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Taliban Offer Question-and-Answer Service Online

Posted by samzenpus on from the dear-zabihullah dept.

First time accepted submitter nachiketas points out this story about a new online service offered by the Taliban. "Worried about whether Islamic verses on Facebook are allowed? Or that suicide bombers kill innocent civilians? Afghanistan's Taliban have set up a new question-and-answer section on their website to address such issues. The facility on Voice of Jihad, the official website of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan — the Taliban's own name for their movement — allows readers to submit queries to spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. It is a demonstration of how far the insurgents' attitude towards technology has changed."

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  1. Sigh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'd love to submit a ton of subversive questions to troll the Islamofascists.

    But if I were to do that, I'm pretty sure that the US government's spying-on-our-own-civilians program won't notice the subversive quality of the questions, and the response would be more along the lines of "OMG this guy is talking to the terrorists!"

    1. Re:Sigh by Jmc23 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      You'll find the answer to all those questions except the last one in the old testament.

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    2. Re:Sigh by N0Man74 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      "If I submit a sincere question to you, will I find myself on no-fly lists and be investigated as a subversive by my own government?"

    3. Re:Sigh by spasm · · Score: 1, Insightful

      You should also send these to your local church and synagogue.

    4. Re:Sigh by Issarlk · · Score: 5, Insightful

      They forked it, just like the christians did earlier and the mormons later. Abrahamic religions are a mega hit.

    5. Re:Sigh by gox · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Hey, it's "belittle people you don't know, whom are your enemies according to what somebody you don't know told you" day again?

      If so, FUCK YOU, INFIDEL!!! :D

      This is so much fun!!!1! Let's continue doing this for a few more millennia!

  2. Of Interest by dark+grep · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Looks like a very good way to get yourself tagged as a 'person of interest' if you access it from any western country. Anyone want an all expenses paid holiday to some non-specific Caribbean island?

  3. Not a good sign by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Looks like a very good way to get yourself tagged as a 'person of interest' if you access it from any western country. Anyone want an all expenses paid holiday to some non-specific Caribbean island?

    I'm not sure that it's an encouraging sign when we are more afraid of what our government will do to us for accessing a terrorists' website than what the terrorists will.

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  4. Re:I am curious of what they think about Fox news by crutchy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Given that their epistemological gold standard is "I read in a book that a dude said god told him..."

    oh my goodness there are christians and catholics in the taliban!?