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Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

Afghan supreme leader orders full implementation of sharia law

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Source:     The Guardian (U.K.) / Agence France-Presse
Publication Date:     Tue 15 Nov 2022 | 00.08 EST
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Stephan:   In my view, something very important is going on in the Islamic world, and I do not see that it is being understood properly and in context. One of the hallmarks of all Islamic countries is the passionate, obsessive dedication, using religion as the justification, to keeping women second class and submissive. I think that is why Islamic societies are world leaders in... nothing positive. But women in these societies are beginning to push back, as Iran so strongly illustrates. The effect that is having in nations like Afghanistan is the men become even more domineering as this article describes. But long term the world is changing and women are no longer going to remain submissive. It is going to be interesting to see how Muslim men deal with that.
Haibatullah Akhundzada is quoted as telling judges to ‘examine the files of thieves, kidnappers and seditionists’ and implement sharia law. Credit: AFP / Getty

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — Afghanistan’s supreme leader has ordered judges to fully enforce aspects of Islamic law that include public executions, stonings, floggings and the amputation of limbs for thieves, the Taliban’s chief spokesperson said.

Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted on Sunday that the “obligatory” command by Haibatullah Akhundzada came after the secretive leader met with a group of judges.

Akhundzada, who has not been filmed or photographed in public since the Taliban returned to power in August last year, rules by decree from Kandahar, the movement’s birthplace and spiritual heartland.

The Taliban promised a softer version of the harsh rule that characterised their first stint in power, from 1996-2001, but have gradually clamped down on rights and freedoms.

“Carefully examine the files of thieves, kidnappers and seditionists,” Mujahid quoted Akhundzada as saying. Those files in which all the sharia [Islamic law] conditions of hudud and qisas have been fulfilled, you are obliged to implement. This is the ruling of sharia, and […]

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