Monday, August 01, 2011

How Pakistani minutemen are fighting the Taliban 'false Muslims' - CSMonitor.com

How Pakistani minutemen are fighting the Taliban 'false Muslims' - CSMonitor.com: "But three years ago Shahabuddin Khan, a farmer and the leader of the Salarzai tribe, called his men to arms to counter the Taliban, a group he calls “false Muslims.” That show of strength, together with the militants’ partiality for kidnapping and looting, helped shift public opinion here.

“Earlier people were fooled when they [the Taliban] played the Islam card. They carried out suicide attacks in our funeral prayers. They didn’t leave mosques alone. They can’t be Muslims, and the people now realize this,” he says."

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