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Nominal" Muslim!
You need to understand that anyone disagreeing with them an INCH is a "nominal muslim" for Taliban.
example, anyone not keeping his pants above his ankles is "nominal muslim" and deserves punishment.
that's why their comparison with kharijites.
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calling musharraf or benazir a nominal muslim is understandable
calling abu katada or abu ayyub the senior companions of prophet is NOT
so thats why taliban today have more of a point as their opponents are not really practising muslims
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"esteemed sahaba" is your own opinion. these sahabas were "nominal" and "secular" muslims for kharijites. Actually, kharijites considered them kafir
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true but they had little to back up their arguments against the sahaba [e.g khawarij believed in sabiqa or precedence of muhajireen & ansar but there were almost no muhajireen or ansar amongst the khawarij , but dozens of them in ali's army]
e.g as i mentioned only 1400 out of 12,000 khariji eventually fought against ali
rest were swayed to side of ali by the eloquence and religious arguments of ali's companions
how many religious militants are swayed away by the arguments of bhuttos or musharraffs of our times ?