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  Mullah Nasrudin
The Mullah was giving a party for his friends and bought six pounds of best lamb and asked his wife to cook as the best kabob as only she knew how to.
The Mullah was a judge and arbitrator in a dispute.
The Mullah replied, "Sir you have before you the soup of the soup of the soup of the soup of the goose that the friend of your friend of your friend of your friend brought." No more stranger's visited Mullah after that.
www.spiritual-teachers.com /stories/mullah.htm   (5020 words)

  
  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Mullah
Mullahs are Islamic clergy who have studied the Qur'an and the Hadith and are considered experts on related religious matters in this religion.
Mullahs are considered to be able to give direction and make judgments based on their religious studies.
Under Islam a mullah is a learned man, a teacher, a doctor of the law of Sharia.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Mullah   (215 words)

  
 Mullah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mullahs in the court of a Qajar monarch, Iran.
Mullahs have frequently been involved in politics, but only recently have they actually taken power.
Mullahs seized power in Iran in 1979, and later, in Afghanistan under the Taliban.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mullah   (193 words)

  
 Terror Tuesday: Impact on South Asia -- Mullah Mohammed Omar-Profile
Mullah Omar, ‘Commander of the Faithful’, heads the Taliban regime, which controls approximately 90 per cent of the territory in Afghanistan.
The paramount purpose of Mullah Omar was to forge a unity among the various warring factions and establish a true Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan.
Mullah Omar dismissed the global outcry by indicating that the statues' destruction was merely ‘breaking stones’.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/usa/Mullah_Moh.htm   (568 words)

  
 Afghanland.com Afghanistan Mullah Mohammad Omar
Mullah Mohammad Omar was born in 1959 as the son of a peasant farmer, he grew up in mud huts around the village of Singesar, near Kandahar.
Mullah omar and the Taliban repeatedly say that their mission is to create a Muslim state that would perfectly practice a strict interpretation of the Quran, one taught in the fundamentalist madrassahs of Pakistan, where Omar went to school.
Mullah Omar replied by describing a dream he'd had about "a mountain falling down on him." Before it hit him, Allah appeared, asking Omar why he did nothing to get rid of the false idols.
www.afghanland.com /history/omar.html   (715 words)

  
 Mullah Mohammad Omar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Mullah Mohammad Omar (Left) this is considered to be the only picture of him.
It is thought that Mullah Omar has taken Bin Laden's eldest daughter as a wife, and that Bin Laden may even have taken one of Mullah Omar's daughters as a fourth wife.
Under Mullah Omar's rule, a strict interpretation of Islamic law has been imposed on the 90% of Afghanistan which is ruled by the Taleban.
www.afghanan.net /biographies/mullahomar.htm   (524 words)

  
 War
The surrender of Kandahar by Mullah Mohammed Omar may, as far as the West is concerned, mark the end of militant Islam in Afghanistan.
Far from being a messianic, arrogant preacher, Mullah Omar remains a revered figure among the Pashtuns, not just for his piety but for the courage he showed as he grew up among the dirt and poverty of Kandahar province, working as both a schoolteacher and anti-Soviet partisan.
Mullah Omar called them, "a criminal and treacherous group who sold themselves and their country to foreign colonialists''.
www.zmag.org /omarfisk.htm   (768 words)

  
 Britain Somalia Mad Mullah War 1899-1905
Mohammed bin Abdullah Hassan, better known as the Mad Mullah, was born in the interior of Somaliland, some say at Kirrit, in the late sixties, his father an Ogaden Somali, his mother a Somali of the Dolbahanta tribe.
For three years the Mullah disciplined his follower", eradicating the tribal feeling, which is normally one of the chief characteristics of the Somalis, and substituting his own authority for that of the elders of the tribes.
The Mullah was assigned a port and certain territories in Italian Somaliland, beyond which he and his Dervishes undertook not to encroach.
www.onwar.com /aced/data/mike/madmullah1899.htm   (2211 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | Shame of the mullah caught red-handed with a beardless boy
However, they were also Mullah Omar's spies inside the armed forces, snooping around their barracks and ensuring strict observance of the Taliban's extreme form of Islam by the military.
Mullah Shahzade of the army's 14th division was discovered with his boy last summer by an inspecting team from the religious police in Ghazni province.
Mullah Sahebgul Rakhmani told a meeting in Paktia: "Our task is to explain how we are guided by Sharia law, and the Commander of the Faithful, and how we are moving towards the creation of a pure Islamic state resisted by our enemies", according to one document.
news.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/12/05/wkab105.xml   (706 words)

