Taliban Website Says Arab Spring Revolutions are No Substitute for Jihad: 'No One Should Think that a Revolution Over Unemployment will Close the Wine Shops And Nightclubs'

An article published on the website of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban's shadow government) argued that the recent revolutions in the Middle East are no substitute for the jihad in the way of Allah.

The article, titled "Revolutions are No Substitute for Jihad," was written by one Ahmad Bawadi and published on an official websites of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The article was translated from the Al-Somood magazine, an Arabic-language jihadist magazine associated with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. ...

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Taliban Website Says Arab Spring Revolutions are No Substitute for Jihad: 'No One Should Think that a Revolution Over Unemployment will Close the Wine Shops And Nightclubs'

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