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KABUL: More voices from in and out of Korea are joining to denounce the Taliban for abducting the 23 Korean aid volunteers and killing two of them. Up until now,the Taliban have been arguing that their ultimate goal is to establish an Islamic government in Afghanistan based on Islamic law,or Sharia.Yet the Taliban have been ignoring and violating Islamic law in the case of the Korean hostages.Some experts shared their views with the Chosun Ilbo about instances in which the Taliban has violated Islamic law. Islamic law bans killing.On July 31,when hostage Shim Sung-min was killed by the Taliban following the death of the Rev. Bae Hyung-kyu, a purported Taliban spokesman warned that Shim`s death was just the first phase in a planned killing campaign."At any time the Taliban could kill another Korean hostage,"Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said.Prof.Yusuf Abdul Fatah of Egypt Cairo University,who is currently teaching at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul as an exchange professor,said,"In Islamic law, the killing of children,women and old people is unpardonable.Islamic scripture in the Koran and Hadith says,"Do not kill any one whom Allah has forbidden,except for a just cause,""Take not life,which Allah hath made sacred," and "Do not kill women or children or noncombatants and do not kill old people."" Despite this,the Taliban have killed two innocent Korean aid workers and are threatening to kill more hostages.The Taliban have claimed that the hostages are Christians and that missionary work for another religion is a crime against Islam.By this argument the Taliban`s first victim,Rev.Bae Hyung-kyu,would be considered a heathen cleric.However,the Koran stresses tolerance for other religions,saying,"Let there be no compulsion in religion."Prof. Lee Hee-soo with Hanyang University said,"Islam is tolerant of other religions and freedom of religion.It also includes protection policies for minor religious sects.However,the Taliban is a disgrace to Islam and an extremely distorted group,which once destroyed the Buddhist statues in the Bamiyan Valley,a cultural treasure of the world."...To read more go to:
http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?185869
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