Is the dislike of these two Haqqanis their own views or is it dictated by Pakistan?
Author: Farid Younes, Retired Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Islamic Philosophy at California State University, Member of the Sangar Advisory Board
In recent days, the publication of a book by Abdulhakim Haqqani (in the photo), Chief Justice or Chief Justice of the Taliban, has sparked an uproar. The book was published in Arabic under the title Al-Amara Al-Islamiya wa Nizamha (The Islamic Emirate and Its System) on 312 pages in the month of Ramadan 1443 AH by the Dar al-Ulum Sharia publishing house, without mentioning the place of publication of the book. Currently, this book has the status of the charter and constitution of the Taliban movement, and if in the future a law is developed for Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Abdulhakim Haqqani's book will undoubtedly become his reference material and basis. The book The Islamic Emirate and Its System discusses topics ranging from politics to social issues.
The issues raised in Sheikh Abdulhakim Haqqani's book are related to the fate of the Afghan people as the Taliban consider his book as their guide and roadmap and will continue to use it as a reference for governance.
Every letter, word, sentence, and phrase in this book is controversial. Outwardly, the book is decorated with verses from the Koran, hadiths and sayings of religious figures, but behind it lies a great conspiracy against the history, culture, economy, politics and society of Afghanistan. The most contentious topics in Abdulhakim Haqqani's book are the structure of Afghanistan's future system, the presence of women in society, and the issue of education. When the question of the structure of the system is being discussed, the only option for which a place has not been determined is elections and the right of the people to rule.
Also, on pages 151 and 275 of Abdulhakim's book, when it comes to the presence of women in society and politics, women can no longer have a place in the Taliban's rule, even as a mere civil servant. In general, the book of Abdulhakim Haqqani completely denies the presence of women in politics and society and directly states that a woman's place is only at home.
An even greater conspiracy is the chapter of this book, entitled "Modern Education". This topic begins on page 242 of the book and continues to page 263. When I talk about a great and dangerous conspiracy, Abdulhakim Haqqani not only does not have a good idea about modern schools and education, but on page 243 of his book calls for Muslim rulers and scientists to prevent the activities of modern schools, because, according to him, these schools are the consequence and fruit of the infidels, in order to corrupt Muslims and distract them from religion.
For this perspective, Haqqani quotes Shamsuddin Dhahabi, an eighth and ninth century scholar who denounced Greek philosophy and theology, but the Taliban judge does not understand that Greek philosophy and theology is different from physics, mathematics, and theology and other teaching materials in school textbooks. Abdulhakim Haqqani's view is so weak and baseless that two days ago Mawlana Abdulaziz Hindi, a pro-Taliban cleric, protested in the Indian subcontinent. In an Arabic article, he urged the Taliban judge not to present his personal opinion to people as Islamic and religious teachings. Maulana Abdulaziz's criticism is correct because the logic and arguments presented in The Islamic Emirate and Its System are so weak that it looks like a novice student taking notes from a teacher's lesson.
Two years ago, when Sheikh Abdulhakim Haqqani traveled from Pakistan to Qatar to lead the Taliban negotiating team, I assumed that if there was a man of wisdom and knowledge among the Taliban, it would be Abdulhakim Haqqani, but recently when I read his book, my opinion of his scientific nature also collapsed.
In any case, I use the example of his opposition to modern science to explain why I consider Abdulhakim's book to be a great conspiracy against the history, culture, economy, politics and society of Afghanistan. If the road map of the Taliban judge on Afghanistan finds practical application, some of which has already found, then we will no longer have "doctors", "engineers", "specialists" and "politicians", because the basic sciences to become doctors and engineers are the existing schools, and Abdulhakim Haqqani asked the Muslim rulers and scholars to close them.
The question is, what are the fruits and results of this fatwa?
As a result, the people of Afghanistan are becoming increasingly dependent on foreign countries, especially Pakistan. In other words, when modern schools stop working or the quality of education decreases due to the Taliban Islamization, we will not have a simple doctor for another twenty years, which means that people will be forced to go to Pakistan to treat even a simple disease. Isn't this a big and dangerous conspiracy?
Abdulhakim's words should not be viewed as a personal and simple fatwa, because that is the policy that the Taliban are now pursuing. For example, the Taliban minister of higher education, Abdulbaki Haqqani, takes the same approach and has a negative view of modern science. Proof of this are his speeches against modern science and the graduates of the last twenty years.
Interestingly, Abdulhakim Haqqani and Abdulbaki Haqqani were trained and graduated from Dorululum Haqqani, which operates under the auspices of the Pakistani Intelligence Service.
I will end this note with these two questions: Is the enmity of these two people and their followers to the modern sciences on the basis of which doctors, engineers and specialists are trained, is their own point of view or was it dictated by Pakistan?
Another question, did you come to the conclusion, as I did, that Pakistan wants the people of Afghanistan to stay away from science and depend on this country in most areas, as in the past?
