozens and dozens of major and minor clans among the Muslim Jat. Though primarily Punjabi-speaking, Jat Muslims speak several other secondary languages.
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Jat - Prayercast
Hui - Prayercast
Hui - Prayercast
Prayercast exists to activate victorious, world-changing prayer and worship through mass media and the arts to advance the gospel to the masses.
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Hui - Prayercast
Algerian Arab - Prayercast
Algerian Arab - Prayercast
Algeria was first conquered by Arabs in the 8th century. After suffering under Arab, Berber, and Turkish empires for a thousand years, it was colonized by the French in 1830. Algeria won independence in 1962 after an eight-year war that left one million dead.
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Algerian Arab - Prayercast
Pashtun - Prayercast
Pashtun - Prayercast
For centuries Pashtuns were simply called “Afghans,” though today that term usually refers to anyone from Afghanistan. They are the dominant and largest ethnic group in Afghanistan – some 16-18 million. There are twice as many Pashtuns in Pakistan, concentrated in the northeast.
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Pashtun - Prayercast
Shaikh - Prayercast
Shaikh - Prayercast
The Shaikh are thought to be the largest grouping of unreached Muslims in the world. Though the majority are Sunni Muslims, there are Shia and Sufi expressions of Islam among them as well.
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Shaikh - Prayercast
Sudanese Arab - Prayercast
Sudanese Arab - Prayercast
Sudan has a very long and complicated history, influenced by cultures from the north, south, east, and west. Sudanese Arabs (population est. 43 million) include city dwellers, rural farmers, and pastoral nomads. Most live close to the Nile River, Sudan’s most distinct physical feature, whose two major tributaries converge in the capital, Khartoum.
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Sudanese Arab - Prayercast
Yemen
Yemen
Yemen was historically known as Arabia Felix, or the “Happy Land.” That’s because this small nation used to be one of the most fertile regions in the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen’s mountain ranges were welcoming sites for rain and agriculture.
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Yemen