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|skills = Military training, | |skills = Military training, | ||
|goals = Enforce their interpretation of Sharia Law in the Middle East<br>Restore the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | |goals = Enforce their interpretation of Sharia Law in the Middle East<br>Restore the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | ||
|type of villains = Fanatical Terrorists|crimes = Crimes against humanity<br>Human trafficking<br>Drug trafficking<br>State-sponsored terrorism<br>War crimes; Crime of torture (Murder, cruel or degrading treatment and torture; Summary execution), offenses against the customary law of nations (outrages upon diplomatic plenipotentiaries and agents)}} | |type of villains = Fanatical Terrorists|crimes = [[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Human Trafficking|Human trafficking]]<br>[[Illegal Drug Trade|Drug trafficking]]<br>State-sponsored [[terrorism]]<br>[[War crimes]]; Crime of [[torture]] (Murder, cruel or degrading treatment and torture; Summary execution), offenses against the customary law of nations (outrages upon diplomatic plenipotentiaries and agents)}} | ||
The '''Taliban''' (Pashto: طالبان, ''ṭālibān'' "students") are a Islamic fundamentalist [[Jihad|jihadist]] terrorist organization based in Afghanistan. Founded in 1994 by former mujahideen commander [[Mohammed Omar]] in the aftermath of the Soviet-Afghan War, the Taliban have been waging an on-again, off-again insurgency in the country since then to become the primary governing power in Afghanistan. | The '''Taliban''' (Pashto: طالبان, ''ṭālibān'' "students") are a Islamic fundamentalist [[Jihad|jihadist]] terrorist organization based in Afghanistan. Founded in 1994 by former mujahideen commander [[Mohammed Omar]] in the aftermath of the Soviet-Afghan War, the Taliban have been waging an on-again, off-again insurgency in the country since then to become the primary governing power in Afghanistan. | ||
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The Taliban were overthrown by a U.S.-lead NATO coalition in 2001 following the beginning of the War in Afghanistan. Despite this, they have continued to wage war against American forces the Middle East as part of the ongoing War on Terror. | The Taliban were overthrown by a U.S.-lead NATO coalition in 2001 following the beginning of the War in Afghanistan. Despite this, they have continued to wage war against American forces the Middle East as part of the ongoing War on Terror. | ||
==Ideology== | |||
The Taliban's ideology has been described as an "innovative form of sharia combining Pashtun tribal codes," or Pashtunwali, with radical Deobandi interpretations of Islam favored by JUI and its splinter groups. Also contributing to the mix was the [[militant Islam]]ism and extremist jihadism of [[Osama bin Laden]] Their ideology was a departure from the Islamism of the anti-Soviet mujahideen rulers they replaced who tended to be mystical Sufis, traditionalists, or radical Islamism inspired by the [[Muslim Brotherhood]]. | |||
According to journalist Ahmed Rashid, at least in the first years of their rule, the Taliban adopted Deobandi and Islamist anti-nationalist beliefs, and opposed "tribal and feudal structures," eliminating traditional tribal or feudal leaders from leadership roles. | |||
The Taliban strictly enforced their ideology in major cities like Herat, Kabul, and Kandahar. But in rural areas the Taliban had little direct control, and promoted village jirgas, so it did not enforce its ideology as stringently in rural areas | |||
The Taliban regime interpreted the sharia law as to forbid pork, alcohol, music, many types of consumer technology such as television, filming and the Internet as well as most forms of art such as paintings or photography, and female participation in sport. Men were forbidden to shave their beards, and required to wear a head covering. | |||
The Taliban emphasized dreams as a means of revelation. | |||
Like Wahhabi and other Deobandis, the Taliban do not consider Shiites to be Muslims. The Shia in Afghanistan consist mostly of the Hazara ethnic group which totaled almost 10% of Afghanistan's population. | |||
The Taliban were averse to debating doctrine with other Muslims. "The Taliban did not allow even Muslim reporters to question [their] edicts or to discuss interpretations of the Qur'an. | |||
The Taliban frequently used the pre-Islamic Pashtun tribal code, Pashtunwali, in deciding certain social matters. Such is the case with the Pashtun practice of dividing inheritances equally among sons, even though the Qur'an clearly states that women are to receive one-half a man's share. | |||
According to Ali A. Jalali and Lester Grau, the Taliban "received extensive support from Pashtuns across the country who thought that the movement might restore their national dominance. Even Pashtun intellectuals in the West, who differed with the Taliban on many issues, expressed support for the movement on purely ethnic grounds. | |||
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