Responses and opinion about the Taliban's re-emergence below (check out the Virtually Islamic blog for more on this)
Rakib Ehsan, Spiked, No, British Muslims do not support the Taliban"There is no truth to [Khola] Hasan’s claim that British Muslims are united in welcoming the Taliban takeover. Admittedly, there has not yet been a poll on Muslims’ attitudes towards Afghanistan. But existing polling suggests that she is wrong."
Paigham Mustafa, The National (Scotland), Why are many UK imams silent over the Taliban's takeover? [opinion piece]"The teaching of these imams is often unsuitable for a multi-cultural society. Their understanding of Islam, as laid down in the Quran, is being supplemented by a false tribalism that accepts things that are barbaric. This kind of teaching is being fed to unsuspecting minds. Having a group like the Taliban in power just underpins the legitimacy of this kind of thinking, even though much of it conflicts with the Quran."
Paigham Mustafa is a director of the 'Oxford Institute for British Islam'
