Document #1231370
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Christian groups are active within the
Afghan refugee community in Pakistan and India. The Assemblies of
God is also fairly active in India. [ Assemblies of God,
Headquarters, Springfield Missouri, 6 September 1989.] Specific
information on the New Delhi Afghan Christian Fellowship is not
presently available to the IRBDC. The Assemblies of God field
officer responsible for India did not wish to comment on the legal
constitution of such an Afghan Christian group. More than 99
percent of the Afghan population is Muslim, and in many societies,
conversion from Islam to another religion is not widely accepted by
the rest of the community.