So, now democracy is unslamic, too?
TTP wants clerics to issue fatwa against democracy
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
PESHAWAR: The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has purportedly written a letter to senior clerics of the country seeking an edict against democratic system and security forces, and explaining why the TTP had rebelled against the state.
A copy of the letter was obtained by the Daily Times on Thursday. “Please go through this letter and help the Muslims know the Taliban stance,” read the six-page letter in Urdu, sent by TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan.
Senior security officials described the letter as part of “the propaganda tools” of the TTP, saying the group would not gain much from it.
The letter asked how the members of parliament of the country could be called Muslims if they had failed to legislate for enforcement of Shariah.
The letter appealed to the sentiments of clerics by mentioning how the army was killing the “mujahideen” who, it said, were fighting for enforcement of God’s law in Pakistan.
However, it did not explain what steps the TTP had taken to enforce Shariah in the Tribal Areas where it held the ground.
The letter did not mention when it was written and delivered to the clerics. It was also not clear if it was sent to clerics from all sects.
“Do you know how many mujahideen were killed or arrested?” the letter asked the clerics. It informed them that thousands of “mujahideen” had been killed in army-led operations. The TTP letter also complained about the clerics who were “silent” when the government was publicly acknowledging being a “front-line ally of America and NATO”. It, however, admitted that the TTP had “provided shelter” to Uzbek, Arab, Chechen and other militants after the US-led bombings ousted the government of Mullah Muhammad Omar in late 2001 in Afghanistan. staff report
