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| Abdullah Urges Ulema to Stand Against Misuses of Islam |
| 2014-03-05 |
| [Tolo News] Afghanistan's religious scholars must not remain silent on crimes committed under the pretense of Islam, Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... said on Monday. A number of religious scholars on Monday announced support for Abdullah's campaign, after enumerating their wants and needs should he be elected. "We demand a path be paved for students to pursue education at the masters and Ph.D. level in Shariat Department," Maulavi Abdul Diyan said. "Learning opportunities in prominent Islamic universities should also be developed." Abdullah made his own requests as well, urging the scholars to make a stand against misinterpretations of Islam and expressing public support for the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). He also encouraged them to be more vocal in their advocacy against domestic violence. "Religious scholars must focus on the crimes that are committed in the country; they should ensure that the public is not deceived by the enemies of the country," Abdullah said. "This is quite a sensitive issue." Abdullah also met with MP Baktash Siavash and requested that he end his sit-in, which he has held in front of Parliament since last week. Siavash has refused to compromise in his demand that President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... do more to show sympathy and solidarity for the families of fallen soldiers, a protest sparked by the Kunar ambush that left 21 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers dead two Sunday's ago. In the past few days, two other Presidential candidates also met with Siavash. Abdullah asserted that every government is obliged to honor and pay tribute to the sacrifices rendered by the country's security forces, however, he told Siavash that it was unlikely Karzai's administration would be responsive. |
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