Kite Running
What is kite running?
What is the practice of running after drifting kites in the sky that have been cut loose in kite fighting.
What years did the Taliban invade Afghanistan? From ___________ to _____________
What is December 1979- February 1989?
What is the goal of the Taliban?
What is to impose its interpretation of Islamic law on Afghanistan and remove foreign influence from the country?
In terms of religion, Pashtuns identify as ________ Muslims.
What is Sunni Muslims?
What is one of the pillars of Islam?
1. the declaration of faith (shahada), 2. prayer (salah), 3. alms-giving (zakat), 4. fasting (sawm) and 5. pilgrimage (hajj)
Who typically participates in kite fighting/kite running?
What is young boys and males
What was the reason for invasion?
What is Afghanistan had recently undergone a communist revolution and the left-leaning government was supported by the Soviet Union. They went in to help the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA).
Mullah Mohammad Omar and 50 students founded the group.
Which group make up the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan?
Who are the Pashtuns?
Every Muslim is expected to take a pilgrimage to ________________ once in their life.
What is Mecca?
Name one material used to make kites.
What is tissue paper/bamboo/glue/glass.
What does "mujahideen" mean?
A person who strives or fights in support of Islam; specifically an Islamic fundamentalist guerrilla.
Name one law that was imposed by the Taliban?
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What color is typically worn at Afghan weddings?
What is green?
The Muslim month of fasting is known as __________.
What is the assistant's role in a kite tournament? How do they help the individual who is kite fighting?
What is they are in charge of the spool/running the kite?
What is the name of the name of the agreement of peace accord signed in 1988 to begin the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan?
What is the Geneva Accord (1988)?
The word Taliban comes from tālib which means ________ in Arabic.
What is student?
Name a language spoken in Afghanistan?
What is Dari or Farsi or Pashto?
Name one sect of Islam.
What is Shia or Sunni?
What countries did people flee to following the invasion?
What is Iran and Pakistan?
Who is the founder of Islam?
Who is the Prophet Muhammed?