Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 State and society in Afghanistan
- 2 Islam in Afghanistan
- 3 The origins of Afghan fundamentalism and popular movements up to 1947
- 4 The Islamist movement up to 1978
- 5 The communist reforms and the repression, 1978–9
- 6 The uprisings, 1978–9
- 7 The establishments of political parties
- 8 The development of the parties between 1980 and 1984
- 9 The role of the Shiʿa in the resistance
- 10 Society and the war
- 11 From freedom fighter to guerilla
- 12 Military operations
- 13 The conflict from 1986 to the Soviet withdrawal
- 14 Cultural patterns and changes in society: an assessment
- 15 Afghan politics and the outside world
- Appendixes
- 1 The resistance parties
- 2 Glossary
- 3 Chronological table
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - The resistance parties
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 State and society in Afghanistan
- 2 Islam in Afghanistan
- 3 The origins of Afghan fundamentalism and popular movements up to 1947
- 4 The Islamist movement up to 1978
- 5 The communist reforms and the repression, 1978–9
- 6 The uprisings, 1978–9
- 7 The establishments of political parties
- 8 The development of the parties between 1980 and 1984
- 9 The role of the Shiʿa in the resistance
- 10 Society and the war
- 11 From freedom fighter to guerilla
- 12 Military operations
- 13 The conflict from 1986 to the Soviet withdrawal
- 14 Cultural patterns and changes in society: an assessment
- 15 Afghan politics and the outside world
- Appendixes
- 1 The resistance parties
- 2 Glossary
- 3 Chronological table
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Sunni parties
Islamists
Hizb-i islami: radical Islamists, led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Its recruits are amongst those who were educated in the secular government schools and also some ʿulama from the Kabul region. Mainly Pashtun.
Hizb-i islami (Khalis): moderate Islamists, led by Mawlawi Yunus Khalis. Its recruits come from those educated in the government schools and the ʿulama of the Khugiani and Jadran tribes as well as in the region of Kabul and Kandahar. Pashtun.
Jamʿyyat-i islami: moderate Islamists, led by Burhanuddin Rabbani. Its recruits come from amongst those educated in the government schools (both religious and secular), the ʿulama in the north and naqshbandi in the north. Mainly Tajik.
Traditionalists
Harakat-i inqilab-i islami: moderate clerical party, led by Muhammad Nabi Muhammadi. It gains recruits from the ʿulama educated in private madrasa. Mainly Pashtun.
Jabha-yi nejat-i milli (National Liberation Front): secular, led by Sebghatullah Mujaddidi. Its recruits come mainly from the tribes, the establishment of the old social order and the naqshbandi in the south.
Mahaz-i islami (Islamic Front): Royalist, led by Pir Sayyad Ahmad Gaylani. Its recruits come from the establishment of the old social order, the tribes and the qadiri in the south. Mainly Pashtun.
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- Islam and Resistance in Afghanistan , pp. 235 - 236Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1990