Uhhhh, no. Buddhist/Afghani history lesson #2. Buddhism came to the Afhgan-Pakistani region from India via trade routes prior to Muslim presence in the area. Prior to the existence of Islam actually. Well prior to Mongolian presence.
Muhammad was born in Mecca in Saudi Arabia in 570. (AD)
By 720 AD the people of Afghanistan were converting to Islam ...
1220: Genghis Khan passes through with Mongol hordes, wrecks centralized rule, picks up tribes to help destroy Persian and Arab empires. (from the same website) - "400 CE: White Huns invade from north, destroy Buddhist culture."
Looks like Buddhism in Afghanistan predates the existence of Islam by about 300 years and the invasion by Mongols by nearly a thousand years. Some people know history, some people study history and some people just make it up.
The Mongolian Empire: The Yuan
The single most striking aspect of the Yuan is not only the survival of Chinese culture under a vastly foreign rule, but its singular vitality and growth. ...
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At the same time, the Mongols chose not to impose their own pastoral lifestyle, social structure, or religion on the Chinese.The traditional philosophies and religions of China continued unabated under Mongol rule. Buddhism in particular found a welcome home among the Mongols who had in part adopted it.
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Curiously, the Mongols, though Buddhist, did not really support or patronize Buddhism, which was largely left to its own devices. They favored Tibetan Buddhism but really did not financially support the monasteries.
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Nonetheless, the Mongol rulers were very preoccupied with religions. Kublai Khan in particular invited all sorts of faiths to debate at his court. He allowed Nestorian Christians and Roman Catholics to set up missions, as well as Tibetan lamas, Muslims, and Hindus. The Yuan period, in fact, is one of vital cultural transmission between China and the rest of the world.
Sure, there were already Buddhists there from the good old days ~ they were "everywhere" after all.
But the old timers, and adherents from other religions, had to adopt the forms and portions of the sacred Buddhist scriptures the Mongols preferred.
Yes, there are different kinds of Buddhism.
Your neighborhood Afghan store undoubtedly carries a model mosque for the home. It has 4 minarets. Pop their tops and you can put candles in there ~ meets all kinds of requirements for many religions (although not, apparently Islam). The roof has a heavy plate metal dish. Holy water, incense, and so forth, may be placed in the dish for use during prayers. And, if this is a high quality mosque, you hit that dish with a little clapper and it'll give you a very nice tone reminescent of that found in a Buddhist temple.
And finally, if you check the door post, there's a mezuzah on it.
This mosque makes it possible for the residents of any home in the land to demonstrate his faithful adherence to any religion the new king's armed men wish.