Mohammad Qasim Rasikh

Mohammad Qasim Rasikh Turkmen is an Afghan Taliban leader and Hadith scholar. He has been the Deputy Chief Justice of Supreme Court of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan alongside Sheikh Abdul Malik since 28 October 2021. He was also a member of the Taliban negotiation team in their Qatar office.

Early life and education

Qasim was born in 1971 to Mullah Juma Nazar in Anpikal village of the Fayzabad District of Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan. He received his primary religious and contemporary education from his home country. He completed the hadith course from Darul Uloom Mazhar Ul Uloom, located in Dagai village in Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Career

Qasim has taught sharia in different religious schools for 15 years and also served as Sheikh-ul-Hadees for ten years. He has also been a member of the Da'wah Wal Irshad Commission of Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice and its provincial head of Jowzjan Province from 2007 to 2016. From 2016 to 2020 he was the appeal judge of the Taliban military "court" for 20 eastern and northern provinces. He was a member of the Leadership Council and the Taliban negotiating team in Qatar.