@Ravage
I have never denied, or supported the movements WITHIN the regime of the Taliban and in the tribal areas of afghanistan AND pakistan who are involved in deviant and genuinely radical ideologies. Who do promote killing of non-muslims, who would clearly be so radical as to go as far as doing anything in the name of Islam.
However, here is the problem.
THAT is not the taliban ideology as a governing power. Has anyone even read up on the history of taliban, BEFORE US and NATO forces invaded the already poor country?
By the looks of the posts here, no.
As for providing references to Yvonne ridley, I would take her word over someone who has never even met the taliban. How can people accept amanpur’s word over ridley’s? THats the failed logic that surpasses me.
There are movements in pakistan who promote killing of innocent, and its justified in their creed to do so as long as they are supporting the US or the west. Trust me, I’ve seen and heard these people. Most of this has been influenced by certain groups from the middle east, primarily Saudi Arabia.
After the soviet war, many saudis and egyptians migrated to Afghanistan to infiltrate the taliban, they were guests, but are now a large part of the foreign wing of the taliban, and they do have extreme ideologies but its not the TALIBAN’s.
They are totally lost and out of the view, and if THEY commit a crime, it doesn’t become the ideology of the taliban. The creed they have been carrying out ever since the soviet, hazarah wars.
When a villager sees his dead family in afghanistan due to drone attacks, and takes out soldiers of NATO and US armies, he is labelled a taliban for his “Ferocious and unjust attack on the armies”. Try explaining to him the ideology of what is right and wrong, he has no morals at this point. HE is also not a taliban, he is doing what he feels is just for his loss.
What surprises me the most is how people justify US’s invasion into afghanistan, and have absolutely no problem with them bombing innocents. But talk about palestine and same political offensives in lebanon, and the WHOLE shia community goes up in arms.
Where is the justice?
Your job, as part of the muslim ummah, is to make sure the well being of ALL muslims and ALL innocent non-muslims. Your job is to stop oppression, not allow it in one place because you dont like a certain group, and stand up against it in another place.
Then we worry about why the Ummah is falling apart?
Also regarding pakistan, Pakistan murdered enough people, and most of the movements in swat are locals, balochis, pathanis and fighters from Afghanistan. All people who were affected or are against the shelling of villages BY THE PAKISTANI army, YET STILL, the taliban were willing to side with Pakistan incase of a war with INdia.
Critical thinking is crucial here, emotion is biased without critical thinking.