Consider why people in Afghanistan would protest to begin with. It would be to defend women’s rights, or the rights of minorities. Such rights are not recognized under the Sharia, which directs that women must be covered from head to toe except for their faces or eyes (Quran 24:31, 33:59), and that infidels (that is, […]
What Was the Biden Administration Hiding About Afghanistan?
“Highly relevant classified documents, material that should have been disclosed, stashed, and hidden” More may soon be coming out about the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. “The deeper we look, the more there is to look at,” he said in the message. “We are finding things that we did not expect.”. He added that his team had “recovered […]
First Afghan Congresswoman Urges Relationship with Taliban
“We should be exercising diplomacy and having a relationship” In the vicious cycle of politics, bad politicians get replaced by worse politicians and worse politicians get replaced by unimaginably horrible politicians. And so Rep. Eric Swalwell is set to be replaced in a special election by Aisha Wahab, a leftist Afghan Muslim who was run […]
Afghanistan: 14-year-old girl imprisoned and tortured for refusing to marry 70-year-old man
It ain’t just the Taliban. Turkey’s directorate of religious affairs (Diyanet) said in January 2018 that under Islamic law, girls as young as nine can marry. “Islam has no age barrier in marriage and Muslims have no apology for those who refuse to accept this” — Ishaq Akintola, professor of Islamic Eschatology and Director of Muslim Rights Concern, […]
Pakistani army spokesman invokes Qur’an to call upon Afghanistan to be antagonistic to India
“Let not the believers take unbelievers for their friends in preference to believers. Whoever does that has no connection with Allah unless you are guarding yourselves against them, taking security. Allah bids you to beware of him. To Allah is the journeying.” (Qur’an 3:28) It doesn’t apply to Pakistan-India relations, but there is also this: […]
‘The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has ensured all the rights of our sisters that are required under Sharia’
Many in the West will assume that Zabihullah Mujahid is being intentionally deceitful, but in this instance, at least, he is being completely truthful: the Taliban is granting to women all the rights that Sharia requires that they be given: none. “Islamic Emirate Says Women’s Rights Are Protected Under Sharia,” by Bibi Amina Hakimi, TOLO […]
Afghanistan: Taliban decree that anyone caught using a smartphone will face ‘sharia punishment’
The Taliban are Sunni, but it was the Shi’a Ayatollah Khomeini who summed up what’s going on here: “Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. […]
EU Hides Taliban Travel to Brussels Over ‘Security Concerns’
What are they worried about? I’m a bit confused here. The European Union issued visas to 5 members of the Taliban to come to Brussels for negotiations. According to the EU, they conducted a ‘security assessment’ of the Taliban members and thought there was no problem in bringing them to Europe for a meeting. But […]
EU to host Taliban top dogs ‘for discussions concerning the return of migrants to Afghanistan’
How much will the European Union end up paying the Taliban, and for the return of how few migrants? Now that Trump has helped the Islamic Republic of Iran back on its feet, it would only be sporting for the EU to offer a similar effusion of cash to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, in […]
Afghanistan: Taliban open fire on protesters supporting women arrested for dress code violations
The Taliban, like the rulers of the Islamic Republic of Iran, have only one tool in their box: terror. This is because terror is the only punishment the Qur’an recommends for those who “wage war against Allah and his messenger” (5:33). In both Iran and Afghanistan, those who run the regime and those who support […]