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The Talibanization of Pashtun Culture: destruction of cultural identity

Saturday, October 31, 2009 20:32 By GSerrano

The Taliban have apparently been fighting for the institutionalization of the Muslim Sharia law, imposing extremist views on the population. These militants and religious fundamentalists forced ‘their ultraconservative brand of Islam in and around the Swat.’ In the process, they have also been ‘displacing centuries-old traditions,’ as claimed by the Pashtuns.
One of the aspects that [...]

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