Lithium is needed for rechargeable batteries, and is crucial in the construction of electric vehicles. It is needed in increasing quantities as Western economies continue to force the green agenda on their citizens. Will these arrests sour the economic relationship China is building with the Taliban? “Taliban Arrest Chinese Nationals for Allegedly Smuggling Afghan Lithium,” […]
Afghanistan: ‘Virtue’ ministry promotes separating women from men as ‘fundamental Islamic value’
In September, the Taliban replaced Afghanistan’s women’s ministry with its Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. This ministry now insists that separating men and women is a fundamental Islamic value. It is. Women in Islam are inferior, and gender segregation is routine in mosques and across Islamic countries. In Iran, the […]
Afghanistan: Taliban lash two women for attending music party
Whenever I note that Islamic law forbids music (aside from nasheeds, a cappella songs encouraging jihad), I am excoriated as a greasy Islamophobe, but it’s nonetheless true: Hadith Qudsi 19:5: “The Prophet said that Allah commanded him to destroy all the musical instruments, idols, crosses and all the trappings of ignorance.” (The Hadith Qudsi, or […]