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

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|  || Dards || Kashmir and northern Pakistan || {{nameandflag|India}}, {{nameandflag|Pakistan}} || Arab invaders, Swat princely state || c. 700 AD and 1858-1969 ||Most Dards were converted to Islam<ref name="Inam-ur-Rahim, Alain M. Viaro">{{cite web|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=p_9tAAAAMAAJ&q=dard+people+swati&dq=dard+people+swati&lr=&cd=1|title = Swat: an Afghan society in Pakistan : urbanisation and change in tribal environment|publisher = City Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Minahan|first=James B.|title=Ethnic Groups of North, East, and Central Asia: An Encyclopedia|publisher=ABC-CLIO|language=English |isbn=9781610690188|page=205|quote=Living in the high mountain valleys, the Nuristani retained their ancient culture and their religion, a form of ancient Hinduism with many customs and rituals developed locally. Certain deities were revered only by one tribe or community, but one deity was universally worshipped by all Nuristani as the Creator, the Hindu god Yama Raja, called ''imr'o'' or ''imra'' by the Nuristani tribes. Around 700 CE, Arab invaders swept through the region now known as Afghanistan, destroying or forcibly converting the population to their new Islamic religion. Refugees from the invaders fled into the higher valleys to escape the onslaught. In their mountain strongholds, the Nuristani escaped conversion conversion to Islam and retained their ancient religion and culture. The surrounding Muslim peoples used the name ''Kafir'', meaning "unbeliever"  or "infidel," to describe the independent Nuristani tribes and called their highland homeland Kafiristan.}}</ref>

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