Escalation? Pakistani Political Commentator Calls for Killing Hindus in the Wake of U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan

My latest in PJ Media:

As the Taliban swept into Kabul, Taliban commander Muhammed Arif Mustafa told CNN: “It’s our belief that one day, mujahedin will have victory, and Islamic law will come not to just Afghanistan, but all over the world. We are not in a hurry. We believe it will come one day. Jihad will not end until the last day.” Now a Pakistani political commentator, Zaid Hamid, has given a chilling indication of one form that jihad could take in the near future, as he called on Pakistani television for Muslims to kill Hindus in the wake of the U.S. departure from Afghanistan.

India’s News Track Live reported Monday that Hamid said: “I pray to Allah that Americans leave and leave the Indians there. It has been a long time since we did not kill Hindus in Afghanistan. It was generally always the case, which led to the name of the mountains of Afghanistan as the Hindu Kush. Hindu Kush is the place where Hindus are killed. The place that kills Hindus. As a date, whenever Hindus have entered Afghanistan, they have been captured. We are praying to Allah to leave the Americans and leave Hindus.”

News Track notes that “it is not clear what time the video is from,” and it does seem to date from before the recent Biden catastrophe in Afghanistan. Nonetheless, there is no doubt that it reflects the current sentiment of not just Zaid Hamid, but many in Pakistan, which has aided the Taliban in numerous ways over the years. As far back as 2001, Human Rights Watch noted that “Pakistani landmines have been found in Afghanistan; they include both antipersonnel and antivehicle mines. Pakistan’s army and intelligence services, principally the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI),” which is Pakistan’s spy service, “contribute to making the Taliban a highly effective military force. While these Pakistani agencies do not direct the policies of the IEA [Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, that is, the Taliban’s government], senior Pakistani military and intelligence officers help plan and execute major military operations. In addition, private-sector actors in Pakistan provide financial assistance to the Taliban.”

Many in Pakistan also want war with India, and see such a war as a continuation of the 1,400-year-long jihad on the Indian subcontinent. The Taliban see themselves as the exponents of this centuries-long jihad, and this is a mainstream view among jihadis around the world. India has been a site for jihad activity since the seventh century, and has been particularly brutal over the centuries. One of the most notorious exponents of that brutality was the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, who has been portrayed in our age of absurdity as some kind of Muslim proto-Gandhi. The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS reveals the real Aurangzeb beyond these ridiculous academic myths, in his own words and the words of eyewitnesses to his deeds. In one chilling example of his stance toward non-Muslims, Aurangzeb in 1670 issued this decree: “Every idol-house built during the last 10 or 12 years, whether with brick or clay, should be demolished without delay. Also, do not allow the crushed Hindus and despicable infidels to repair their old temples.”

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