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Green Vs Greener Vs Greenest Muslim!
The Sunni Taliban leadership wants to create a 12-member Council of Elders (just like Shia Iran) that will never have to take part in any election, but will allow elections to Parliament. The real executive powers will be held by appointed/non-elected people, as per the reqmts of an EMIRATE. Consequently, such a centralised EMIRATE will claim to represent the true interests of Islam & thus will begin a spate of
competitive benchmarking between Afghanistan, Pakistan & Turkey on who is the
good, better & best Muslim. The Taliban will claim that it is best-suited to realise & establish the dream of the mythical Islamic paradise of Khorasan throughout Central Asia (which will bring into direct conflict with Russia & the CARs), while Turkey will claim that since the last Caliphate was Turkey-led, the future Caliphate too ought to be Turkey-led. Pakistan will claim that since the Arab Muslims first set foot beyond the Arabian peninsula in Sindh (Mohd bin Qasim),
Pakistan is host to the world’s maximum numbers of ‘Pirs’ (those that trace their lineage to the Prophet’s family). This in turn will lead to religiosity-inspired ideological feuds between Afghanistan, Tukey & Pakistan, while on the external front
it will make Iran more jittery about the rise of a potent Sunni EMIRATE right at its doorstep. The Saudis will take a cool view about this since they can always squeeze the Taliban & Pakistan by denying them the right to visit the holy cities of Mecca & Medina for annual Umrahs & Hajj pilgrimages. So, in conclusion, one can safely expect a Taliban-run EMIRATE to be subjected to the same type of debilitating & back-breaking sanctions as Iran now faces.