Pakistani Taliban have successfully held a two-day jihad conference at the shrine of 20th-Century local Islamic preacher Haji Sahib Turangzai in Pakistan’s tribal district of Mohmand Agency. According to the Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Mashriq, the local Emir of the Movement of Pakistani Taliban Umer Khalid issued a 6-point program for the implementation of Shari’a in Mohmand Agency.
The conference was billed as the ‘‘Ghazi Islam Conference,’’ named after Haji Sahib Turangzai who is known as Ghazi Islam in the region due to his role in the fight against British rule in the early 20th Century. The phrase ‘‘Ghazi Islam’’ means a fighter in an Islamic war. The conference was held at the shrine of Haji Sahib Turangzai at Lakro Ghaziabad in Mohmand Agency.
According to the report, the six-point program announced by the Taliban is as follows:
1: Women will wear veil and will not leave their homes without covering themselves 2: End all business transaction based on interest/usury; return all money obtained in this manner 3: Locals who left due to fear of Taliban are forgiven and should return home 4: Taliban coming from other areas will report to the local commander in Mohmand Agency 5: A committee of Ulema has been formed to issue fatwas as per Shari’a 6: A complaints committee has been formed to hear grievances against the Taliban |
Source: Roznama Mashriq, Pakistan, 17, 2008
