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**PlanTaleks** · 07-16-2012, 08:57 PM

Fair enough - you have made your choice - I respect you for that at least. By the way I have lived in Saudi - please do not go in their with a rose-tinted view of the regime - it is perhaps one of the most immoral regimes of the world. So much hypocrisy - so much hypocrisy and the only reason Saudi still hasn't descended into a situation of the Afghan Taliban is because of their oil wealth.

Inshallah though the Ikhwan will succeed....

I have lived in Saudi Arabia for over a decade so I know exactly what to expect. There is hypocrisy because there is a monarchy, but it still remains the most shari'ah-compliant country ever since the Taliban were removed from power.

Also, you continue to evade the two points I keep asking you about:

1. List what you think was wrong with Taliban rule. We'll see where we agree and where we disagree. No one here says that the Taliban were a perfect government, but their goals were the closest to shari'ah than any other country on earth. Their implementation was harsh but necessary for their environment but again, their goals were the closest to shari'ah in comparison to any government.
2. You have always touted minority opinion as being legitimate but you don't hesitate to insult not just the Taliban, but the hundreds to thousands of ulama who support them, including the ulama who are within the ranks of the Taliban. Why the double standard?

07-16-2012, 08:57 PM	#23
PlanTaleks Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 480 Senior Member	Fair enough - you have made your choice - I respect you for that at least. By the way I have lived in Saudi - please do not go in their with a rose-tinted view of the regime - it is perhaps one of the most immoral regimes of the world. So much hypocrisy - so much hypocrisy and the only reason Saudi still hasn't descended into a situation of the Afghan Taliban is because of their oil wealth. Inshallah though the Ikhwan will succeed.... I have lived in Saudi Arabia for over a decade so I know exactly what to expect. There is hypocrisy because there is a monarchy, but it still remains the most shari'ah-compliant country ever since the Taliban were removed from power. Also, you continue to evade the two points I keep asking you about: 1. List what you think was wrong with Taliban rule. We'll see where we agree and where we disagree. No one here says that the Taliban were a perfect government, but their goals were the closest to shari'ah than any other country on earth. Their implementation was harsh but necessary for their environment but again, their goals were the closest to shari'ah in comparison to any government. 2. You have always touted minority opinion as being legitimate but you don't hesitate to insult not just the Taliban, but the hundreds to thousands of ulama who support them, including the ulama who are within the ranks of the Taliban. Why the double standard?
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