Taliban Seeks Forced Pledge of Allegiance Through Ulema Gathering, Says NRF Ulema Council
Reacting to the Taliban’s upcoming Ulema gathering in Kabul, National Resistance Front (NRF) Ulema Council said that the Taliban is seeking a forced pledge of allegiance through it. The NRF Ulema council called the gathering “deceptive” as the invitees are Taliban members only.
The council has stressed that the direct vote of citizens is the only source of legitimacy of an Islamic system. The council’s statement added that the testimony of Ahl al-Ḥall wal-ʿAqd or any other resolution, recognising the Taliban, wouldn’t have religious legitimacy. Concluding the statement, the council said that the Taliban had no clear plan for an Islamic state.
However, the Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has termed the Ulema gathering as grand. The Taliban’s gathering was scheduled for today at the Loya Jirga hall in Kabul, but the group’s sources confirmed it is nonw taking place on Thursday 30th June.
The Taliban had announced that the gathering has been called at the request of religious scholars from across Afghanistan and the attendees would be tribal elders and religious scholars.