  
 The Funny, but Fictional, Mullah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Mullah Nasreddin stories are sometimes said to have originated in Turkey and spread from there, along with the mystical and joyful Islamic sect of Sufism, to neighboring Muslim lands.
Mullah Nasreddin says he is not hungry and will show his generosity by giving his bread to his friends.
The title mullah was excised from all the stories: Mullah Nasreddin, as he was called in older editions of the jokes, became simply Nasreddin.
www.library.cornell.edu /colldev/mideast/nsrdn.htm   (905 words)

  
 Afghan intelligence officials talk to Mullah Omar -DAWN - Top Stories; 09 July, 2004
Mullah Omar, along with Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has escaped a US-led dragnet which now numbers some 20,000 soldiers since the ousting of his government in 2001.
A man believed to be Mullah Omar's aide, Mullah Sakhi Dad Mujahid, was captured on Tuesday while carrying a satellite telephone containing the phone numbers of top members of the ousted government, Kandahar intelligence chief Abdullah Laghmanai said.
Mullah Mujahid, as he is known locally, was arrested on Tuesday during a raid in Dara-i-Noor, some 70kms north of Kandahar.
www.dawn.com /2004/07/09/top14.htm   (640 words)

  
 Afgha.com - Mullah Omar reportedly organizes resistance group
The whereabouts of Mullah Omar and al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who is blamed for masterminding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, remain unknown despite more than a year and a half of U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan.
Mullah Abdul Rauf, a provincial governor in the Taliban regime ousted from power by a U.S.-led coalition in late 2001, told Reuters the council was formed after five days of talks that ended Monday between senior Taliban officials at an undisclosed location in southern Afghanistan.
Mullah Abdul Samad, a Taliban intelligence official, said the council had already begun its work.
www.afgha.com /?af=article&sid=34537   (545 words)

  
 Mulla Nasruddin Stories
Mullah, knowing his friend, was not kindly inclined to the request, and came up with the excuse that someone had already borrowed his donkey.
Mullah Nasruddin was dreaming that someone had counted nine gold pieces into his hand, but Mullah Nasruddin insisted that he would not accept less than ten pieces.
Mullah Nasruddin and his beautiful daughter Mullah Nasruddin had a beautiful daughter, the desire of all the evil eyes of the men lived in his village.
www.sysindia.com /emagazine/mulla/mulla.html   (6696 words)

  
 Mullah Krekar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mullah Krekar in a Norwegian court of law
Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad (Arabic: نجم الدين فرج أحمد), commonly known as Mullah Krekar (Arabic: الملا كريكار), born July 7, 1956, is an Iraqi Kurd who came to Norway as a refugee from northern Iraq in 1991.
Trevor Stanley, Mullah Krekar: Leader of Kurdish Ansar al-Islam, Perspectives on World History and Current Events, 2005
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mullah_Krekar   (643 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Taliban spokesman claims Mullah Omar is hiding in Afghanistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Mullah Hakim Latifi, who has often claimed responsibility on behalf of the Taliban for attacks on U.S.-led coalition forces, was arrested earlier this week in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said.
Latifi was not a prominent figure in the Taliban while it was in power in Afghanistan, only becoming a media contact after the ouster of the movement in a U.S.-led war in 2001.
"So far, he has told interrogators that Mullah Omar is alive, he is in Afghanistan and he remains in contact with senior aides by satellite phone," said the Pakistani intelligence official, who was involved in the raid to arrest Latifi in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-10-05-mullah-taliban_x.htm   (548 words)

  
 The Australian: Taliban security chief held (archived)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The capture of Toor Mullah Naqibullah Khan, who headed Mullah Omar's household security during his time in power, could help US and Afghan forces track down his boss, one of the most wanted fugitives in the US-led war on terror.
Toor Mullah Naqibullah Khan was unarmed when he was arrested with Mullah Qayoom Angar, another Taliban commander, on Monday evening.
Mullah Omar's Taliban militia has been waging an insurgency in the south and southeast of Afghanistan since it was driven from power in late 2001 by US and Afghan forces.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,11693543^1702,00.html   (536 words)

  
 Funny Works: Mullah Nasruddin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
At a gathering where Mullah Nasruddin was present, people were discussing the merits of youth and old age.
Mullah Nasruddin removed the turban from his own head and placed it on the head of the illiterate man, said:
Mullah Nasruddin said that cold weather did not bother him, and in fact, he could stay, if necessary, all night without any heat.
www.afghan-network.net /Funny/1.html   (2637 words)

