Re: Taliban are Kharijites?
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Khawarij did not do such acts. They did not bother people who were non-muslims or who were not part of the conflict. From whatever i read in media Taliban are not pious by any means, some don't even pray, others order locals to give their girls for marriage to Talibs. Many criminals have joined ranks of Talibs.
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bhai problem is which khawarij faction are u talking about ? the original khawarij were far from perfect muslims
one of their leaders hurqus b zuhair accused even the prophet of being unjust and DEMANDED that he do justice
MANY criminals did join the early khawaij too ....mostly original khawarij are tribesmen of basran origin whose interests were not being served well by the status quo in ali's time.And many khawarij but not all ] later sold their loyalties to ummayyads as well
khawarij is a loose term applied to ALL religious opposition to kings after ali ...its interesting that many anti-khawarij revolts like that of hussain b ali, zayd b ali, tawwabun, ibn ashath were also labelled "kahawarij" by authorities