[Tolo News] Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim was one of the most prominent members of the Jamaat-e-Islami...
The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
Afghanistan Party (JIP) - Islamic Society Party - and in the wake of his death JIP leadership has begun the search for a replacement.
Although little time remains before the April election yields a new team for the Presidential Palace, efforts are already underway to replace the recently deceased Marshal Fahim. According to JIP members, the Party will be entrusted with nominating a new member of its camp to fill Fahim's shoes.
"Marshal Fahim was one the leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami, so we are trying to find his successor from the Jamaat-e-Islami Party," party member Adbul Hafiz Masour said. "The one who wins the most votes in the party will be the successor."
However,
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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...
is legally obligated to nominate Fahim's replacement to Parliament for approval before the new Vice President can be sworn in.
Officials in the Palace have confirmed that Karzai was already engaged in discussions with his advisors and expected to make a decision by the end of the week. Whether or not those discussions are being coordinated with JIP, and if so, to what degree, remains unclear.