Taliban dispute Sharia court’s verdict
As part of a negotiated settlement with Taliban forces in Swat Valley, Pakistan has established Sharia courts in the region. However, the system is apparently not working to the satisfaction of Swat Taliban.
“I am not going to change the decision as it is valid according to Sharia,” says Maulana Ehsan-ur-Rahman softly but adamantly.
Maulana Rahman is a qazi, or judge, in one of the newly appointed Islamic Sharia courts in Pakistan’s troubled district of Swat.
Mr Rahman ruled in favour of a farmer after Taliban had ordered the creation of a dirt track across his fields.
“But the members of the Taleban present refused to accept the verdict and said they would take up the matter with senior Taleban commanders,” an eyewitness says.
Despite pressure from the Taliban commander, the judge maintained that his verdict is final.
Stuart Ramsey of Britain’s SkyNews recently shot this video in Swat Valley. He is the only foreign TV journalist to have entered the region since the Taliban takeover.
h/t for video: Freedom’s Lighthouse
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