Well, we have the Taliban thinking of calling Shura Council to discuss becoming part of the Caliphate.....also here they admit to Taliban that are fighting inside Syria. How do you think this will affect the region should both Taliban join the Islamic State? The Afghan Taliban have urged Muslims to avoid extremism and remain united, a message apparently aimed at the Islamic State (ISIL), which recently declared an Islamic caliphate in territory it controls in Iraq and Syria. The Arabic message, posted on the Afghan Taliban's website on Thursday and translated by SITE intelligence group, addressed fighters in Iraq and Syria whose announcement of a caliphate last month poses a direct challenge to al Qaeda's dominance of global Islamist militancy. "It is worthy for a shurah (consultation) council to be formed from the leaders of all the jihadi factions and the distinguished people among the experts and the scholars in Sham (Syria) in order to solve their conflicts," the message said. "Muslims also should avoid extremism in religion, and judging others without evidence, and distrusting one another," it said. "They should avoid conflict and dispute, and not think their opinions are better than others. Mercy and compassion should prevail." Taliban spokesmen in both Pakistan and Afghanistan declined to comment on al-Baghdadi's claim to be the global leader of all Muslims. The Afghan and Pakistani Taliban are separate but allied. Privately, some commanders said that they did not want to anger al Qaeda, who they considered a long-time ally in the fight against NATO troops in the region. Some Taliban, including some of the younger commanders, were enthusiastic about ISIS. In small mud homes in Pakistan's Waziristan, men eagerly debated the new movement. "No militants see (al-Baghdadi) as their leader," he said, speaking to Reuters on the phone. "But no one will talk against him." .....snip~ http://news.yahoo.com/taliban-debate-merits-islamic-states-caliphate-announcement-112527865.html
"Muslims also should avoid extremism in religion, and judging others without evidence, and distrusting one another," it said. "They should avoid conflict and dispute, and not think their opinions are better than others. Mercy and compassion should prevail." Interesting. I wonder how much influence they have in this matter.
I liked the part that they admitted to having Fighters in Syria. Both Taliban. Also it is interesting to note.....that some didn't want to anger AQ.
Doesn't make much sense.. The Taliban aren't Sunni.. They follow a sect that was born out of reaction to the British.
What do you mean it doesn't make much sense? Their Clerics.....the Majority are Sunni. It was never born out reaction to the British. Even Basic Wiki has their history. The Taliban (Pashto: طالبان‎ ṭālibān "students"), alternative spelling Taliban, is an Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan adhering to Wahhabist ideology. The Taliban's leaders were influenced by Wahhabi and Deobandi fundamentalism. The Taliban's extremely strict and anti-modern ideology has been described as an "innovative form of sharia combining Pashtun tribal codes," or Pashtunwali, with radical Deobandi interpretations of Islam favored by JUI and its splinter groups. Also contributing to the mix was the jihadism and pan-Islamism of Osama bin Laden.[186] Their ideology was a departure from the Islamism of the anti-Soviet mujahideen rulers they replaced who tended to be mystical Sufis, traditionalists, or radical Islamicists inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan). Like Wahhabi and other Deobandis, the Taliban do not consider Shiʻi to be Muslims. The Shia in Afghanistan consist mostly of the Hazara ethnic group which totaled almost 10% of Afghanistan's population.....snip~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban
