{"id":4697,"date":"2024-03-27T11:45:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T11:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=4697"},"modified":"2024-03-27T11:46:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T11:46:47","slug":"whose-islam-the-new-battle-for-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=4697","title":{"rendered":"Whose Islam? The New Battle for Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4697\" class=\"elementor elementor-4697\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22ab874 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22ab874\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0fdee5f\" data-id=\"0fdee5f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a01929 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a01929\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Author<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisisgroup.org\/who-we-are\/people\/borhan-osman\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Borhan Osman<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Affiliation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: International Crisis Group\u2019s Senior Consultant for Afghanistan<\/span><\/p><p><b>Organization<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/<\/span><b>Publisher<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: The New York Times<\/span><\/p><p><b>Date<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/<\/span><b>Place<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: October 2020\/ USA\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Type of Literature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Opinion\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Word Count<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: 1400<\/span><\/p><p><b>Link<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/02\/opinion\/afghanistan-peace-talks-doha.html?searchResultPosition=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/02\/opinion\/afghanistan-peace-talks-doha.html?searchResultPosition=8<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Keywords: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Power-Sharing, Peace Negotiation, Taliban, Afghan Government<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><b>Brief:<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To address the ongoing crisis for an Afghan peace negotiation process in Doha, Qatar, this piece taps upon a key controversial debate on the role of Islam in Afghanistan. After the Taliban peace deal with the Trump administration, the current [so-called] \u201cintra-Afghan\u201d peace talks have been scrambling to reach common ground over an understanding of the role of Islam in Afghanistan. The author highlights the push for an \u201cIslamic System of governance\u201d from the Taliban side, and the resistance against the current \u201cIslamic jurisprudence\u201d constitution from the Afghan official side. The purpose, however, is to protect the democratic means achieved so far. There is a possibility of a constitutional amendment signaled by the involved parties to the negotiation. Yet, critical questions such as elections, a coalition government, and parliament remain to be tackled. Osman argues that without a compromise from the Taliban side, the peace negotiations will be strained. The Taliban lacks to have a single ideological document based on textual sources that might enable a political integration with Afghan mainstream politics. The author claims a successful negotiation will require time and a handful of approaches from other states. The author bases his arguments upon the number of interviews conducted with the members and the leadership of the Taliban over the years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><br \/><b>By:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Abdullah Jurat, CIGA Senior Research Associate<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Borhan Osman Affiliation: International Crisis Group\u2019s Senior Consultant for Afghanistan Organization\/Publisher: The New York Times Date\/Place: October 2020\/ USA\u00a0 Type of Literature: Opinion\u00a0 Word Count: 1400 Link: https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/02\/opinion\/afghanistan-peace-talks-doha.html?searchResultPosition=8 Keywords: Power-Sharing, Peace Negotiation, Taliban, Afghan Government Brief: To address the ongoing crisis for an Afghan peace negotiation process in Doha, Qatar, this piece taps upon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":4698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-west-asia"],"blocksy_meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Whose-Islam-scaled.webp",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Whose-Islam-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Whose-Islam-300x200.webp",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Whose-Islam-768x512.webp",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Whose-Islam-1024x683.webp",1024,683,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Whose-Islam-1536x1024.webp",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Whose-Islam-2048x1365.webp",2048,1365,true]},"author_info":{"info":["CIGA Staff"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?cat=39\" rel=\"category\">West &amp; 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