Where does the Taliban get recruits? In mosques and madrassas, says this profile of a Taliban recruiter in Pakistan from Asia Times. “Abdul Zahir’s day starts with morning visits to a number of mosques in the Pakistani border area with Afghanistan, where the faithful gather for the first of their five daily prayer sessions. And […]
Taliban pair get 18 years, lecture on Islam
AP tells us that “two American Muslims who tried to join the Taliban were sentenced to 18 years in prison Monday during a hearing in which they denounced the Bush administration and pleaded in song for freedom. “Patrice Lumumba Ford, 32, and Jeffrey Leon Battle, 33, had pleaded guilty in October to conspiracy to levy […]
Mullah Omar: keep up the jihad
Says Reuters: “Unidentified men on a motorbike have handed Reuters an audio cassette purporting to be of supreme Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, two years to the day after his hardline regime fled Kabul.” Says Omar: “I am talking about faith and Islam among the commanders, about those who are not participating in the jihad. […]