Introduction:
Three decades after introduction of the
religious militancy by USA to defeat USSR in Afghanistan and later US invasion
of Iraq and Afghanistan after 9/11 many armed groups have resurfaced in
Afghanistan to resist US lead NATO occupation. As fallout some groups have
rebelled against the state of Pakistan on the pretext of establishing Shari’ah
rule. Known as Taliban, they consider the rulers and other Muslims to be disbelievers,
apostates who must be killed unless they returns to the rule of “their brand of
extremist ideology”, the claim rejected by Muslim scholars on the grounds of heretic
extremist Takfiri doctrine of Khwarij of early days of Islam. It is considered
as a doctrinal deviation [bid’at], heresy. Leaders such as Hassan
al-Hudaybi (died,1977) and Yousf al–Qaradawi reject ‘Takfir’ as un-Islamic and
marked by bigotry and zealotry. Dr.Tahir ul Qadari has issued a comprehensive
edict (fatwa). Such narrow mindedness has exacerbated the evil of sectarianism
and the resulting intolerance among the masses has led to a dangerous trend
towards sectarian militancy. Recently even the Saudi, Salafi scholars also
condemned and strongly rejected the ‘Takfir’ doctrine.
The Muslims have always been ruled by the
Islamic law [Shari’ah] in the empires and Caliphates till end of Ottomans in
1918. Even the Moghul in India known for their tolerance
of non Muslims adhered to Shari’ah. In the book, ‘The Fall and Rise of the
Islamic State’, Noah Feldman, a Harvard Law professor, writes: “The scholars
exercised control over meaning of Shari’ah, interpreting the divine law and
acting as a restraint on the caliph’s power. The caliph relied on the scholars
for legitimacy and divine sanction, which created an institutional balance of
power that gave stability and longevity to the Islamic state’. Feldman argues
that this institutional balance of power is what ensured justice in the Ottoman
Empire, and that it is also exactly what is lacking in today’s Islamism”.
After the fall of Abbasid Caliphate, the
Tatar (Mongols) abided by the law that they inherited from their king Genghis
Khan who wrote Al-Yasiq, for them. This book contains some rulings that were
derived from various religions, such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Many
of these rulings were derived from his own opinion and desires. Later on, these
rulings became the followed law among his children, preferring them to the Law
of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (pbuh). This was opposed
by the Muslim scholars like Imam Ibn Taymiyah and Ibn Kathir. During four
centuries most of Muslim countries were colonised by Christian West who
introduced their law based upon Roman law. On independence, the rulers under
influence of West continued the same practice. The people’s desire to be
governed by Shari’ah is ignored, the Islamic provisions introduced in the
constitution have not been implemented in true spirit, which have been
exploited by extremists to declare others as apostate, creating anarchy which
only helps the enemies of Pakistan and Muslims. Islam does not preach extremism
and violence. Allah says: “We have made you (true Muslims) a moderate nation”
(Quran;2:143). Here effort has been made to analyse this extremist ideology in
the light of Quran and Sunnah of Prophet (pbuh) and to ascertain the religious
legitimacy of their armed revolt against Islamic Republic of Pakistan on the
pretext of implementation of Shari’ah, its relevance vis-à-vis, Islamic concept
of Disbelief, Apostasy Major & Minor Sin, Crime, Repentance, Mercy,
Forgiveness & Punishment here and hereafter. At the end rebuttal to the
‘illogical logic’ of Taliban, published in a renowned Urdu newspaper have
included.
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Conclusion:
The doctrine of Takfiri Taliban Pakistan is
not based upon any direct clear commandment or Ayah of Qur’an, it is
derivative, based upon analogy (taweel), which can have more than one opinions.
“The fact is that most of them follow nothing but mere conjecture and
conjecture is in no way a substitute for the truth. Surely Allah is well aware
of all that they do.”(Qur’an;10:36). However through their violent terrorist
acts, Taliban are violating the clear verses (Ayahs) of Quran and Hadith. No
Muslim worth the name will ever dare to even think of rejecting or violating
the unambiguous commandments of Allah, clearly mentioned in Qur’an and Hadith, summarised
here:
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