GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Islam: No quarter for human rights

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Jihad Watch

13February2011 10:56amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: [NATO Chief Anders Fogh] Rasmussen said: "I would expect the Afghan government as well as all Afghan institutions to live up to the requirements as stated in the Afghan constitution including full respect for human rights."

But that is precisely the problem. The Afghan constitution identifies the country as an Islamic republic, and says that "followers of other religions are free to exercise their faith and perform their religious rites within the limits of the provisions of law, " but "no law can be contrary to the beliefs and provisions of the sacred religion of Islam" (Chapter 1, Articles 1-3).

An amendment in the tenth chapter of the constitution adds: "The provisions of adherence to the fundamentals of the sacred religion of Islam and the regime of the Islamic Republic cannot be amended." (read full report)

 

 

 

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Commander says rule of law needed to stop Taliban

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: US ARMY

12February2011 5:48pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2011 — To stop the Taliban and terrorists, Afghans must have confidence in their government's ability to deliver justice and resolve civil disputes, the commander of a "rule of law" force in Afghanistan said today.

Speaking with Pentagon reporters via video teleconference, Army Brig. Gen. Mark Martins said the Afghan government must deliver on establishing the rule of law in Afghan provinces, districts and sub-districts.

Afghan officials need to craft "sound governance that will enable an enduring transition of security responsibility to Afghan forces and deny this rugged country as a sanctuary for global threats," the general said.

Failure, he said, could duplicate conditions found in Afghanistan after the fall of the communist government in 1991.

"It's worth recalling that there were core grievances 20 years ago in the Afghanistan of the early 1990s that spawned and subsequently empowered the Taliban, leading to the opening of this land as a safe haven for al-Qaida," Martins said. "One of these grievances was the inability of the post-communist Afghan governments to establish a foundation at the sub-national level." (read full report)

 

 

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