NuristaniečiaiNuristanietėGyventojų skaičius 125 000 300 000Populiacija šalyse Afganistanas NuristanasKalba os Religijos

Nuristaniečiai
Nuristanietė
Gyventojų skaičius	125 000–300 000
Populiacija šalyse	Afganistanas: Nuristanas
Kalba (-os)
Religijos	islamas
Giminingos etninės grupės	tadžikai, puštūnai, kitos iranėnų tautos

Nuristaniečiai – indoiranėnų tauta iš Nuristano provincijos rytų Afganistane. Jų protėviai praktikavo senąją iranėnų religiją, kol XIX a. pabaigoje juos užkariavo ir atvertė į Islamą Abduras Ramanas Chanas. Religijos keitimas vyko prievarta ir nuo to laiko regionas vadinamas Nuristanu (Šviesos šalimi). Kai kurios nemusulmoniškos religinės praktikos išliko kaip liaudies papročiai.

Nuristaniečiai neturi formalios gentinės struktūros kaip puštūnai, bet jie tapatina save su regionu, iš kurio yra kilę. Iš viso yra 35 tokie regionai.

Išnašos

Kalash Religion
With Camera to India, Iran and Afghanistan: Access to Multimedia Sources of the Explorer, Professor Dr. Morgenstierne (1892–1975) 2011-07-21 iš Wayback Machine projekto.
Persée : A Kafir goddess
Martin Ewans, Afghanistan: a short history of its people and politics, Harper Perennial, 2002, p.103
A Former Kafir Tells His 'Tragic Story'. Notes on the Kati Kafirs of Northern Bashgal (Afghanistan) / Max Klimburg, Eat and West, Vol. 58 – Nos. 1–4 (December 2008), pp. 391–402
Reflections of the Islamisation of Kafiristan in Oral Tradition / Georg Buddruss Journal of Asian Civilizations — Volume XXXI — Number 1-2 – 2008, Special Tribute Edition, pp. 16–35
'The pacification of the country was completed by the wholly gratuitous conquest of a remote mountain people in the north-east, the non-Muslim Kalash of Kafiristan (Land of the Unbelievers), who were forcibly converted to Islam. Their habitat was renamed Nuristan (Land of Light).' Angelo Rasanayagam, Afghanistan: A Modern History, I.B. Tauris, 2005, p.11

[1] Kalash Religion

[2] With Camera to India, Iran and Afghanistan: Access to Multimedia Sources of the Explorer, Professor Dr. Morgenstierne (1892–1975) 2011-07-21 iš Wayback Machine projekto.

[3] Persée : A Kafir goddess

[4] Martin Ewans, Afghanistan: a short history of its people and politics, Harper Perennial, 2002, p.103

[5] A Former Kafir Tells His 'Tragic Story'. Notes on the Kati Kafirs of Northern Bashgal (Afghanistan) / Max Klimburg, Eat and West, Vol. 58 – Nos. 1–4 (December 2008), pp. 391–402

[6] Reflections of the Islamisation of Kafiristan in Oral Tradition / Georg Buddruss Journal of Asian Civilizations — Volume XXXI — Number 1-2 – 2008, Special Tribute Edition, pp. 16–35

[7] 'The pacification of the country was completed by the wholly gratuitous conquest of a remote mountain people in the north-east, the non-Muslim Kalash of Kafiristan (Land of the Unbelievers), who were forcibly converted to Islam. Their habitat was renamed Nuristan (Land of Light).' Angelo Rasanayagam, Afghanistan: A Modern History, I.B. Tauris, 2005, p.11