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| No educated Muslim can support Taliban: Imran |
| 2008-08-10 |
| No educated Muslim can possibly support the Taliban or their narrow interpretation of Islam, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan told Pakistani journalists at a news conference on Saturday. Imran, who is visiting to raise funds for his charitable causes, said in 1,400 years of Islamic history, no Islamic state had been run on the basis of theocracy. He denied that there was any reactionary movement in Pakistan as represented by the Taliban and called the recent reports of Peshawar under threat of being taken over by religious radical groups as absurd. He said what was called radicalisation was actually political extremism, adding that the more the Tribal Areas were bombed, the larger the number of those fighting back became. Imran said the answer lay in dialogue and not in "blind bombing" of mostly civilian populations living in the area. Smokescreen: The PTI chairman termed the impeachment move against President Pervez Musharraf as a "smokescreen" and said that Asif Zardari was hand in glove with Musharraf. The real McCoy, he stressed, was the judges' issues, which had been relegated to the backburner. If the judges dismissed by Musharraf were restored, there would be no need to impeach Musharraf, as the court, in accordance with the constitution, would adjudicate upon the illegality of his election. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 The old "No true Scotsman" fallacy. |
| Posted by: tipper 2008-08-10 23:21 |
| #8 Its a start. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-08-10 17:29 |
| #7 Most Taliban supporters can't even read, let alone get an education. All they know is what they are told and the verses of the Koran they have memorized. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2008-08-10 17:29 |
| #6 Fatwa in 5..4..3 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-08-10 08:37 |
| #5 Action figure went on to break into Richard Kimball's house to rape and kill his wife. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-08-10 08:28 |
| #4 Imran's wife, Jemima (daughter of Sir James Goldsmith) relates that she saw her son playing with a one armed action figure. She asked "what happened to action man). The little boy responded.. "Daddy said he was a thief". When he wants to get away from Pakistan he flies out to Mumbai where he can party unhindered. He has no problem backing the hardliners though. He has an exit. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-08-10 08:25 |
| #3 Never an Islamic theocracy. The Koran is the Constitution of Saudi Arabia. Iranian tyrants claim that their constitution flows from that textual poison. Shariah movements are close to governing throughout the Muslim world. Reminder: Karzai praised Taliban "morality" in a Der Spiegel interview in June. Taliban has broad support in Pashto Afghanistan. If Muslim sacred text - the Koran - tells the slaves of allah to not take Jews and Christians as friends, logic dictates that they perceive our dhimmi relations with them, purely in strategic terms. A passive Muslim is a weak Muslim. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-08-10 06:07 |
| #2 And here in lies the rub. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-08-10 04:51 |
| #1 Great. How about the uneducated ones? |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-08-10 02:56 |