Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Taliban It is said that so far he wants to apply the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence as a government benchmark Afghanistan.
This statement was made by the Director General of Asia Pacific and African Affairs at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abdul Kadir Jailani, in a webinar related to the future of peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan on Friday (3/9).
Kadir said that so far the Taliban’s desire to implement the Hanafi school in the pillars of the state has been one of the obstacles to reconciliation between the group and the overthrown Afghan government.
“The problem so far has not been that the Taliban want to establish an Islamic state. Afghanistan has always been an Islamic state, Islamic law has always been there. The Taliban just feels that the current constitution of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is not enough,” Kadir said in a discussion organized by the Center for Dialogue and Cooperation Among Civilizations (CDCC).
“The Taliban do not want only the application of Islamic law, but also there must be references to the Hanafi School as a benchmark for the state school,” he added.
The statement was made by Kadir when the Taliban was rumored to be announcing a new Afghan government in the near future. One of the top Taliban officials, Mullah Baradar, is also said to be the leader of the Afghan government.
So far, it is not clear what form the new Afghan government will take in the Taliban era. However, since returning to power, some high-ranking Taliban officials have begun to refer to Afghanistan as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
According to Kadir, the current Taliban want to continue their dream of thirty years ago to establish an emirate in Afghanistan.
“We don’t know exactly what they mean by emirate, the details are not clear either. The Taliban just said the emirate is not the same as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), but we don’t know what it really is,” Kadir said.
Kadir said the international community, including Indonesia, should give the Taliban a chance to prove their promise to form an inclusive government and especially protect women’s rights.
According to him, the international community needs clear and substantive parameters in order to be able to assess whether the Taliban is actually carrying out its promises and forming an inclusive government that embraces all groups and groups in Afghanistan.
“Perhaps the first element that must be considered is whether the Taliban are still consistent in their commitment to national reconciliation? Because that is their promise. Now that they have won, do they still want to negotiate and embrace other groups? or feel that winner takes all?” said Kadir.
Furthermore, Kadir stressed that Indonesia will continue to maintain relations with the Taliban in order to help make Afghanistan a peaceful, stable, prosperous country for its people.
Even so, he said Indonesia was still willing to wait and see the attitude of other countries before finally deciding whether to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan or not.
“The Indonesian government will optimally continue to use our diplomatic machine to see the attitude of other countries, so far no country has decided on a definitive stance (related to the current Afghan government),” said Kadir.
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