The guardians of acceptable opinion will tut-tut at the Taliban’s “hardline” stance, but they’re busy implementing speech restrictions in the West, so they don’t really have a leg to stand on to object to this. Before too long, it will likely be illegal in the U.S. to engage in “insulting Qur’an verses,” or to be perceived as doing so for telling unwelcome truths about the Muslim holy book. Even now, doing this results in one’s vilification, ostracism, and silencing.
“Taliban tortures Afghanistan’s Youtubers Ajmal Haqiqi and his team for allegedly hurting Islamic sentiments,” by Melvin Samuel, Eastern Eye, July 23, 2022:
A video has gone viral on social media, which shows the Taliban torturing Youtubers Ajmal Haqiqi and his team, according to sources.
As per the local media, they filmed it for fun and the Taliban members sent the video to each other. The horrific videos show that Ajmal Haqiqi and his team are brutally beaten with rods by them. The Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence has arrested Ajmal Haqiqi, a YouTuber from Afghanistan, and three of his colleagues on blasphemy accusations, reported Khaama Press.
Four of the young activists are handcuffed in a video released on the Taliban’s intelligence agency’s Twitter handle, with Ajmal Haqiqi confessing to “promoting indecency and lewdness, and insulting Quran verses.”
One of Haqiqi’s colleagues, Gholam Sakhi, who was once addicted to drugs and claimed to have a “mental condition,” recited verses from the Qur’an in a humorous voice in a video posted by Haqiqi’s YouTube channel, where Sakhi sings and dances, reported Khaama Press.
Haqiqi laughs in that widely shared video as Sakhi mimics recitations in a humorous voice. Sakhi’s conversational style is noted for being funny and amusing, reported Khaama Press.
“No one is allowed to insult or ridicule the verses of the Qur’an, the Prophet’s hadiths, or Islamic sanctities under the rule of the Islamic system,” the Taliban intelligence agency wrote on Twitter. Those who have recently insulted and disrespected the Qur’an’s holy verses; “They are arrested.”
Amnesty International has called on the Taliban to release Afghan model and YouTuber Ajmal Haqiqi and his colleagues immediately, reported Khaama Press.
Taliban forces have arrested Ajmal Haqiqi and three of his colleagues on blasphemy accusations. The Taliban’s intelligence agency confirmed the arrest of Haqiqi and his colleagues on Tuesday, June 7, with the release of a video of their confessions….
somehistory says
Of course they *confessed.* torture someone enough and they just might say anything to get it to stop.
but, hey, it was bad for the military to *waterboard* terrorists in order to find out more about the plans for terror, to find out where victims were being held, to find out who else was involved. And it was just so terribly horrible and evil to have terrorists questioned…by …a ….woman. Gasp! Now, that’s real torture.
Nothing that bad by the taliban….just beating with rods for the fun of it. And the crime….one for the “worst crimes of the century” book….worse than rape of infants, cutting infants, strangling daughters, slicing necks and backs, running over people in cars, setting off explosives in hospitals, ….worse than all those…it was, wait for it…
…reading the hideously evil, demonic and stupid beyond all belief, words from the filthy unholy book in a humorous way. Now, that’s real crime.
Fitna says
Spot on SH. Biden might as well have beaten these men himself, because he allowed such evil beings to keep breathing.
People need to understand this is no reasoning or compromising with such creatures, like the Nazis, the only solution is eradication.
The trouble with punishing people for blasphemy and insulting religions is that anyone can use that excuse for any religion. It doesn’t make the religion any more true. It just shows that the followers are evil and barbaric.
Since when did humans decide it was up to them to punish others and not their God? Clearly if there was a god, he would’ve made that obvious to us all-since there is no god, humans use the excuse of religion to torture their opponents and take power and wealth from others.
At least with other religions like Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, etc, they’re not going to come after you for insulting their beliefs…but since Islam will, then Islam needs to be wiped out, like Nazism was.
Keith O says
Why have the Taliban been allowed to create and maintain any social media pages? Everything they do is a breach of the behaviour codes of all of these outlets. So why are they being given a voice?
James Lincoln says
So, according to the feature article:
“No one is allowed to insult or ridicule the verses of the Qur’an, the Prophet’s hadiths, or Islamic sanctities under the rule of the Islamic system,” the Taliban intelligence agency wrote on Twitter.”
It’s impossible to insult an inanimate object like the Koran.
The muslims who believe in its horrific contents are the ones being insulted.
Andrew Blackadder says
So let me understand this correctly… Tommy Robinson, and others are kicked off You Tube but the actual Taliban can still use it…
If the Tali Boys who all love their wee Bachi Boys are so against everything that is thought of as Western then why are they using Whatsapp, Facebook, both owned and created by Jewish guys plus they use You Tube and love shagging their wee Afghani boys and they have access to many videos of such sickness….
Inquiring minds want to know.
Perhaps Old Joe can send some more US Taxpayers Money to the Tali Boys in order that those Afghani dudes all alone out there in the back of beyond can get a faster WiFi Connection.