On December 29, Religious scholars and influential clerics from Herat said that the Taliban’s narrative of establishing an Islamic political system in Afghanistan should not obstruct the peace process in the country, reports Tolo News. Mawlavi Khudadad Saleh, the head of the Herat clerical council, rejected the Taliban’s ‘unilateral’ stance about the establishment of an Islamic system in the country, suggesting that only Afghanistan’s scholars can decide about such a system.“Shia has the right, Sunni has the right, Hindu has the right to live in Afghanistan, all layers of the society should be considered in talks. We do not talk about an imposed Islam; we talk about the Islam which the Quran talks about. We have respected Ulemas in Afghanistan, only these respected clerics can decide about it,” said Mawlavi Khudadad Saleh, the head of Herat Clerical Council.