Hakimullah Mehsud, then-Emir of TTP, October 9, 2013

Author
Hakimullah Mehsud
Date
Oct. 09, 2013
Name of Author
Hakimullah Mehsud
Body

“We will stand with the Muslims. We call on both governments and the Muslim people to submit themselves to the Islamic system, which guarantees success in this world as well as in the hereafter. We will stand by the Muslims.”“Full text: BBC interview with Taliban’s Mehsud,” BBC News, October 9, 2013, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-24466791.

Rhetoric Category
Pro-Islamism
Threat
Taliban

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