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How to make people realise organisations like Hamas, Hezbollah and Ansar'Allah are not the same as the Taliban or the Islamic State? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 1 day ago by borschtisgarbo@lemmygrad.ml to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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People really seem to struggle to realise how different they are. Hamas is not ISIS, that should be obvious to anyone with cursory knowledge on the history of the region. Hamas, Hezbollah and Ansar'Allah are not going to, nor have the capacity to, gut gay people and women who don't wear a niqab or hijab. They are not Salafists, for the love of Christ.

The only reason people compare these wildly different groups, is because they all (at least claim to) adhere to Islamic principles. If you think for even a second, you'd realise how ridiculous this is. It's like comparing the CDU to the KKK or even the Spanish Falange because they're all Christian, in some way or another.

It's plain ridiculous, though the liberal (and conservative) types never seem to get it.

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[โ€“] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would argue that you yourself are doing the same by lumping the Taliban with ISIS. Say what you will about the Taliban, but they represent a faction that sincerely carried out a national liberation struggle which culminated in the expulsion of Burgerlanders from their country and the liberation of Kabul. Meanwhile, ISIS is just another arm of US imperialism. Much like HTS, who also collaborate with the Zionist entity by not even pretending to fight against the IOF, ISIS has not fired a single bullet against the Zionist entity and has even been caught having their wounded combatants treated in Zionist hospitals. The Taliban at least say their willing to send troops to liberate Palestine when ISIS/HTS can't even do that.

[โ€“] Formerlyfarman@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

I think we should make a distinction between the Taliban in the 90s who were engaging in sectarian masacres. And the Taliban now, who don't do that. The Taliban now is also significantly better than the previous comprador regime in many ways, the most noticable was the control of the opium trade and production