snakelegs
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Peace upon you,
Yes some elements of Democracy are very compatible to Islamic Sharia. However as a whole i do not believe they are compatible. The Taliban according to the Islamic Scholars today brought back the True Religion of Islam and established Sharia. That is why they are praised in the Islamic World.
The Durand line does not exist from Pakistan to Afghanistan. The poshtun people hold their control in very high regard, but i do not share the opinion that they do not like the Taliban. It is them who are the Taliban so to say they do not as a whole or most of them, is a complete Contradiction.
i didn't say pashtuns don't like the taliban. the ones i know do not - altho some feel that they were the best thing at the time for afghanistan. all i said was that not all pashtuns support the taliban. what the actual percentage is, either way, is anybody's guess.
well, pakistan seems to think that the durand line is real - i know most pashtuns don't and i think (?) afghanistan also does not recognize it as a permanent border. it was only supposed to exist until 1990-something or other anyway.
do you think the taliban were practicing shariah law fully and perfectly? was afghanistan under the taliban a good model of an islamic state?
as for bringing back the "true religion of islam," if you're speaking about the people (not the gov't) - i don't think islam ever left - my understanding is that afghans were a very religious and conservative people before the taliban.