Not that the Taliban has anything to do with Islam, as all the learned experts in the West assure us… “Taliban detains American and 17 others in Afghanistan for ‘propagating and promoting Christianity,’” by Alyssa Guzman, New York Post, September 16, 2023: The Taliban raided the offices of a Swiss nonprofit group based in Afghanistan, […]
Afghanistan: Taliban bases ban of women from education on Sharia rule that they must be accompanied by male guardian
“Islam allows us to pursue higher education. Nobody should stop us from learning.” All right. But “the Taliban government imposed the ban after accusing women students of ignoring a strict dress code and a requirement to be accompanied by a male relative to and from campus.” And that, unfortunately, is completely Islamic. The prohibition on […]
Ghor province, Afghanistan: Three honor killings in the last three weeks
A 19-year-old shot by her husband’s family after he claimed she wasn’t a virgin. An 18-year-old was killed with her mother because of suspicion she had had an abortion. And a 17-year-old killed and burned when she tried to escape from a forced marriage. Our Observer in Ghor province, Afghanistan, brings us three stories of […]
Sharia Afghanistan: Man, woman given 100 lashes in public for adultery
Remember: opposing Sharia punishments makes you a racist, bigoted Islamophobe. “Afghan man, woman given 100 lashes in public for adultery,” Gulf News, September 2, 2015: Kabul: An Afghan man and woman found guilty of adultery received 100 lashes on Monday in front of a crowd who filmed their punishment, TV footage showed. Public lashings and […]