The Islamic State considers Shi’ites to be unbelievers, and so they believe that according to the Islamic principle of al-wala wal-bara, loyalty to Muslims and hatred of non-Muslims, the Taliban should hate the Iranians, not work with them. But the Taliban, like everyone else, know which way the wind is blowing, and likely calculate that a friendly relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran that is about to be newly empowered and enabled by His Fraudulency is in their interest.
“ISIS Supporters Slam Afghan Taliban And Al-Qaeda Over Taliban Delegation’s Meeting In Doha With Iranian Ambassador,” MEMRI, December 2, 2020:
The following report is now a complimentary offering from MEMRI’s Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here.
Supporters of the Islamic State (ISIS) have lashed out at Al-Qaeda and the Afghan Taliban after a delegation from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Afghan Taliban organization) met with the Iranian ambassador to Qatar, Hameed Raza Dihqani, to express condolences for the November 27 assassination outside Tehran of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
On November 30, 2020, Muhammad Naeem Wardak, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate’s Political Office in Doha, tweeted a picture of the Taliban delegation meeting with the Iranian ambassador.[1] The tweet noted that the Taliban delegation was led by Qari Deen Mohammad Haneef, the Taliban official “responsible for contact” with Iran, Turkey, and the Middle East.[2]
The Islamic Emirate and Iran have a long-standing relationship. In mid-2013, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, one of the main spokesmen of the Islamic Emirate, spoke from his hideout somewhere in Afghanistan with a ToloNews journalist to confirm that senior Taliban leaders paid a three-day visit to Tehran. The delegation was led by Sayed Tayyab Agha and included Mohammad Ullah Nomanee and Shamsuddin Pahlawan.[3]
In recent years, when the Islamic Emirate and the U.S. were engaged in talks in Doha on the future of Afghanistan, the Taliban leaders visited Tehran regularly to discuss regional issues. In September 2019, Iran confirmed that it hosted a four-member Taliban delegation to discuss the U.S.-Taliban talks, according to a report by Al-Jazeera television.[4]
Regarding the November 30 meeting between the Iranian ambassador and the Taliban leaders in Doha, supporters of the Islamic State (ISIS), which has been critical of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda for not adhering to what it considers authentic jihadi methodology, said the meeting was to express the Taliban’s condolences to Tehran over the killing of scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.[5]
Writing on Telegram, ISIS supporter Bejad claimed that the Taliban are not a Salafi-jihadi movement because they do not subscribe to basic principles of Salafi-jihadi ideology, such as the principle of al-wala’ wal-bara’ (“loyalty to Muslims and enmity to non-Muslims”) and considering Shi’ites to be non-Muslims.[6] Bejad criticized supporters of Al-Qaeda, which owes its allegiance to the Afghan Taliban, for trying to justify the Taliban’s actions based on Salafi-jihadi principles despite not subscribing to them.[7]
Similarly, pro-ISIS Telegram channel Bayda’ Al-Muwahhideen slammed Al-Qaeda supporters who object to the Taliban’s ingratiation to the Iranians without realizing that the Afghan Taliban have formally appointed an official in charge of relations with Iran.[8]
[1] Twitter.com/IeaOffice, November 30, 2020.
[2] Twitter.com/IeaOffice, November 30, 2020.
[3] ToloNews.com (Afghanistan), June 3, 2013.
[4] Aljazeera.com (Qatar), September 17, 2019.
[5] T.me/ Bayda’ Al-Muwahhideen, December 2, 2020.
[6] T.me/bejjad/913, December 2, 2020.
[7] T.me/bejjad/913, December 2, 2020.
[8] T.me/ Bayda’ Al-Muwahhideen, December 2, 2020.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
A meeting in a pit of vipers.
Clive Delmonte says
They all believe Mr Trump lost the recent election. But suppose the Supreme Court says the announcement of Mr Biden’s win is premature they’ll all look a little silly.
b.a. freeman says
my guess, Clive, is that there may be appeals to the SCotUS by the trump folks, but before any justice has had any real chance to examine the case, there will be another 10 or so nazi judges packed in, so that the final judgement will be for nazi joe. it shouldn’t be this way, but from the perspective of the NAZIcrats, it’s probably better than a massive fire in the Capitol building.
b.a. freeman says
IS is just being silly. yes, the iranian mullahs are unbelievers, according to the ~93% or so of the ummah who are sunni, but if it f***s up the americans, so what? unbelievers are sort of like rocks: they aren’t worth anything, but one may use them to build (piles of skulls), or to kill *other* unbelievers. what is better in their eyes – killing 5 or 6 mullahs, all of whom have subordinates-in-waiting to take over, or thousands of american troops? joe biden doesn’t give a rat’s a** about american troops, since his sons are no longer exposed to the draft, so he won’t do anything, either; iran and the taliban are just being pragmatic.
islam is rabies.
annonymos says
These are not Muslim Iranian in embassy of Iran, These are godless people use Islam to regin the peopel of Iran. What the hell doing with Taliban , These are not embassy belongs to Iranian people and is null and void. The Khamanie regime is not belong to Iranian people.
gravenimage says
How many times have we heard *this*? That pious Jihadists are not real Muslims, and that Islam is–somehow–not real Islam.
gravenimage says
Islamic State enraged over Taliban’s meeting in Qatar with Iranian ambassador
………………..
JIhdists enraged over other Jihadists meeting with other Jihadists…