The Constitutional Imagination of the Mujahidin: A History and Translation of Two Constitutions Proposed by Afghan Islamist Militias in the 1990s
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL IMAGINATION OF THE
MUJAHIDIN: A HISTORY AND TRANSLATION OF TWO
CONSTITUTIONS PROPOSED BY AFGHAN ISLAMIST
MILITIAS IN THE 1990S
Shamshad Pasarlay* and Clark B. Lombardi**
[I]t is important sometimes to read and reflect upon constitutions that were
fully thought out, drafted and proposed for ratification ... and were for some
reason never enacted.
--Robert Tsai'
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION................................................................................. 284
I. BA CK G R O U N D .........................................................................287
A. Pre-modern Islamic Law and the Evolution of Proto-constitutionalist
Theories............................................................................. 287
B. The Evolution of Islamic Law in the Modern Era and the Rise of Islamic
Constitutions ..................................................................... 290
II. ISLAM IN MODERN AFGHANISTAN ................ 292
A. The Emergence of Sunni and Shi'ite Islamism in Afghanistan in the
1960s ................................................................................. 295
B. The Emergence of Shi'ite Islamism in Afghanistan......... 296
III. THE AFGHAN JIHAD OF 1979-1992 AND DRAFTING PROPOSED
ISLAMIST CONSTITUTIONS.................................................. 297
A. The Formation of Sunni Political Parties and the Drafting of their
Constitution....................................................................... 299
B. Shiite Islamist Constitutionalism: The Harakat-i Islami and Its Draft
Constitution....................................................................... 303
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