THE TALIBAN AND THEIR COLLABORATORS ARE NAMUH

What is a namuh? The name “namuh” is the inverse of the word “human.” A namuh is a being that inhabits a human body, but does not have a human soul. People without a conscience, people whose lives are committed to evil are namuh. The Taliban are Namuh. They fit the description perfectly. These are ignorant and irrational individuals murdering whoever stands on their way. Their aim is to reestablish the same repressive regime in Afghanistan that was there before the United States intervened, i.e., a theocratic society whose people live (and die) by rules decreed through a radical interpretation of Islam.

This past Monday, September 25, the Taliban murdered Safia Hama Jan, a Taliban critic and women’s rights advocate. In the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, she held the post of provincial director of the Afghan’s Ministry of Women’s Affairs. Taliban gunmen on a motorcycle carried out the crime as she was leaving home in a taxi. Her great offense was to run a school for women. The Taliban considers the education of women goes contrary to what Muhammad preached or the spirit of Islam. Obviously, equal rights for women are not on the Taliban’s agenda. Dogs probably fare better under a Taliban regime.

This incident is only the latest attack. Earlier this month, Taliban insurgents killed the governor of the Paktia province. Between last year and this year, there have been over three hundred acts of violence against educational establishments. To say that the good people of Afghanistan are unhappy with the current situation is an understatement. The majority rejects the Taliban. They want peace and growth for their country, not what the Taliban has to offer.

If the Taliban are Namuh, so are those who collaborate with them. Recently, Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai stated the Taliban are receiving help and recruiting troops in Pakistan. They are conducting operations in Afghanistan using Pakistan as their base. Karzai thinks Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is allowing this situation to go unchecked, something Musharraf denied. If Karzai’s allegations are true, the United States should pressure Musharraf to conduct campaigns that effectively destroy whatever Taliban strongholds exist in Pakistan. If that means jailing Pakistani sympathizers of the Taliban, so be it. Anybody who supports the Namuh is namuh himself or herself. That accomplished, we should increase our efforts in Afghanistan to eradicate the Taliban permanently.

Recommended Reading: Ercian Testament - Part Three, chapter 25 “Heaven for Humans, Hell for the Namuh.”