Hibatullah Akhundzada: Difference between revisions
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|origin =Panjwayi, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan | |origin =Panjwayi, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan | ||
|occupation = Supreme Leader of the [[Taliban]] (2016 - present)<br>Emir of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021 - present) | |occupation = Supreme Leader of the [[Taliban]] (2016 - present)<br>Emir of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021 - present) | ||
|type of villain = Dark Priest | |type of villain = Dark Priest<br>Totalitarian Monarch | ||
|goals = Take control of Afghanistan (successful in 2021) | |goals = Take control of Afghanistan (successful in 2021) | ||
|crimes = [[Terrorism]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>Mass executions<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Americophobia]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>Mutilation<br>[[Persecution of Christians]] | |crimes = [[Terrorism]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>Mass executions<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Americophobia]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>Mutilation<br>[[Persecution of Christians]] | ||
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Akhundzada reportedly issued the majority of the Taliban's ''fatwas'', and was the head of the Taliban's Islamic courts. The Taliban also bestowed upon Akhundzada the title ''Emir-al-Momineen'' ("Commander of the Faithful") that his two predecessors had carried. | Akhundzada reportedly issued the majority of the Taliban's ''fatwas'', and was the head of the Taliban's Islamic courts. The Taliban also bestowed upon Akhundzada the title ''Emir-al-Momineen'' ("Commander of the Faithful") that his two predecessors had carried. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Akhundzada was born in 1961 in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar Province in the Kingdom of Afghanistan. A Pashtun, he belongs to the Noorzai clan or tribe. His first name, Hibatullah, means "gift from Allah" in Arabic. His father, Mullah Mohammad Akhund, was a religious scholar as well as the imam of their village mosque. | Akhundzada was born in 1961 in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar Province in the Kingdom of Afghanistan. A Pashtun, he belongs to the Noorzai clan or tribe. His first name, Hibatullah, means "gift from Allah" in Arabic. His father, Mullah Mohammad Akhund, was a religious scholar as well as the imam of their village mosque. | ||