who are the hazaras?
The Hazaras are one of several ethnic groups inhabiting 7 million mostly in central Afghanistan. The area is known as Hazarajat or originally Hazaristan. The Hazaras are Muslim and Shi'a in majority, but we also have Sunni's. We speak our own version of Farsi known as the "Hazaragi" dialect. The Hazaras are the second largest ethnic group in Afghanistan. However, as a consequence of the discriminatory and segregationist policies of ruling Afghan/Pashtun governments, they remain politically, economically and socially the most underdeveloped group in Afghanistan society
The Hazaras are mostly Shias Muslims, and inhabit the heart of Afghanistan, surrounded by Sunni Muslims. A second theory suggests that the Hazaras adopted Shiism at the time of Shah Abbas Safavid (1589-1629). This theory was first proposed by Vambery in 1895, who maintained: Shah Abbas forced them [the Hazaras] to accept Shiism (1864:132). Hazara Shiism, like that of Persia, is Isna-Ashari (Twelver). This theory of their conversion to Shiism at the time of Shah Abbas is confirmed by the Hazara themselves. the Hazaras were already Shias at the time of Shah Abbas; two to three thousand Hazara soldiers, under the command of Din Mohammad Khan Uzbek, fought against Shah Abbass army (1916:567-9).
A third theory maintains that the Hazaras adopted Shiism as soon as they converted to Islam. After Ghazan-Khan his son, Abu Said, continued his fathers tradition (Rashid, 1959:984-985,997). Thus, according to this theory, Shiism was first established and encouraged in Afghanistan by Ghazan Khan and his son Abu Said.
It could be argued that the theories of Schurmann and Temirkhanov are both correct, i.e., it is possible that some Hazaras were converted to Shiism by Ghazan Khan and Abu Said, a fact which need not contradict the theory holding Shah Abbas responsible for further encouraging Shiism amongst the Hazaras. Thus, it can be maintained that Shiism amongst the Hazaras began at the time of Ghazan Khan, but that it was not until the Safavid period when Shiism became the official religion of Iran that the process was completed. The original Shias in Iran and Afghanistan were the descendants of Ali, known as Sadat-e Alavi. The conversion of the Hazaras to Shiism did not take place at one particular period; it is not possible to maintain that the Hazaras converted to Shiism at one particular moment in history. Most Hazaras are Shias, although some, such as the Sheikh Ali and Firozkohi Hazaras, have remained Sunni. Shiism itself is divided into smaller sects. One of the most internationally respected and famous scholars, a founder of the Islamic Renaissance in Afghanistan, Sayyed Jamaluddin Afghani (1901), referred to the Shias Hazaras as ghali.
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