Talk:Protestantism in Afghanistan

"It’s strictly forbidden for a Muslim to convert to Christianity,"

This statement is not entirely correct. Just as it's strictly forbidden for some Christians to work on Sunday but stating that "Christians are not allowed to work on weekends" is a fallacy, I would like the article to be cleaned up for a more neutral point-of-view examination of Christianity and Protestantism in Afghanistan. This is the reason for the NPOV tag. jglc | t | c 05:24, 17 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

yes. and?

Of course there are protestants in Afghanistan. Thousands of them, U.S. soldiers mainly - and you can bet that it will result in a load of muslim/christian children.

But seriously my point is why do you need a page about such a tenuous statement? I agree with jglc that the "banned" statement sounds quite uninformed. Islam is renowned for its tolerence of other religions of the book. where did you get this information from? try citing it as a reference. DavidP 14:22, 17 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

DavidP brings up another issue that I have with the article (although, admittedly, my npov tag fails to adequately describe the issue) and forgot to address above: Why is there a particular need for an article on Protestants in Afghanistan? I could see, for example, a necessity for Protestantism in Ireland and Catholicism in Ireland articles. But religion in Afghanistan - while admittedly an area of dissension and tension - is not a particularly encyclopaedic topic, and one which could be covered in a less biased manner than an article on Protestants (not Christians, but specifically Protestants) in the region.

The article creator's use of "Protestants," instead of "Protestantism" or "Christianity," also makes me wonder. Stating that "There are some Protestants in Afghanistan" is akin to me stating that "there are some Muslims in the US," or "there are some Buddhists in England," &c. ad infinitum. If an article is to be created discussing the status of every religious faction in every country in the world... I know that Wikipedia is not paper, but it still seems a bit of overkill to me. jglc | t | c 15:37, 18 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Pehaps because there are Christian in Afghanistan who are not Protestant?? How about that?75.155.85.87 (talk) 08:55, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

10,000 Afghan Protestants/Christians?

I have never seen a reliable and impartial source indicating a number this high. Can anyone supply an adequate, reliable and impartial source? Scythian1 (talk) 01:46, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]