Session Name: Muslims across Asia: Local Challenges and Practices of Resilience
Replacing Democracy with Nomocracy: A "Dark Ethnography" on the Rise of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Under The Taliban Regime in Indonesian Islamists Perspective
Monday, July 29, 2024
09:00 – 10:45 (GMT+7)
Paper Abstract: The Taliban militant group took over Afghanistan for the second time. The first in 1995 and the second in August 2021. The Pashtun-dominated Taliban control major Afghan cities. The occupation was carried out before US military forces actually left the country at the end of August—after 20 years there. The Taliban was formed in 1994. The group is made up of former Afghan resistance fighters, known as mujahideen. They fought Soviet troops in the 1980s. The Taliban aim to impose their interpretation of Islamic law in the country, and eliminate foreign influence. There is an assumption that Afghanistan will go into the world of religious conservatism (especially women's issues) after being controlled by the Taliban. However, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid denied that they claimed to provide women's rights even though they were still within the limits of sharia law. The Taliban is trying to reassure people who are worried that the organization will return to bringing law and order to Afghanistan as it used to be. For that, the Taliban promised, the horrors caused by the previous rules would not be repeated. "We want the world to believe in us," said Mujahid. turmoil that occurs outside the country such as in Afghanistan has always been an interesting topic for people in Indonesia because of the issue of Islam.Â
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