List of Genocides, Cultural Genocides and Ethnic Cleansings under Islam: Difference between revisions

|  ||Jews || || {{nameandflag|Afghanistan}} ||  || 1900s-1951 ||The Afghan Jewish community declined from about 40,000 in the early 20th Century to 5,000 in 1934.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/1934/07/11/archive/trials-of-jews-in-afghanistan-bared-in-persia |title=Trials of Jews in Afghanistan Bared in Persia &#124; Jewish Telegraphic Agency |publisher=Jta.org |date=1934-07-11 |accessdate=2016-05-02}}</ref> Many Jews were expelled from their homes and robbed of their property.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/1929/05/20/archive/soviet-press-reports-anti-jewish-pogrom-occurred-in-afghanistan |title=Soviet Press Reports Anti-jewish Pogrom Occurred in Afghanistan &#124; Jewish Telegraphic Agency |publisher=Jta.org |date=1929-05-20 |accessdate=2016-05-02}}</ref><ref name=Roland>{{cite book|author=Joan G. Roland|title=The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHJccZ92IecC&pg=PA349|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=978-1-4128-3748-4|page=349}}</ref><ref>On wings of eagles: the plight, exodus, and homecoming of oriental Jewry by Joseph Schechtman pp 258-259</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jtn.stparchive.com/Archive/JTN/JTN01191934P07.php |title=The Jewish Transcript January 19, 1934 Page 7 |publisher=Jtn.stparchive.com |date=1934-01-19 |accessdate=2016-05-02}}</ref> After 1951, most Jews moved to Israel and the United States.<ref>New York, 19 June 2007 ([[Radio Free Europe|RFE/RL]]), [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/6/c837c590-c06b-4c30-9017-36f29fc98437.html U.S.: Afghan Jews Keep Traditions Alive Far From Home]</ref>