Although some older sources claim that al-Afghani was born in 1838 in Asadabad a district of Kunar Province in Afghanistan - overwhelming documentation - especially a collection of papers left in Iran upon his expulsion in 1891 - now proves that he was born and spent his childhood in Iran. Al-Afghani who adhered to the Shia branch of Islam claimed to be an Afghan probably in order to present himself as a Sunni Muslim and to escape oppression by the Iranian government when the oppressor Shah was ruling the country. According to the best evidence he was educated first at home then taken by his father for further education to Qazvin - to Tehran - and finally while he was still a youth to the Shiite shrine cities in Iraq. This program discusses the role of Jamaluddin Afghan in forming Unity among Sunni and Shias - From Sahar TV - Urdu Show Less >>