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**bppstorr** · 07-16-2012, 09:56 PM

Brother all that you have said in your last two posts I agree with your main points. I just do not think we can call the Taliban ''Islamic'' or something worthy of emulation or religious admiration. They have done the best they can with their tribal circumstances and they themselves are a result of tribal culture which still does not exempt them from barbarism. I do not buy into anthropolgical relativism.

Why? You believe all societies are equal? History will tell you otherwise.

The Taliban are Islamic merely due to the fact that they enforced more Islamic laws than any other country. Their goals were and are Islamic. No other government can say that and back it up, not even the Ikhwanis, although they are most definitely a step in the right direction, especially with leaders like Syed Mursi - may Allah preserve him and help him. Their methodologies were necessary for their region, but again, they are Islamic since the foundation of all their laws was the shari'ah, whereas the foundation of almost every other Muslim country is anything but the shari'ah. Only Saudi Arabia comes close and even there, the hypocrisy that occurs because of the monarchy (e.g. parties with alcohol within the country) lead to the shari'ah and Muslims being ridiculed. At least the Taliban as a government were not hypocritical. I would even go as far as to say that they were the least corrupt government on the face of this planet!

Methods of establishing shari'ah vary from location to location so if someone is doing it by using the system, such as the Ikhwanul Muslimeen and the JUI in Pakistan or the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic courts in Somalia. But all have the goal of establishing the law of Allah

and His Rasool

. The Taliban were still more Islamic since they were able to achieve a lot of their goals more quickly but it takes time to tame a wild country.

07-16-2012, 09:56 PM	#30
bppstorr Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 511 Senior Member	Brother all that you have said in your last two posts I agree with your main points. I just do not think we can call the Taliban ''Islamic'' or something worthy of emulation or religious admiration. They have done the best they can with their tribal circumstances and they themselves are a result of tribal culture which still does not exempt them from barbarism. I do not buy into anthropolgical relativism. Why? You believe all societies are equal? History will tell you otherwise. The Taliban are Islamic merely due to the fact that they enforced more Islamic laws than any other country. Their goals were and are Islamic. No other government can say that and back it up, not even the Ikhwanis, although they are most definitely a step in the right direction, especially with leaders like Syed Mursi - may Allah preserve him and help him. Their methodologies were necessary for their region, but again, they are Islamic since the foundation of all their laws was the shari'ah, whereas the foundation of almost every other Muslim country is anything but the shari'ah. Only Saudi Arabia comes close and even there, the hypocrisy that occurs because of the monarchy (e.g. parties with alcohol within the country) lead to the shari'ah and Muslims being ridiculed. At least the Taliban as a government were not hypocritical. I would even go as far as to say that they were the least corrupt government on the face of this planet! Methods of establishing shari'ah vary from location to location so if someone is doing it by using the system, such as the Ikhwanul Muslimeen and the JUI in Pakistan or the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic courts in Somalia. But all have the goal of establishing the law of Allah and His Rasool . The Taliban were still more Islamic since they were able to achieve a lot of their goals more quickly but it takes time to tame a wild country.
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