Radical Movement Issues Reappear, Following Differences Between The Taliban, Al-Qaeda And ISIS

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JAKARTA - The issue of the fundamentalist Islamic movement, the Taliban, is back in Indonesia. Novel Baswedan, a senior investigator for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), assessed that this issue always appears to interfere with the work of investigating corruption.

Apart from the Taliban, other radical jihadist movements that have frequently emerged and have shocked Indonesia are ISIS and al-Qaeda. These three movements both carried out acts of terrorism. They carry the mission of jihad "to clean the world from threats (other cultures, especially western cultures)".

Even though they look almost the same, these three radical groups have differences, launched from Forces.net.

The Taliban

Although the Taliban and al-Qaeda both apply the teachings of Sunni Islam, a practice that emphasizes the literal interpretation of Al-Qurna, they both have differences in principle. The principles of the Taliban group come from the Pasthun, a traditional tribal way of life in Afghanistan.

At the beginning of its appearance, the Taliban carried a vision of restoring peace and security through sharia law in the Pashtun area.

The Taliban group became famous in the autumn of 1994. This group held power in Afghanistan for 5 years, 1996-2001.

In Arabic, the word 'Talilban' means 'student'. One speculator says the group originally emerged teaching a strict variation of Sunni Islam, through religious seminaries.

The Taliban governs very authoritarian laws. For example, women over 10 years old are not allowed to watch television, get education, and use social media.

Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda prefers Wahhabism, an extreme form of Sunni Islam. The al-Qaeda group was founded in 1988 in Pakistan. Its founders are Osama Bin Laden and Mohammada Atif.

The principle of jihad they hold is "defensive jihad". If there is a Muslim who opposes or defects, that Muslim is labeled as the opponent of Islam. The Taliban views western countries as opponents of Islam.

In Arabic, 'al-Qaeda' means 'foundation'. This group believes that they must gather and mobilize Islam using jihad.

ISIS

ISIS was founded in 2014 under the slogan Islamic State. ISIS emerged weeks after Mosul's arrest, when the Taliban commander defected and chose to serve Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

The ISIS group carries out more extreme practices than the Taliban. ISIS war tactics are more like ordinary military forces. Meanwhile the Taliban and al-Qaeda use a guerrilla warfare strategy.

ISIS also launched a doctrine with more modern technology. They take advantage of social media, which was not done by previous terrorist groups.

ISIS uses Twitter, YouTube and WhatsApp to carry out propaganda, inciting young people to join them and waging jihad against western culture.