Yet the same UN would condemn as “Islamophobic” anyone who suggested that the Taliban’s child marriage law had anything to do with Islam. Yet it’s quite clear from this article that the Taliban are ordering all of Afghan society according to Sharia. The Taliban themselves would be the first to tell the UN that their […]
Covering for Islam
New in PJ Media: Whatever turns out to be the real story of the shootings at the Islamic Center of San Diego, one thing is certain: the leftist media and advocacy groups such as the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will invoke it incessantly in order to try to silence those of us who oppose the […]
Taliban’s new child marriage law counts ‘silence of a virgin girl as consent’
As Robert Spencer explains in detail here, the Taliban are following Muhammad’s example. The Taliban devoutly follows what it views as the purest form of Islam — the teachings of the Qur’an and the example of Muhammad as recorded in the hadiths that Muslim scholars consider authentic. The non-Muslim world claims to be horrified by […]
Afghanistan: Taliban legalize child marriages, New York Post denounces them as un-Islamic
Like all establishment media outlets, the New York Post feels compelled to ensure that none of its readers go away from any story that may reflect poorly on Islam with the idea that there is any problem with the Religion of Peace. And so this story about the Taliban’s legalization of child marriage ends up […]
EU Sanctions Israel, Welcomes Taliban
On Monday, the EU sanctioned Israel. On Tuesday, it invited the Taliban. On Monday, the European Union announced sanctions on Israelis, including Daniella Weiss, the 80-year-old former mayor of a Jewish community in Judea and Samaria, and on Tuesday, it invited the Taliban, an Islamic terrorist group allied with Al Qaeda, to come to Brussels […]
Afghanistan: Taliban burn 892 musical instruments and images of living beings for being against Islamic principles
The leftists who are stoutly defending Sharia these days against “Islamophobes” have no idea what they’re dealing with. “‘Imran bin Husain narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said: ‘In this Ummah there shall be collapsing of the earth, transformation and Qadhf.’ A man among the Muslims said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! When is that?’ He […]
Afghanistan: Interior ministry employee murdered because he was an Ismaili Shia
Many in the West who are uncomfortable with reality invoke the Ismaili Shia as the hope of the Islamic world, since they’re relatively peaceful. This, however, is their reality. “Taliban Interior Ministry Employee Killed in Office Over ‘Religious Discrimination,’” by Mohammad Mohammad, Hasht-e Subh, April 30, 2026 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Local sources […]
Afghanistan: Preachers required by law to discuss ‘the virtues of jihad’
Also, “preachers must be Muslim and followers of the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence.” There can be no preaching of any religion other than Islam in Afghanistan. And this article states that all this is in line with “the Taliban’s interpretation of Islamic law,” but is there any mainstream interpretation of Islamic law that allows […]
Afghanistan: Supreme leader calls for full obedience to Sharia
“The Taliban leader instructed government bodies, particularly those responsible for religious affairs, to intensify efforts to promote ‘righteousness’ and guide citizens toward adherence to the Sharia system.” Yet many in the West continue to insist that the Taliban don’t implement Sharia, but some “extremist” misunderstanding of it. All right. So Qanta Ahmed or Raheel Raza […]
Afghanistan: Armed Forces chief tells grad cadets: ‘Now we have the equipment’ left behind by ‘our enemy’
Killing in the way of Allah is indeed obligatory to Muslims, as Afghanistan Taliban Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat reminds the Taliban graduating class. “Let those who sell the life of this world for the next fight in the way of Allah. Whoever fights in the way of Allah, whether […]