Djavadi, Abbas. "Fundamentalist Calls To Ignore Norouz Go Unheard In Iran, Afghanistan." Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, March 21, 2010, Commentary Section, http://www.rferl.org/content/Fundamentalist_Calls_To_Ignore_Norouz_Go_Unheard_In_Iran_Afghanistan/1989760.html. 

Djavadi reports that clerics in Iran and Afghanistan ruled that Navruz is un-Islamic and that it should not be celebrated.  Others believe that it is a Muslim holiday.  See Navruz.  As one commentator to the piece points out, why should people not be able to celebrate non-Islamic holidays.  Maybe the tension is that since many people in the region believe it to be a Muslim holiday (see Canfield (1993)), the clerics do not believe it can be celebrated as a secular holiday.  

Descriptors: 2010s, Afghanistan, D, e-news, holidays, interview, journalism, Navruz, post-Soviet; pluralism-textual/popular

Jones, Schuyler. "Religion." In Afghanistan, 143-145. World bibliographical Series, v. 135. Oxford, England: Clio Press, 1992.

Jones only includes 15 works (all in the English language) on religion (mostly Islam) in his bibliography of Afghanistan.  In addition to the chapter on Religion, works on Islam might be included in other chapters.  Descriptors: 1990s, Afghanistan, bibliography, chapter, J, Soviet

Canfield, Robert L. "New Year's Day at Ali's Shrine." In Everyday Life in the Muslim Middle East, edited by Donna Lee Bowen and Evelyn A. Early, 234-238. Indiana Series in Arab and Islamic studies. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993.

Canfield's chapter is short, but very descriptive.  He portrays the sights, sounds, and smells at Ali's tomb on a particular 1968 Navruz in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan as well as the rituals performed there and the hope for healings and blessings. 

Sarwar, Sultan. "Central Asia: Madrasahs Lead Religious Teaching Revival (Part 4)" Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, August 9, 2005, By Country / Afghanistan section, http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1060537.html.

Sarwar appears to be discussing madrasas in post-Soviet Central Asia from an Afghanistan perspective.  Only interview quotations from Afghanistan and Uzbekistan are represented.  Those from Uzbekistan only discuss the historical legacy of madrasas in the region.  While the article discusses state control of madrasas in Uzbekistan, it lacks a good perspective of the current situation of madrasas throughout contemporary Central Asia (cf. Najibullah).  Here are links to the other parts in this series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.  Descriptors: 2000s, Afghanistan, e-news, journalism, madrasa, post-Soviet, revival, S, Uzbekistan

Bleuer, Christian. "The Afghanistan Analyst Bibliography, 5th Edition." The Afghanistan Analyst (2010), http://afghanistan-analyst.org/Documents/AfghanistanBibliography2010.pdf.

This bibliography is of contemporary Afghanistan with works in English, French, German, and Russian.  Most works are not limited to northern Afghanistan.  There is, however, a section on Ethnic Groups which includes works on Uzbeks, Turkmen, and Tajiks in Afghanistan.  The other relevant section is Islam: Political Islam, Sharia, "Jihad", Sects and Religious Affairs.  Descriptors: 2010s, Afghanistan, B, bibliography, e-article, post-Soviet

Muhammad Ali. Eternal Longings: Historical Novel. Translated by Dilbarkhon Muhammad Ali qizi. Tashkent: Literature Foundation Press, 2006.

This is a nice historical novel set in the early 20th century. It traces the true story of Said Mahmudkhon Ture (and some of his relations) who was raised in Chust, Uzbekistan, but ended up as a religious scholar at the Dorulmuallimin madrasa in Kabul, Afghanistan. His mother was an otin and his grandfather was a Sufi ishan and sheikh.  The book's main theme is Uzbeks who ended up outside of their motherland for various reasons, including escape from the Soviet regime, and their "eternal longings" to return to the motherland.  As the author jumps between scenes, the reading does not always easily flow, but it provides some very interesting insights into Islam in Central Asia that can only be achieved through Central Asian literature. 

Dupree, Louis. "Uzbek (Afghanistan)." In Muslim Peoples: A World Ethnographic Survey, edited by Richard V. Weekes, 464-469. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1978.
Dupree briefly describes the animals, diet (including kumis), social structure, housing, and sports of the Uzbeks in Afghanistan during Soviet times.  He could have said more about the religious practice of these Uzbeks.  (cf Montgomery)