Pakistan: la charia impose sa loi dans la vallée du Swat
LIBÉRATION.fr: Le gouvernement local et un leader religieux proche des talibans ont signé un accord en ce sens ce lundi. Un accord qui doit permettre de prolonger le cessez-le-feu actuel.

La charia sera la loi dans la vallée du Swat, dans le nord-ouest du Pakistan. C’est le résultat des négociations entre le gouvernement local et des leaders islamistes, en conflit depuis plusieurs mois. Ce dimanche, les talibans pakistanais de la zone avaient annoncé un cessez-le-feu unilatéral de dix jours… qui pouvait être prolongé en cas d’application de la loi islamique.

«Un accord a été signé entre le gouvernement de la province de la Frontière du Nord-Ouest (NWFP) et le maulana Soofi Mohammed», un leader religieux proche des talibans, a déclaré à la presse à Peshawar le ministre provincial de l’Information, Mian Iftikhar Hussain. «Toutes les lois contraires à la charia seront abolies et la justice sera appliquée en vertu de la charia.»

Cet accord est applicable au district de Malakand, dans lequel est située la vallée de Swat, autrefois le site touristique le plus prisé du Pakistan, avant de tomber aux mains des talibans pakistanais, que l’armée tente de repousser depuis l’été. La vallée de Swat est tombée sous le contrôle des talibans du maulana Fazlullah, le gendre de Soofi Mohammed, à l’automne 2007. >>> AFP | Lundi 16 Février 2009

TIMES ONLINE: Sharia Imposed on Northwest Pakistan in Deal with Taleban

Public flogging is an everyday occurrence when ruled by Shar’ah law. The photo of this public flogging courtesy of The Times
The Pakistan Government has agreed to impose Islamic law across much of northwest Pakistan in an attempt to pacify a spreading Taleban insurgency.

The decision was announced after talks with a banned pro-Taleban group from the Swat Valley, a former tourist haven in the northwest where extremists have gained sway through beheadings and burning girls' schools.

Government officials said that laws that do not comply with Islamic texts have been suspended in Malakand region, which includes Swat, effective from today. >>> Jenny Booth | Monday, February 16, 2009

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Defence Secretary John Hutton: Taliban in Afghanistan 'Like the Nazis'
THE TELEGRAPH: Defence Secretary John Hutton has compared Taliban fighters in Afghanistan to the Nazis, saying British forces are defending Western values rather than borders as they did in the Second World War.

Mr Hutton said that the military campaign in Afghanistan was "a vital national security mission" just as the battle against Hitler was.

He also appeared disposed to sending more troops to the wartorn country, saying that the Taliban could not be allowed to outlast foreign forces.

Following a trip to Afghanistan in October, he admitted that a "poisonous cocktail" of Islamic extremism, 30 years of civil war, a thriving narcotics trade and powerful warlords mean British forces could remain committed to the country for "decades".

"The argument is very clear. This is where our national security is determined. We must tackle the threat at source, it's not just going to go away," he told The Times this week. "It is a struggle against fanatics that may not challenge our borders but challenges our way of life in the same way the Nazis did." >>> By Aislinn Simpson | Saturday, December 20, 2008

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Taleban Winning War, Says Zardari
BBC: The Pakistani Taleban have "the upper hand" and should be put on the list of banned organisations in Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto's widower, Asif Ali Zardari, has said.

He says the world and Pakistan are losing the war on terror.

"It is an insurgency", he said, "and an ideological war. It is our country and we will defend it.

"The world is losing the war. I think at the moment they (the Taleban) definitely have the upper hand.

"The issue, which is not just a bad case scenario as far as Pakistan is concerned or as Afghanistan is concerned but it is going to be spreading further. The whole world is going to be affected by it." Taleban Winning War, Says Zardari >>> By Owen Bennett-Jones, BBC News, Islamabad | August 24, 2008

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Taleban, Pakistan: Männer sollten sich nicht mehr rasieren. Es ist schließlich un-islamisch!

WELT ONLINE: Männliche Bewohner des pakistanischen Stammesgebiets sollen sich nicht mehr rasieren. Das verlangt der regionale Anführer der islamistischen Taliban. Wer sich in den nächsten zwei Monaten keinen Bart wachsen lasse, werde bestraft, verkündete Maulwi Fakir Mohammad. Schließlich sei Rasieren "un-islamisch".

Die Taliban im pakistanischen Stammesgebiet haben allen Männern in der Region ein Ultimatum gestellt, sich gemäß den islamischen Regeln einen Bart stehen zu lassen. „Männer müssen in den nächsten zwei Monaten ihren Bart wachsen lassen und aufhören, sich zu rasieren, oder sie werden schwer bestraft“, sagte der örtliche Taliban-Anführer Maulwi Fakir Mohammad in Khar, der Hauptstadt des Stammesgebietes Bajaur im Nordwesten Pakistans, nach Angaben von Einwohnern. Taliban-Führer fordert Männer auf, Bart zu tragen >>> | 5. Mai 2008

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Prince Harry: “Legitimate Target”
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DAILY MAIL: Prince Harry has been warned that serving in Afghanistan made him a prime target for terrorists.

Muslim extremists say the young royal is a "legitimate target" after ten weeks secretly fighting the Taliban.

Two Al Qaeda-affiliated websites are calling on jihadists to "slaughter" the third in line to the throne. Harry the No 1 terror target as Al Qaeda threatens to take revenge for 'royal aggression against Muslims' >>> By Rebecca English and Matthew Hickley

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