Taliban’s Islam

 Published in DAWN on September 2, 1998

I CONGRATULATE the Prime Minister on his bold decision to declare Quran and Sunna as the supreme law of Pakistan.

I hope, however, that his interpretation of Islam is not the same as that of the Taliban’s. If it is, then we shouldn’t be surprised to see armed men roaming the streets, arresting all men who are not bearded and all women looking out of the windows, of their houses.

Shakir Lakhani

Karachi