As we all know, the Islam taught by the Taliban is a twisting and hijacking of the Religion of Peace, which eschews all forms of violence. And so why are Islamic seminaries in Islamabad collecting funds for the Taliban? Don’t they study the Qur’an in these seminaries and see how the Taliban is taking verses out of context, willfully misinterpreting them, and fostering the misunderstanding of Islam?
“Seminaries collecting, couriering funds for Pakistani Taliban,” IANS, May 1, 2014 (thanks to Halal Pork Shop):
Islamabad: Seminaries in Pakistan’s capital were allegedly assisting Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) with the collection of extortion and ransom money, civil and military intelligence agency sources said.
The seminaries were providing courier services to the TTP and transporting money to pre-determined locations for them, the Dawn reported Thursday citing sources.
An analysis of the calls made in cases of extortion and ransom demands revealed that most of them came from Miranshah in North Waziristan, intelligence officials said.
“It was decided to mount intelligence and vigilance around the victims and the religious seminaries which would help trace and arrest those who are behind the extortions,” an intelligence official was quoted as saying.
The TTP had ended a ceasefire with the government last month.
Jay Boo says
What Muslims call a Pillar of Islam is actually a gimmick to raise funds for Terrorism.
Every mosque is ‘The Base’
Al Qaeda
Michael Copeland says
Ah yes, the devout advisers consistently explain that Islam is peace…. but has been hi-jacked, radicalized, politicized, warped, twisted, distorted, perverted, misunderstood, wrongly interpreted, and so on and so on.
What they are telling us is that Islam is just about the world’s worst-taught subject, with appalling teachers and hopeless students.
Obviously more funds are needed for mosques.