A Pakistani Taliban leader has warned local tribesmen to grow beards
within the next two months in accordance with Islamic teachings or face
harsh punishment, residents said on Monday.
The threat came amid an apparent increase in incidents of militants
trying to enforce Islamic Sharia law in Pakistan's tribal belt bordering
Afghanistan, where the new government is trying to make peace with
hardliners.
"Men must grow beards and stop shaving within the next two months,"
residents quoted senior Taliban commander Maulvi Faqir Mohammad as
telling dozens of people at a mosque in Khar, the main town in Bajaur
tribal district.
Beards were mandatory under the harsh Taliban regime which ruled
Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 as part of a strict morality code that
also made women wear the all-encompassing burka and outlawed music and
other entertainment.
"It is un-Islamic to shave beards. Harsh punishments will be awarded to
all violators," added Mohammad, the central vice chief of the
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistan Taliban Movement) and also a Muslim
cleric.
The group is an umbrella organisation of Taliban factions in Pakistan's
tribal belt. Its leader, Baitullah Mehsud, has been accused of
masterminding the slaying of former premier Benazir Bhutto in December.
Suspected Islamic militants have been meting out vigilante justice in
the tribal belt and targeting "un-Islamic" hair salons, music and video
shops with explosive devices for the past few years.
But activities have increased in recent weeks amid a lull in military
operations and fighting since a new government took power after
defeating President Pervez Musharraf's allies in elections.
Last week Pakistani Taliban militants publicly executed an alleged
criminal involved in kidnappings for ransom in Mohmand, another of the
seven semi-autonomous tribal areas.
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