Tuesday, October 14, 2003

ISAF Expands/Islam in Fiji

On the list of things that make me happy is this RFE-RL report that the ISAF peacekeeping force will be expanded beyond Kabul. (link will expire) I'm intrigued, however, that Fiji will apparently be a key player in this mission. A quick trip to the Fiji Sun failed to shed light on the matter, but did turn up an interesting story about the opening of an Ahmadiyya high school in rural Fiji. The Ahmadiyya are a sect very different from Sunnism, Shi'ism, or Ibadhism, and many Muslims consider them outside the pale altogether. They originally came from South Asia, though, and I'm now curious how they fit into the overall Fijian political picture and whether they constitute the primary form of Islam on the islands.

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