BANNU: A senior Taliban leader warned parties on Thursday against "using religion for electoral gains", 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," the Taliban leader, asking not to be named, told Daily Times in an interview here. He said the Taliban were "against elements who are using Islam for electoral gains".
