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...have run articles on the rebel movement in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, you said that Ahmed Gailani [Jan. 28] was a rector of the Islamic Center in Copenhagen. This is false. My father Sibghatullah Mojadidi was the rector of the Islamic Center. He is a well-known Islamic scholar, with a specialization in Islamic law. Mojadidi is very much in favor of the unity of Afghan rebel groups. The group of which he is a member is open to everyone and is working for the liberation of Afghanistan and its people...
Beyond a general allegiance to Islam and hostility toward Marxism, there was little agreement over a future political system for Afghanistan. Argued Sayad Ahmed Gailani, 45, the strongly pro-Western chief of the relatively new United Islamic Revolutionary Council: "We believe in democracy and modernization, and the majority of Afghans are with us." Countered Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, 32, the fervently traditionalist "Amir" of the long-established Islamic Party: "A pure Islamic system was established 14 centuries ago, and any regime that differs from that ideal is unacceptable." At the end of the loquacious jirga, as such a gathering of tribes...
Still, a few leaders have maintained power. By far the most visible of Peshawar's refugees is Sayad Ahmed Gailani. The 45-year-old Islamic scholar fled Afghanistan with his large family in 1978 and now claims 70,000 soldiers in his National Liberation Front, with another 300,000 Afghans ready to pledge support. Gailani, a past rector of the Islamic Center in Copenhagen who has also taught in Saudi Arabia and Libya, is regarded by his followers asapir (saint), and he claims that his family lineage traces directly to Muhammad. He could become a focus for Western support...
...power grab by Gailani for leadership of the insurgents would be challenged-probably without much success -by at least two other rebel leaders. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, 32, an engineer who studied at Kabul University, is highly regarded for his administrative skills. But his base of support, an organization called Hezb-i-Islami, may be too rigidly Muslim in outlook for some rebels. Another Muslim group, Jamiat-i-Islami, is led by Burhanuddin Rabbani, 40, a former professor of religion at Kabul University. Although Jamiat is considered more tolerant than Hekmatyar's group, Rabbani has no personal following outside...
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