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. […]
Afghanistan’s Top Dog Thinks He Can Make His Country Prosperous With This One Weird Trick
New in PJ Media: With a GDP per capita of around $445, Afghanistan can make a strong case for being the poorest country in the world. After decades of war, that isn’t surprising, but now the nation’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has sketched out a path to prosperity. Can Afghanistan recover economically and take its […]
Taliban top dog claims adherence to Sharia is the path to prosperity and success
The promise is in the Qur’an: obedience to Allah will bring worldly success: “Allah has promised those of you who believe and do good works that he will surely make them succeed on the earth even as he caused those who were before them to succeed, and that he will surely establish for them their […]
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 […]
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 […]
Taliban chief says ‘executions part of Islam…Not a single command of Islam should be left unfulfilled’
Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada can prove what he states, i.e. that “executions” are “part of Islam,” as well as demonstrate the dedication of the Taliban “to implement Islamic law.” His foundational principles, zeal and actions — along with those of the global army of jihadists, both stealth and violent, are found printed in black and […]
Afghanistan: Directorate of Information and Culture says broadcasting women’s voices on radio ‘absolutely forbidden’
The guiding principle here is the same as the principle behind the burqa: women must conceal themselves in order to keep men from being tempted. If some men are tempted by seeing women’s faces, then those faces must not be seen. If some men are tempted by hearing women’s voices, then those voice must not […]
Taliban top dog: ‘Islamic values, particularly the law of promoting vice and virtue, must be fully implemented’
Muslim and non-Muslim spokesmen in the West routinely insist that the Taliban don’t implement “Islamic values,” but rather a “strict interpretation” of those values. Yet they never specify what is un-Islamic about the Taliban’s strictness, or how other understandings of Islamic law differ. Why don’t they ever clarify this point? Because the Taliban are actually […]
Afghanistan: Taliban ban windows that overlook neighboring homes, to keep women from being seen
“O prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their veils close around them. That will be better, so that they may be recognized and not molested. Allah is always forgiving, merciful.” (Quran 33:59) “Taliban Leader Bans Windows Overlooking Neighboring Homes to Restrict Women’s Visibility,” Afghan Times, December […]