The third issue of the English-language magazine Azan – Call to Jihad, released by the Taliban in Pakistan-Afghanistan border region, argues for jihad until non-Islamic systems of governance are eliminated from the earth, and celebrates the cause of «an awakened Ummah,» citing several new milestones in the global jihadi movement such as the jihad in Syria, Islamists’ rebellion in Egypt, and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan by 2014.
The key argument running throughout the magazine is this: Only an Islamic system of governance will exist, while non-Muslims can live if they pay the jizia (Islamic poll tax).
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