Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi

Maulana Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi was an Afghan politician who served as Vice President of Afghanistan under the Mujahideen from 1992 to about 1996.^[1]

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  During early years of Jihad (1980s)

Biography

Mohammadi received his initial Islamic education from his religious father while he received secondary and high Islamic education from various, well-known scholars in the Logar Province in Afghanistan. In 1946 when he was 26, he finished all Islamic education and began to teach. In 1947 he was a part of Qadiria Methodism due to the insistence of Ulema in the region. In the same year he also joined Naqshbandia Methodism in order to obtain self-confidence and to clear his soul. This was during a time when Afghanistan had lost many of its Islamic traditions and communism was slowly beginning to spread throughout the country. He eventually got in touch with several Ulema and created a strong union of religious scholars with which to oppose Soviet propaganda and to attempt to inform the general population on the problems of communism.

Political activities

In 1958, some of the other scholars were already carrying out anti-communist activities, a newspaper styled "Khalq" was published, and Molvi Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi began preaching against communism to people who would listen, traveling far and wide to many of the provinces in Afghanistan.

While Babrak Karmel, Hafizullah Amin, Noor Ahad and Anahita Ratibzada had become candidates for the membership of the Afghan General Assembly, Movi Mohammad Nabi also made himself a candidate of the Logar Province In 1965, he was elected to the Afghan parliament representing the traditional Ulama. He strongly opposed the Marxist movement in Afghanistan. His political war against communism began in earnest shortly after he was selected, and there was ample opportunity as a fierce struggle between the two competing ideologies of communism and Islamic government had been raging for some time.^[2] Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2002, xiv,

Despite the government being quite despotic he managed to succeed in convincing the Muslim members of parliament to side with him, and many communists lost power as a result. However, it is rumored that he physically assaulted another member of parliament and used other strongarm tactics in order to accomplish his aims. He is also known for a comprehensive speech in a parliament session that was played globally on radio stations around the world. The speech itself alarmed the communist states and provoked further action.

Coup

Daud Khan came to power at the end of the parliament session in a 1973 coup. The Russians and their supporters in Afghanistan knew that Daud Khan was unable to stop the activities of the Ulemas against the communists. They realized that soon the communists would be vanquished. A coup in 1978 (sour 1357 hijree shamsi) brought Noor Mohammad Traki to power. Mohammad Nabi Mohamamdi was under the secret surveillance of the communists. Soon after, Mohammadi was compelled to leave Afghanistan and immigrated to Pakistan.

From the western part of Afghanistan, he arrived in Quetta, a city in Balochistan province in Pakistan. There he proceeded to gather a large number of religious scholars and to make qualified activities inside Afghanistan in almost all provinces. He sent messages to all Ulemas inside Afghanistan and encouraged them for the Islamic Jihad in Afghanistan. At this time in Peshawar Hezbi Islami and Jamiat-e Islami intended to unify under a single leader. Molvi Mohammadi was thought to be the best to lead the jihad and Mujahideen of Afghanistan in such a dangerous and delicate mission. So he was asked for the leadership from Quetta. Harakat-i-Inqilab-i-Islami Afghanistan was established on the same day under the leadership of Mohammadi. Ulemas, religious personalities, civil and military officers, scholars and youth joined Harakat-e-inqilab-e-islami Afghanistan. Very soon the jihad was being fought in every province and district of Afghanistan. After nearly four months, engineer Gulbadin Hikmatyar and Ustaz Rabbsni got separated from Harakat e Inqilab e Islami and founded their own parties by the name of Hizb-e-islami and jamiat-e-islami. Molvi Mohammad Nabi carried the leadership of Harakat and managed the jihad in Afghanistan better than before. Harakat e inqilabi islami was one of the seven parties that were officially recognized by the Pakistani government and was funded by the US and Arab countries through the Pakistani government.

Mohammadi was among Afghan leaders who met President Reagan at the White House during the war.[2] Reagan called the rebel leaders "freedom fighters."^[3] Through continuous struggle the Afghan Mujahideen succeeded in their mission, and the Russian forces withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989 after the loss of tens of thousands of its soldiers. In 1992 the pro-Moscow government in Kabul collapsed, and the Mujahideen took power.

Vice President

Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi became the Vice President of Afghanistan in the Mujahideen government. However, when the Mujahideen leaders opened their weapons at each other and the civil war in Afghanistan started, he resigned from his post and forbade the troops loyal to him from taking part in the war. He remained in Pakistan and tried his best to stop the war between Gulbadin Hikmatyar, Burhanuddin Rabbani and Abdurrab Rasool Sayyaf.^[4][5] In 1996, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Most of the Taliban leaders were the students of Molvi Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi.^[6] Mohammadi, however, maintained a good relationship with the Taliban, recognizing that they brought peace in Afghanistan.

Death

Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi died in Pakistani hospital on 21 April 2002. He had been suffering from tuberculosis.^[7] His body was brought to Logar, Afghanistan and was given guards of honor by the government of Afghanistan.

See also

• Islamic and National Revolution Movement of Afghanistan
• Politics of Afghanistan

References

1. ^ "Chief of States". http://www.theodora.com/wfb/afghanistan_government.html. 
2. ^ The Taliban : Ascent to Power/mj Gohari page 23. http://books.google.com/books?id=t7qXcVbacjsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=taliban#v=onepage&q=nabi%20mohammadi&f=false. 
3. ^ "Afghan Mujahideen leader dies". BBC News. 2002-04-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1944244.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-16. 
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5. ^ "Afghan Peace Mission". London: The Independent UK. 1992-08-26. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/afghan-peace-mission-1542462.html. Retrieved 2009-08-02. 
6. ^ The Taliban (Peter Marsden). http://books.google.com/books?id=xghveVap2rYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=taliban#v=onepage&q=nabi%20muhammadi&f=false. 
7. ^ "Afghan Mujahideen leader dies". BBC News. 2002-04-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1944244.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-16. 

• "REAGAN MEETS AFGHAN Mujahideen". New York Times. 1986-06-17. http://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/17/world/reagan-meets-afghan-rebels.html?scp=7&sq=Nabi%20Mohammadi%20president&st=cse. Retrieved 2010-05-13. 
• "Afghan Peace Mission". New York Times. 1992-08-27. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/27/world/pakistan-pleads-for-cease-fire-in-afghanistan.html?pagewanted=1. Retrieved 2010-05-13. 
• "Who Are the Afghani Taliban?". islamonline.net. http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1245846053438&pagename=Zone-English-Muslim_Affairs/MAELayout. Retrieved 2009-08-02. 
• "Biography - Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi". Afghanan.net. http://www.afghanan.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49&Itemid=69. Retrieved 2007-02-20. 
• "1995 World Fact Book listing for Afghanistan". http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact95/wf950001.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-20. 

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