BANNU: A senior Taliban leader warned parties on Thursday against %u201Cusing religion for electoral gains%u201D, saying they would join parties urging boycott of January 8 polls. %u201CIn Shariah, democracy is un-Islamic. Our movement is completely against what you call democracy in which a small majority can decide irrespective of the fact whether what they have done was good or bad,%u201D the Taliban leader, asking not to be named, told Daily Times in an interview here. He said the Taliban were %u201Cagainst elements who are using Islam for electoral gains%u201D.
