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The leader of the movement is Mullah Mohammed Omar. Its rank-and-file are made up mostly of Afghan refugees who have studied at Islamic religious schools in Pakistan. According to the London School of Economics, the Taliban received training, supplies and arms from the Pakistani government, particularly the Inter-Services Intelligence agency.<ref>Alison Chung - [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Pakistan-Intelligence-Agency-Helping-The-Taliban-London-School-Of-Economics-Report-Claims/Article/201006215648422?lpos=World_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15648422_Pakistan_Intelligence_Agency_Helping_The_Taliban%2C_London_School_Of_Economics_Report_Claims Pakistan Intelligence 'On Taliban's Side'] - Sky News Online, June 13, 2010</ref> | The leader of the movement is Mullah Mohammed Omar. Its rank-and-file are made up mostly of Afghan refugees who have studied at Islamic religious schools in Pakistan. According to the London School of Economics, the Taliban received training, supplies and arms from the Pakistani government, particularly the Inter-Services Intelligence agency.<ref>Alison Chung - [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Pakistan-Intelligence-Agency-Helping-The-Taliban-London-School-Of-Economics-Report-Claims/Article/201006215648422?lpos=World_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15648422_Pakistan_Intelligence_Agency_Helping_The_Taliban%2C_London_School_Of_Economics_Report_Claims Pakistan Intelligence 'On Taliban's Side'] - Sky News Online, June 13, 2010</ref> | ||
The Taliban enforced a strict interpretation of [[ | The Taliban enforced a strict interpretation of [[Shari'ah (Islamic Law)|Shari'ah]]. One Taliban list of prohibitions included "pork, pig, pig oil, anything made from human hair, satellite dishes, cinematography, and equipment that produces the joy of music, pool tables, chess, masks, alcohol, tapes, computers, VCRs, television, anything that propagates sex and is full of music, wine, lobster, nail polish, firecrackers, statues, sewing catalogs, pictures, Christmas cards." | ||
They also prohibited employment, education, and sports for women, dancing, clapping during sports events, kite flying, and depictions of living things, whether drawings, paintings, photographs, stuffed animals, or dolls. Men were required to have a beard longer than a fist placed at the base of the chin, they had to wear their head hair short, and were required to wear a head covering. Adapting terms stipulated by the [[Pact of Umar]], the Hindu minority were also required to wear [[Yellow Badge|yellow badges]] (zunar) to segregate "un-Islamic" and "idolatrous" communities from Islamic ones.<ref name="Hindus1">[{{Reference archive|1=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/fyi/news/05/22/taleban.hindus/index.html|2=2012-05-14}} Taliban to mark Afghan Hindus] - CNN, May 22, 2001</ref><ref name="Hindus2">Jack Kelley - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2001-05-22-talibanids.htm|2=2012-05-14}} Taliban: Hindus must wear identity labels] - USA TODAY, June 19, 2001</ref><ref name="Hindus3">T.C. Malhotra - [{{Reference archive|1=http://cnsnews.com/news/article/us-lawmakers-condemn-taliban-treatment-hindus|2=2012-05-14}} US Lawmakers Condemn Taliban Treatment Of Hindus] - CNS News, July 7, 2008</ref> | They also prohibited employment, education, and sports for women, dancing, clapping during sports events, kite flying, and depictions of living things, whether drawings, paintings, photographs, stuffed animals, or dolls. Men were required to have a beard longer than a fist placed at the base of the chin, they had to wear their head hair short, and were required to wear a head covering. Adapting terms stipulated by the [[Pact of Umar]], the Hindu minority were also required to wear [[Yellow Badge|yellow badges]] (zunar) to segregate "un-Islamic" and "idolatrous" communities from Islamic ones.<ref name="Hindus1">[{{Reference archive|1=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/fyi/news/05/22/taleban.hindus/index.html|2=2012-05-14}} Taliban to mark Afghan Hindus] - CNN, May 22, 2001</ref><ref name="Hindus2">Jack Kelley - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2001-05-22-talibanids.htm|2=2012-05-14}} Taliban: Hindus must wear identity labels] - USA TODAY, June 19, 2001</ref><ref name="Hindus3">T.C. Malhotra - [{{Reference archive|1=http://cnsnews.com/news/article/us-lawmakers-condemn-taliban-treatment-hindus|2=2012-05-14}} US Lawmakers Condemn Taliban Treatment Of Hindus] - CNS News, July 7, 2008</ref> | ||