09-08-2021, 07:30 AM
The Surprising Origin Of Taliban Ideology. Hint: It's Not A Muslim-Majority Country
I got to listen to this on my drive to work, this morning, and it was an interesting listen. The formation of different sects of religions is a fascinating topic.
The tl;dr version is that the Taliban follow a bastardized version of Deobandi Islam, which was born when the British took over India, kicking out the Muslim rulers. The founders sought to bring back "the glory of Islam." However, while it is a conservative branch of Islam, it isn't violent like the Taliban practice it and has existed quite peacefully in India for 150 years without much of a fuss. The more unsavory bits seem to come from the Saudi influence of Wahhabism.
I got to listen to this on my drive to work, this morning, and it was an interesting listen. The formation of different sects of religions is a fascinating topic.
The tl;dr version is that the Taliban follow a bastardized version of Deobandi Islam, which was born when the British took over India, kicking out the Muslim rulers. The founders sought to bring back "the glory of Islam." However, while it is a conservative branch of Islam, it isn't violent like the Taliban practice it and has existed quite peacefully in India for 150 years without much of a fuss. The more unsavory bits seem to come from the Saudi influence of Wahhabism.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
