{"id":17494,"date":"2012-10-15T21:55:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T02:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drishtikone.com\/?p=17494"},"modified":"2012-10-15T21:55:09","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T02:55:09","slug":"imran-khan-backs-taliban-says-its-jihad-is-just-and-islamic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2012\/10\/imran-khan-backs-taliban-says-its-jihad-is-just-and-islamic\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran Khan backs Taliban, says its Jihad is just and Islamic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Imran Khan addresses his supporters during a peace march in Tank, Pakistan on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

At Drishtikone, we have asserted that Imran Khan is even more of a Jihadi than the other parties in Pakistan.\u00a0 Those who think that he is God\u2019s gift to Pakistan and that his becoming the next head of state for Pakistan may solve any problems, are living in lala-land.\u00a0 Pakistan is fast and furiously headed to Talibanization of the worst kind.\u00a0 Notwithstanding the solidarity with Malala, there are enough who suggest that Malala is a proxy for the Western powers and a prop erected by them to push Pakistan down.\u00a0 Controversies are staple of Pakistanis, but Malala\u2019s case also being mired in controversy surely shows that Pakistan is now beyond redemption.<\/p>\n

What caught my eye was Imran Khan\u2019s statement<\/a> on Taliban.\u00a0 It is well known that he is backed by the Jehadis and the Taliban.\u00a0 So, he is going to stand by them in this \u201chour of their isolation\u201d.<\/p>\n

Speaking after visiting a hospital in Peshawar where Malala Yousafzai \u2013 the 14-year-old activist shot in the head by the Taliban for supporting girls\u2019 education \u2013 was treated last week, Khan told reporters that insurgents in Afghanistan were fighting a \u201cjihad\u201d. Citing a verse from the Qur\u2019an, he said: \u201cIt is very clear that whoever is fighting for their freedom is fighting a jihad \u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people who are fighting in Afghanistan against the foreign occupation are fighting a jihad,\u201d he added, according to a video of remarks to journalists.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Interesting, huh?!\u00a0 The man refuses to condemn Taliban\u2019s shooting of Malala.\u00a0 Not just that, he reinforces their Jihad as just and Islamic.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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