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World Service,29 May 1997,27 mins

The Taliban's Interpretation of Islam

Focus on Faith

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Moscow concern over Taliban advance in Afghanistan. Focus on Faith finds out how the Taliban's Sunni school of Islam will fit in with other communities in the country - and why Russia is so afraid of them. Also on the programme, a new Buddhist temple may have come too late for Hungary's dwindling Chinese community and the legacy of Augustine in fourteen centuries of English Christianity.

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