“In Taliban-controlled portions of Pakistan, “Polio vaccinations have been declared haram by the ulema, and the government campaign has subsequently stalled.” Like car insurance, vaccinations are a form of presumption. Only with the expulsion of the Taliban from the Swat Valley in the late summer of 2009 was the Pakistani government able to resume vaccinations.” PakistanTalibanPolio Vaccine Book:The Closing of the Muslim Mind: How Intellectual Suicide Created the Modern Islamist Crisis Source: The Closing of the Muslim Mind: How Intellectual Suicide Created the Modern Islamist Crisis