  
 TIMEasia.com | Exclusive Interview: Mullah Muhammed Omar | 2/21/2000
Mullah Omar: His case is still being investigated, he will be tried.
Mullah Omar: This is a different situation because the Indian government asked us, when the plane was still in the air, to allow it to land in Kandahar.
Mullah Omar: No. We have not been officially told by anyone of a demand for his release.
www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/2000/0221/afghan.omar.html   (723 words)

  
 Nasrudin - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
Mullah, Nasrudin Hoja appears as the whimsical character in a growing tradition of stories.
Mullah Nasruddin frequented a local hamam which had a large dome with an acoustic very flattering to the voice, and he would often spend long hours singing in the bath, delighting in the sound of his own voice.
When one day, Mullah Nasruddin had no muezzin to call the faithful to prayer, he decided that he was a sufficiently good singer to take on this sacred duty.
en.wikibooks.org /wiki/Nasrudin   (6038 words)

  
 Afghanistan - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Afghanistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In the same month, Mullah Mohammed Rabbani, head of the Council of Ministers and deputy leader of the Taliban government, died.
Osama bin Laden was named by the USA as the prime suspect in the 11 September terrorist attacks, and US president George W Bush made it clear that the Taliban would face military action if they did not hand him over.
However, a meeting of Taliban mullahs (clerics) on 19 September declined to hand over bin Laden.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Afghanistan   (3182 words)

  
 Mullah Omar Called Washington in 1998, New Documents Show
Mullah Omar called bin Laden "an enemy," according to a Pakistani informant, while other Taliban officials tell the U.S. that Mullah Omar is the primary reason why bin Laden continued to be afforded sanctuary in Afghanistan, despite the fact that 80% of Taliban officials opposed his presence [6][9][7][24].
This cable, apparently a response to Mullah Omar's request for evidence against bin Laden, outlines the justification for the U.S. military action, the American case against bin Laden, and grounds for bin Laden's expulsion from Afghanistan by the Taliban.
Mujahid assured the U.S. that Mullah Omar already ordered the protection of the statues and that many of the Shiites in Bamiyan opposed the Taliban, and therefore had to be defeated.
www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB134   (3791 words)

  
 FrontPage magazine.com :: Mullah-nnihilation? by Reza Bayegan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
At the heart of the nuclear issue lies the dual purpose of sworn animosity of the Islamic Republic against the state of Israel on the one hand, and the mullahs wish to perpetuate their illegitimate rule on the other.
The vast resources of Iranian natural wealth, instead being directed to alleviate poverty within the country and invested in badly needed development projects, are poured into the coffers of Lebanese and Palestinian militia groups and used for arming and financing terrorist operations around the globe.
An Israeli attack on Iranian soil, albeit on selected military and nuclear targets, would be used by the mullahs as welcomed propaganda to rally the national sentiments at a time when Iranians are most united in their hatred of the Islamic regime.
www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=14558   (1441 words)

  
 'Osama, Mullah Omar still alive' : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar are alive and would soon send a video cassette to prove their presence to warn the US, said a journalist who has met both the terrorists.
"Mullah Omar is living in his country, within his own tribe and my knowledge is he does not have a major problem.
Therefore, his movements are restricted and difficult as compared to Mullah Omar, as he does not belong to the region also," he said.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1363629,0005.htm   (256 words)

  
 The Open Mind: Mullah Nasruddin
So in some sort of compromise I'm going to put up a tale of Mullah Nasruddin which shows, they're human, they have a sense of humour and beneath the burqa is someone just like you and I who really just wants a better place for our children to live in.
I'm no match for the power of the mass media but a small voice pointing out some of the similarites may make a little bit of difference in the grand scheme of things.
Just as he got a few steps away, Mullah Nasruddin's donkey, which was in the back of his compound all the time, let out a big bray.
the-open-mind.blogspot.com /2005/07/mullah-nasruddin.html   (1974 words)

  
 The New Yorker: Fact
Mullah Muhammad Khaksar is a burly man in his early forties with a thick, curly beard that falls halfway down his chest.
He was something of an oddity among the Taliban, in that he collected books and would furtively scour the few bookstores that were still open, looking for volumes written in Pashto, the language spoken by most Afghans in the south and the east.
The house of Mullah Wazeer, the man the fighter jets had been sent to kill, overlooks the field where the children died.
www.newyorker.com /fact/content/?040322fa_fact   (5590 words)

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