In Balkh today there is no known Christian witness. Pray for the people of Mazari Sharif, especially the Hazara, who continue to live with the consequences of trauma of the late 1990's.

Barring those in trading communities, most Muslims in Maharashtra, India are poor artisans or landless labourers. There has been and still is considerable migration to industrial towns in search of jobs. Maharashtra's capital city, Mumbai (Bombay), is projected to become the largest city in the world by 2025 (its present population is 17.5 million). It has numerous Muslim communities from both branches of Islam - about one-third are Shiite Muslim and two-thirds are Sunni Muslim. Just three hours southeast of Mumbai by car is the city of Pune. Called the "Oxford of India", Pune has over 200 colleges and universities, attracting many Muslim students from all over Asia and the Middle East.

Present-day Memons are the descendants of Muslim converts from Hinduism, a conversion that took place in the mid-15th century through the influence of Sayyid Eusuf ud-Din Kadri. From the Sind province in Pakistan, the Memons spread to areas of Gujarat in India.