“‘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 said: ‘When singing slave-girls, music, and drinking intoxicants spread.’” (Jami at-Tirmidhi 2212) “It was narrated from Abu Malik […]
Afghanistan: Al-Qaeda reestablishes its bases in five provinces, including Kabul and Nangarhar
“We went to Afghanistan almost 20 years ago with clear goals: get those who attacked us on September 11th, 2001, and make sure al Qaeda could not use Afghanistan as a base from which to attack us again. We did that. We severely degraded al Qaeda in Afghanistan.” — Old Joe Biden, lying again on August 16, […]
Pakistan: Afghans flee to border in an exodus of tens or hundreds of thousands, ahead of immigrant crackdown
Afghans are headed to the Pakistan border to leave the country before the expiration of a Pakistani government anti-immigrant deadline. Some reports are saying that their numbers are in the tens of thousands, but others are saying hundreds of thousands. Whatever the number, it’s nothing short of a humanitarian crisis. Yet the world turns a […]
Afghanistan: Muslims wound eight with grenade explosion at Islamic seminary of differing faction
A Muslim is not supposed to kill another Muslim (cf. Qur’an 4:92), but if you think he’s a heretic, all bets are off. “Grenade Explosion at an Islamic Seminary in East Afghanistan Wounds Eight People,” by Saqalain Eqbal, Khaama Press, July 2, 2022: According to the Taliban’s security officials, eight people were wounded on Saturday when […]
Afghanistan: ISIS-K strongholds create ‘no-go-zones’ for the Taliban
Although the Islamic State was dismantled in Iraq and the Levant region, it dispersed and has proliferated elsewhere, particularly in Africa, where it is rapidly expanding via jihad, but also in Afghanistan. The Islamic State — known as ISIS-K (Khorasan Province, which covers parts of both Afghanistan and Pakistan) — has now expanded to the […]
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: Muslims explode bomb in rival mosque, injuring at least 15 people
The Islamic State may have done this. The Qur’an forbids Muslims to kill other Muslims (4:92), but if the other Muslims are heretics or apostates, then they carry a death penalty. The Islamic State might consider these Muslims renegades for not accepting its authority. “Taliban: Bomb hits mosque in Afghanistan, wounds at least 15,” Associated […]
Afghanistan: Muslims murder at least three people at wedding to stop music from being played
Qazi Mullah Adel says the killers will face the law, but not because he thinks music is OK. They just acted without proper authorization from the higher-ups. Whenever I note that Islamic law forbids music (aside from nasheeds, a cappella songs encouraging jihad), I am excoriated as a greasy Islamophobe, but it’s nonetheless true: Hadith […]
Afghanistan: Sikhs must ‘make choice between converting to Islam or leaving country’
The choice in Islamic law is that non-Muslims who are not People of the Book must convert to Islam or be warred against. “Kill the polytheists wherever you find them” (Qur’an 9:5) applies here if they don’t embrace Islam. So even allowing them to leave the country is, from the standpoint of Sharia, letting them […]
Afghanistan: Muslims murder polio workers amid claims vaccine is Western conspiracy to sterilize Muslim children
It’s not just in Afghanistan: a Pakistani Muslim cleric has said that polio vaccinations are un-Islamic. And in Nigeria, a Muslim cleric was arrested for playing a role in sparking the murders of polio workers. “Five Afghan polio vaccinators shot dead,” AFP, June 15, 2021: JALALABAD, Afghanistan: At least five polio workers were shot dead in […]