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| Afghan Taliban Reject Proposed Islamic Scholars Conference |
| 2016-11-09 |
| [VOA News] The Afghan Taliban urged Islamic scholars on Tuesday not to let a proposed international religious congress become a means of legitimizing the Western-backed government in Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... In a message sent to the "noble scholars of the Islamic World", the Taliban said its fighters were engaged in a jihad against Western invaders and the conference should not be allowed to be interpreted as support for the "aggressors". "The transgressing enemy now wants to pacify the Jihadi uprising of the Afghan nation through misleading propaganda, psychological warfare, undercover plots, fake fatwas and other non-military tactics like grinding of the peace processores," it said. Afghan government Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... said during a visit to Riyadh last month that an Islamic scholars' conference on the situation in Afghanistan would be held in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , although no firm date has been announced. The Taliban statement said the proposals were backed by the Afghan government's High Peace Council as a cover to deny legitimacy to the Lion of Islam movement. "They want to present the sacred Jihad in Afghanistan which is on the brink of success as unlawful bloodshed which opposes the texts of Shariah and defames the name of Jihad," it said. The message appears to put a dampener on hopes of reviving the stalled grinding of the peace processor which broke down last year almost immediately after preliminary talks began in Pakistain. Since then, there have been various efforts to get the process started again, including a series of talks involving the United States, Pakistain, China and Afghanistan but none has so far had any success. The Taliban has dismissed previous Islamic scholars' conferences in recent years, seeing them as instruments to grant legitimacy to the Kabul government and undermine its own position. |
| Posted by:Fred |