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Originally Posted by Asim Aquil
Also another thing is Iranians aren't Mullah by nature, like let's say almost all Afghanis are. Afghanis strive to follow an Arabian culture. Pakistanis who have similar ethnic Afghan backgrounds also strive for an Arabian culture. But Iranians strive to do the opposite.
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A claim challengable at two levels:
1. A good portion of Afghans are strongly influenced by Iranian culture (Tajiks, Qizilbashis, Shia Hazaras, Kabuli Pathans). Dari is much closer to Persian than Punjabi or Urdu. A further proportion of Afghans are heavily Turkized (Uzbeks, Tajiks, Turkmen).
2. The Kandahari, Peshawari and Roh Pathans are more "Indianized Muslims" than "Arabized". The fact that they are close to the Wahabbi Arabs is better explained by their adherence to Deobandi Islam - which shares almost same beliefs as Wahabbism, but born in UP (India).
The recent striving for an "Arab" culture has more to do with them (and rest of Indian sub-continent's hard-line Muslims) not being able to find the strong patronage for their more creative impulse as they did during the Mughal Empire days.