this is a well known independent french TV news channel that went with the taliban.
Here are some of the highlights of this interview:
1. The Taliban are pro-education. They show a full-fledged school for boys and are currently working on one for the girls. Right now, they have established a religious School for the girls and they are taught by a Shaykh.
2. The Taliban have nothing to do with Iran. In fact, when they were asked about where they get their large supplies of IED’s, they hinted that it was China.
3. The Taliban are expecting the US to attack Iran.
4. The weapons of the Taliban also come from ‘Iraaq.
5. Many Mujaahideen from ‘Iraaq come to train and fight in Afghanistan.
6. The Taliban have a stronghold which is vast.
7. The population is supporting the Taliban and without their help, the Taliban would have nowhere to go.
8. This French journalist (who is a female) was treated kindly and the Taliban took all precautions to protect her as well as to feed her.
I hate to ask this question but somehow I must confront it and come out clean or forever I will be plagued by uncomfortable notion that an Islamic organization is doing unIslamic things.
I have heard stories about Taliban officials pulling men out of their homes by their beards to force them to masjids and penalize those who don't grow beards. Inviting people to the mosque is certainly a great idea but forcing them falls short of the idea of having no compulsion in religion.
Am I wrong or am I listening too much to exaggerated reports?
I hate to ask this question but somehow I must confront it and come out clean or forever I will be plagued by uncomfortable notion that an Islamic organization is doing unIslamic things.
I have heard stories about Taliban officials pulling men out of their homes by their beards to force them to masjids and penalize those who don't grow beards. Inviting people to the mosque is certainly a great idea but forcing them falls short of the idea of having no compulsion in religion.
Am I wrong or am I listening too much to exaggerated reports?
watch the video - even this western female reporter found it hard to say a bad word about them
I have seen many conflicting reports about the Taliban. I suspect that not everybody who wears the name of Taliban belong to the same thing. I suspect there is considerable difference as to who calls themselves Taliban in different parts of the world.
I doubt if you will find much similarities between Taliban in:
Not to much in the mood to be treated like they did the Koreans.
Or the truck drivers they beheaded the other day because they belonged to the other sect.
I have seen many conflicting reports about the Taliban. I suspect that not everybody who wears the name of Taliban belong to the same thing. I suspect there is considerable difference as to who calls themselves Taliban in different parts of the world.
I doubt if you will find much similarities between Taliban in:
this could be "another rant from a Muslim hater" to diminish the thread!
Only Taleban and the middle east controlled media hater that displays all sorts of propaganda to make Europeans and Americans look bad.
Just recently Taleban kidnapped and beheaded unarmed aid workers, conviniently forgotten in this propaganda piece.
edit: before starting to act all innocent and reporting this, consider your past posts and generalizing and stereotyping of Muslims every where
Are you confusing me with someone else? When have I streotyped and generalized muslims? To be honest I just wanted to test how it feels to argue like some people here who blame everything on western media conspiracy and all the negative news or news they dont like are just blatand propaganda and lie. Apparently all you need to do is replace West with Middle East and you become muslim hater.
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Are you saying there are probably several types of Taliban in the world?
I am saying that not everybody who calls themselves Taliban are Taliban. To be honest I really do not know who would be the true Taliban. Some groups I hear about seem to be truly following Islam and others seem to be using the name Taliban but not acting as Muslims.
Are you saying there are probably several types of Taliban in the world?
since most people of the world are not familiar with our language, someone should invent a new word for student
Talib-e-ilm or talib meant something else in my day now it is used to describe different gangs and groups.
when any students in America or any other country go berserk and kill teachers/ classmates, no one links it to the last incident at all but when Pakistani or Afghan students commit a crime or go on marches it is All Taleban/students that dun it!!!!
since most people of the world are not familiar with our language, someone should invent a new word for student
Talib-e-ilm or talib meant something else in my day now it is used to describe different gangs and groups.
when any students in America or any other country go berserk and kill teachers/ classmates, no one links it to the last incident at all but when Pakistani or Afghan students commit a crime or go on marches it is All Taleban/students that dun it!!!!
Thanks for the reminder. Talib is simply the word for student. all Students are Taliban. It would even be a valid translation to say that all American University students are Taliban.
Now, for a particular Organization called Taliban, I suspect there may be many such groups and some may be good and some may be bad. The name is too General and a large number of groups can be translated as being Taliban.
Only Taleban and the middle east controlled media hater that displays all sorts of propaganda to make Europeans and Americans look bad.
Just recently Taleban kidnapped and beheaded unarmed aid workers, conviniently forgotten in this propaganda piece.
Are you confusing me with someone else? When have I streotyped and generalized muslims? To be honest I just wanted to test how it feels to argue like some people here who blame everything on western media conspiracy and all the negative news or news they dont like are just blatand propaganda and lie. Apparently all you need to do is replace West with Middle East and you become muslim hater.
most definitely not! each and every time all argumentative posts between you and me get deleted (but I make notes of my posts/arguments as reminders)
LOL you had to seach forums to see if there was any still remaining before posting this.
I just love "who is online" feature! (you can make yourself invisible in profile then I would be disabled from seeing when you report a post or are searching)
Wow, I thought the Taliban were an extreme fundamentalist group who liked to beat women and behead those that don't accept their version of Islam. This video has really set me straight. They are good and wonderful guys who only want to build petting zoos and a wonderful learning environment for children. I feel so dumb for buying in to all the lies about these heroic people.
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"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is."
Wow, I thought the Taliban were an extreme fundamentalist group who liked to beat women and behead those that don't accept their version of Islam. This video has really set me straight. They are good and wonderful guys who only want to build petting zoos and a wonderful learning environment for children. I feel so dumb for buying in to all the lies about these heroic people.
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which taliban beat women? how many? when did it happen? *expecting the same few pictures used by every anti-taliban person on the net*
please expand
as for killing those traitors who joined the invader armies - i believe even western countries have laws where traitors can be given the death penalty
and for someone who advocates torture, its odd to find him so against a beating
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