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| Taliban targets Muslim clerics in Afghanistan |
| 2003-08-06 |
| The Taliban has expanded its list of targets to include moderate Muslim clerics in southern Afghanistan, killing three of them in the past six weeks. The latest killing was, by most accounts, a classic Taliban operation: two men on a motorcycle, one armed with a Kalashnikov rifle, gunned down Mullah Maulavi Jenab outside his mosque and sped away. Since it was overthrown in early 2002, the Taliban had focused its resistance on U.S. forces and the government of Hamid Karzai. But on June 30, it signalled its intention to take on moderate Muslim clerics by setting off a bomb inside a Kandahar mosque, wounding 27 people. The head of the Kandahar council of clerics, Maulvi Abdul Fayaz, was leading prayers at the time. He survived. The Kandahar council had openly challenged the Taliban, issuing an edict denouncing the organization and its claims to religious legitimacy. The edict, issued this year, accused the Taliban of misinterpreting the Qur’an, and misusing the concept of Jihad, or holy war, as an excuse for killing people. The council is also a vocal supporter of the new government. Could’ve told you that without an edict... |
| Posted by:Raphael |
| #12 NMM,I live in Arizona.I know a lot of Catholics and they ain't happy with the Vatican. An Arizona Bishop(accused of child molesting) is hidding out in the Vatican.When the Maricopa D.A.sent a letter to the Vatican asking for this Bishop's return to face these charges the letter was returned un-opened. Is this another example of the Vatican protecting Pedophile Priests? Sounds like it to me. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-8-7 8:11:09 AM |
| #11 NMM,I live in Arizona.I know a lot of Catholics and they ain't happy with the Vatican. An Arizona Bishop(accused of child molesting) is hidding out in the Vatican.When the Maricopa D.A.sent a letter to the Vatican asking for this Bishop's return to face these charges the letter was returned un-opened. Is this another example of the Vatican protecting Pedophile Priests? Sounds like it to me. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-8-7 8:06:50 AM |
| #10 NMM,I live in Arizona.I know a lot of Catholics and they ain't happy with the Vatican. An Arizona Bishop(accused of child molesting) is hidding out in the Vatican.When the Maricopa D.A.sent a letter to the Vatican asking for this Bishop's return to face these charges the letter was returned un-opened. Is this another example of the Vatican protecting Pedophile Priests? Sounds like it to me. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-8-7 8:05:32 AM |
| #9 SOG475 Nice Catholic bashing--remember--it is the original Christian Church and you prods are heretics |
| Posted by: Not Mike Moore 2003-8-6 10:31:10 PM |
| #8 LH - isn't there a Tom Lehrer tune on that? ;-) |
| Posted by: ·com 2003-8-6 3:10:35 PM |
| #7 National Brotherhood Week? |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-8-6 2:49:46 PM |
| #6 I thought it was the Protestants shooting the Catholics... |
| Posted by: Raphael 2003-8-6 2:47:59 PM |
| #5 The way they are shooting clergy over there you would think they were Democrats or members of the ACLU (oops same thing)or something. you don't suppose any of these drive by guys are from East LA do you? My gardener, the one with all of the tatooes and gangbanger friends, quit last month, I wonder if he went over there to do some teaching.....nay he's Catholic...wait, maybe he IS over there...nay, the Catholics only shoot Protestants. |
| Posted by: SOG475 2003-8-6 2:20:44 PM |
| #4 If one listens carefully, the sound of the Muslim world condemning this act against fellow Muslims can be heard...........................................................................................on second thought, maybe not. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-8-6 12:42:59 PM |
| #3 The list gets longer, which is common with the ROP. Pretty soon they'll put themselves on it and just sit around shooting each other. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-8-6 11:55:18 AM |
| #2 gotta protect these guys. Afghan national army seems to making strides in Gardez. Paktia, etc - does Kandahar province overstretch them? $1 billion a year was all it took to help them wear out the Soviets. All we need to do is to keep the money flowing, taking care to ensure that it goes into the right hands. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-8-6 11:37:58 AM |
| #1 gotta protect these guys. Afghan national army seems to making strides in Gardez. Paktia, etc - does Kandahar province overstretch them? Do we have enough forces in Afghan? Especially MP's? |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-8-6 9:22:41 AM |