There is no vaccination and preventive medicine are not allowed in Shariat

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Islamists Taliban Extremists are against Vaccination
Q: Why you are against Polio vaccination?
A: To cure a disease before its on set is not in accordance with Shariah’s laws.
Exclusive: An interview with Maulana Fazalullah, VALLEY SWAT

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How we can accept this kind of Sharia?

Amirullah Khan, a resident of NWFP's Swat district, quoted Maulana Fazlullah of a local FM channel as telling his listeners the vaccination drive was "a conspiracy of the Jews and Christians to stunt the population growth of Muslims".


Maulana Fazlullah confirmed this to BBC, saying if the international organisations were keen on improving the health of the Muslims, they should help the hepatitis-C patients in the area.
Last year samples of the vaccine were laboratory-tested after a petition in Peshawar High Court alleged they contained oestrogen.


The hormone was not found, said Dr Waheed Khan, a health official.
But the FM channels have won many supporters in the more conservative areas of NWFP and the tribal region, officials have said.

Vaccine teams beaten up
A WHO report for 2006 said 66 localities in these areas were not covered by the immunisation staff due to logistical problems, and coverage in 320 localities was "poor" because of the anti-vaccine propaganda.
In some areas immunisation teams were beaten up by local people, officials said.


Elsewhere parents just refused to get their children immunised.
The WHO says global polio eradication efforts have reduced the annual incidence of polio worldwide from 350,000 cases in 1988 to 1,902 in 2006.
But the NWFP health officials believe anti-vaccine propaganda may jeopardise WHO's aim of making the world polio-free.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Impotence fears hit polio drive

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Taliban threaten Imran Khan over polio remarks

I do not know what is the position of Afghan Taliban on vaccination?

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has been threatened by militants after criticising attacks on polio vaccination teams, his party said Thursday.

Khan on Wednesday declared polio workers as soldiers of Islam and said those attacking them were not doing any justice to humanity, Islam or Pakistanis.

Pakistan is one of three countries in the world where polio remains endemic and efforts to stamp it out have been badly affected by attacks on health workers inoculating children.

"Mr Khan received a threat from Ansarul Mujahideen over his remarks over anti-polio campaign," Shireen Mazari, a senior member of PTI party told AFP.

Ansarul Mujahideen is a little-known militant group linked to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, the umbrella Taliban faction in Pakistan.

Northwestern Pakistan, particularly the lawless tribal regions along the Afghan border, is a hotspot for the highly infectious crippling disease.

Last year the Pakistani Taliban banned polio vaccinations in the tribal region of Waziristan, alleging the campaign was a cover for espionage.

PTI leads the government in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and on Wednesday, Khan pledged to spearhead a fresh anti-polio drive, kicking it off by administering drops to children at a hospital himself.

"Those attacking polio workers and policemen deputed to protect them, are not doing any justice to humanity, Islam and people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan," Khan said on Wednesday.

"Polio workers are mujahid (soldiers of Islam) and we stand by them."

Up to 2.3 million children in nine districts will be targeted in the immunisation drive, local officials have said, after 62 polio cases were reported from tribal areas and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this year. (AFP)
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