If The Taliban Would Listen

By Adejare Ibrahim

The victory of Taliban is Afghanistan came with mixed feelings. Nevertheless, the Taliban should come to terms with the practicalities of Islam, as preached by Prophet Muhammad.

Islam starts and ends with knowledge. It is a religion that greatly emphasises the indispensability of practical knowledge in the life of man. There is no Islam without knowledge and understanding.

The first verse that was revealed to the Prophet, while in seclusion in the Cave of Hiraa, by Angel Gabriel dwells abundantly on knowledge. "Iqra' bismi Robbik (read, in the Name of your Lord)", Jibril commanded him. It is a stern warning against practising religion in abject ignorance.

This knowledge is all-encompassing and all-inclusive. The knowledge which Islam reiterates has no limits or boundary: it is both temporal and spiritual; it is also terrestrial and celestial. Sayyid Qutb says, "read, as much as you can comprehend".

Dear readers, the Islam, which the Prophet bequeathed to us, is in consonance with the fundamental tenets of science and technology. Islam strikes a communion and balance between pristine values and innovative contemporariness. Thus, we await the golden period the Afghan government will launch its own satellite into the space.

Islam accords great respect to the female folks. It gives them freedom of choice without coercion. Islam elevates women from a mere object of amusement or sexual pleasure to an enviable status of active participants or collaborators in social reforms and edification.

Hijab (purdah) is an integral part of women dress in Islam. Though its usage is not the sublime goal of Islam. Hijab is just a means to an end, which bestows on them honour and dignity. Afghan women, in their hijab, need to go to school and become medical doctors, engineer, lawyers, scientists, teachers, journalists, broadcasters and other professional engagements.

There is no compulsion in religion. The new leadership of Afghanistan should accord religious freedom and respect to people of other religions. Christians and Jews should be tolerated, as practised by the Prophet of Islam. The Prophet lived peacefully with Christians and Jews in the City of Madinah.

The Afghan government should take proactive and decisive steps in 'deradicalising' the youths of Afghanistan. Gun-running and proliferation of weapons and drugs should be curbed. Afghanistan is a major supplier of opium. Therefore, opium cultivation and exportation should be strictly banned. Regardless of its economic implications, opium should be outlawed.

Our deen emphasises leniency in all human endeavours. The Taliban should ensure subtleness in her dealings with her citizens and other foreign nationals. Afghanistan should foster multilateral relations with member-state in the United Nations General Assembly. In the same vein, Afghanistan should align herself with her neighbours, especially those in the Northwest Asia. They should not live or operate in isolation.

The Taliban should learn from their past mistakes and chat a new course of development for the entire citizenry of Afghanistan. These will make them acceptable to the world and accord them the needed global legitimacy.

I hope they heard to your sermons.

Taliban will listen to what, stop dreaming because they are not ready to surrender

The following is the watchword guiding them

Quran 8:12

I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve So strike above the necks and strike off every fingertip of theirs

Quran 9:29

Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.


Quran 47:4

So, when you meet (in fight Jihad in Allah's Cause), those who disbelieve smite at their necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them, then bind a bond firmly (on them, i.e. take them as captives). Thereafter (is the time) either for generosity (i.e. free them without ransom), or ransom (according to what benefits Islam), until the war lays down its burden. Thus [you are ordered by Allah to continue in carrying out Jihad against the disbelievers till they embrace Islam (i.e. are saved from the punishment in the Hell-fire) or at least come under your protection], but if it had been Allah's Will, He Himself could certainly have punished them (without you). But (He lets you fight), in order to test you, some with others. But those who are killed in the Way of Allah, He will never let their deeds be lost

Quran 8:39

And fight them until there is no fitnah and [until] the religion (Islam), all of it, is for Allah.



Musnad Ahmad 215

It was narrated that 'Umar said:

If I live, in sha Allah, I shall certainly expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula.


Sahih Muslim 2167 a

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

Do not greet the Jews and the Christians before they greet you and when you meet any one of them on the roads force him to go to the narrowest part of it.

Have you asked the women if they want to wear hijab bunch of rapists

Op you dey lie for Africa, Islam has no respect for your female folks, No peace and freedom for your Muslim women. According to allah and Muhammad, your female folks are punching bag,


Quran 4:34

Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great.


Riyad as-Salihin 276

Amr bin Al-Ahwas Al-Jushami (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that he had heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying on his Farewell Pilgrimage, after praising and glorifying Allah and admonishing people, "Treat women kindly, they are like captives in your hands; you do not owe anything else from them. In case they are guilty of open indecency, then do not share their beds and beat them lightly but if they return to obedience, do not have recourse to anything else against them. You have rights over your wives and they have their rights over you. Your right is that they shall not permit anyone you dislike to enter your home, and their right is that you should treat them well in the matter of food and clothing".