The four men exhibited an overt interest in Western culture, and did so publicly. This is tolerable in the eyes of strict Sharia governments. Their outfits, inspired by the UK series “Peaky Blinders,” were deemed “un-Islamic.”
Proponents of the Sharia despise the West. Only Islamic values and doctrine are considered worthy of serving as the all-encompassing source of guidance for life. Usually it is women who are showcased internationally for violating Islamic dress codes when they do not fully cover, as the Qur’an instructs (24:31 and 33:59). But as is clear from this case, this is not exclusive to women; compliance to Islamic doctrine is the ultimate focus.
“Taliban detains 4 men for dressing up as ‘Peaky Blinders’ characters, gives them rehabilitation,” by Sami Yousafzai, CBS, December 9, 2025:
Four young men were detained by Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities and put into a rehabilitation program for walking around in public dressed up as their favorite characters from the hit British drama “Peaky Blinders.”
The Taliban government’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice said the four friends — who had become popular in their local Jibrail township, in the southern province of Herat, for strutting through the streets in trench coats and flat caps — were detained for “promoting foreign culture.”
The men, all in their early 20s, were detained in Jibrail, according to Saif-ur-Islam Khyber, a spokesman for the government ministry.
“They were promoting foreign culture and imitating film actors in Herat, arrested, and a rehabilitation program started for them,” Khyber said Sunday in a post on one of his social media accounts. “Praise be to Allah, we are Muslims and Afghans; we have our own religion, culture, and values. Through numerous sacrifices, we have protected this country from the spread of harmful cultures, and now we are also defending it.”…
Eddie says
Well if the Jihadi who now runs Syria can wear a suit, collar and tie and pretend to be from a democratic civilised country , this style of dress should be perfectly acceptable.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Yeah. Before I jump to defend them, I want to be sure that they’re not the bacha-bazi types
somehistory says
Yes, it’s the devilish culture of pure evil, so not even a pretense of something else is acceptable.
The governments in other lands should take notice; they too could say that *foreign cultures* will not be acceptable…such as what afghans, somalis, pakis, and all those other “cultures” of evil islime practice and attempt to force upon everyone wherever they are.
When first seeing the photo without reading the words, I thought they were trying to look like the Beatles of ‘Yesterday.”
Alkflaeda says
George Orwell was referencing Marxism, not Islam, when he wrote “1964”, but this idea of reconditioning men who have committed dress crime seems remarkably similar to the experiences of Winston Smith.
gravenimage says
1984. You are otherwise correct.
James Lincoln says
Alkflaeda,
Further proof that both Marxism and islam are totalitarian.
gravenimage says
Afghanistan: Four men arrested for dressing in ‘Peaky Blinders’ outfits, placed in rehab program
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Raping little girls and boys, child marriage, and mass murder, all fine–but liking a Western period drama, now *that* is Haram…
OLD GUY says
You got it right.
BOB says
We need the balls that were shown by these Brummie bashers in the UK now. Never had an issue with the moslems then!!