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 […]
Afghanistan: Taliban claims women who reject their Islamic dress code have ‘psychological problems’
You see how it works? In Afghanistan, the Taliban tell the world that women who have been arrested for failing to comply with the Islamic rules for what they can wear have “psychological” disorders. The Taliban assume that anyone who doesn’t want to follow the rules of Islam must be crazy. Meanwhile, in the West, […]
Afghanistan: Taliban official kills Kurdish mother and daughter after mother resists daughter’s forced marriage
Where is the global outcry over the murders of Chiman Hosseinzadeh and Sara Yousefi? Instead, the brute Mofti Mohammadollah, head of the Taliban’s Hajj and Endowments Department in Kohistanat district, walks free to abuse other young girls of his choice, and the world remains totally indifferent to the incident. Meanwhile, the European Commission has legitimized […]
Afghanistan: Senior Muslim cleric says subjects such as science and technology ‘not necessary for women’
We can all hope, for the sake of the women and girls in Afghanistan, and for Afghan society as a whole, that the claims of those who say that these restrictions have no basis in Islamic teachings will win out. But Westerners should not kid themselves (yes, I know, they will anyway). The Islamic case […]