After the fashion of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is equating dislike of its rule with rejection of Islam. “Taliban Arrest Young Afghans For Raising Former National Flag,” Afghanistan International, August 22, 2025 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): The Taliban have arrested 16 young men in Kandahar for raising […]
Afghanistan: Taliban authorities in Kandahar warn shopkeepers not to sell to women who do not wear hijab
It’s hard to imagine that any woman in Kandahar would at this point even contemplate venturing out unveiled. “Taliban warn Kandahar shopkeepers not to sell to unveiled women: Sources,” by Ahmad Azizi, Amu, August 9, 2025 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Taliban authorities in Kandahar have warned shopkeepers that they could face imprisonment if […]
Afghanistan: Taliban ban sale of ‘un-Islamic’ children’s toys in Kandahar
Because dolls and figures of animals could tempt children to idolatry, which is the rationale behind the prohibition on representations of living beings. “Sources: Taliban ban sale of children’s toys in Kandahar,” by Ahmad Azizi, Amu.tv, July 22, 2025 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Taliban have imposed a ban on the sale and use […]
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 […]
Afghanistan: Taliban halts broadcasts of state TV in Kandahar over ‘images of living beings’
If wanted criminals were made into news broadcasters, there would be no problem: “With regard to forbidden kinds of pictures, an exception is made in cases of necessity , such as drawing pictures of criminals so that they will be known and caught, or pictures for identity cards which are essential and which cannot be […]
Afghanistan: Taliban uses rocket launcher to blow up Swedish flag after Qur’an burning in Stockholm
The Taliban used a rocket launcher to blow up a Swedish flag in a show of rage over the Qur’an burning by Rasmus Paludan in Sweden. To think that one man in “the Scandinavian country infuriated the Islamic world” to such a great degree should prove to every Westerner what normative Islam is really about. […]
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: Sunni Muslims murder 32 Shi’ites in jihad suicide bombing at Kandahar mosque
The Sunni/Shi’te jihad has killed far more people than the trumped-up propaganda term “Islamophobia.” Yet no one seems particularly concerned about it as a human rights issue. Perhaps too much concern about it would in itself be “Islamophobic.” “32 killed, 68 injured as blast hits Afghan mosque in Kandahar,” Reuters, October 15, 2021: A large […]
Afghanistan: Taliban storm home of female doctor, beat her and her family members
The doctor, Fahima Rahmati, is a woman. That is enough as a criterion for abuse by the Taliban, given its well-documented history. The Taliban has fashioned its interim government — “the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” — after the Iranian regime, with jihadists from Guantanamo in government. It has already gained legitimacy from the UN indirectly […]