However, some sources state that in the 1990s some ATPC leaders had contacts with the Wahhabis in Ichkeria and with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) Resolution 201 of 2001 prohibits the Wahhabi branch of Islam and mandates the death penalty for adherents if the charge is proved.
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792), Salafi theologian and founder of the Wahhabi movement
In addition, it also publishes conservative views of Deobandi Wahhabi scholars such as Maulana Nadeemul Wajidi, and translates opinion pieces from the Urdu press.
Generally, they were seen as unbelievers and suffered Wahhabi raids, with a notorious massacre in ĘżArĘżar valley.
For many years, Wahhabi clerics opposed the establishment of a national television service, as they believed it immoral to produce images of humans.