The supreme leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan has ordered the country’s judges to apply all the penalties provided for in Islamic law against “serious crimes”, including public executions, stoning, flogging and amputation of limbs, the spokesman said.
In a message broadcast through the social network Twitter, on Sunday night, the spokesman for the Taliban, the fundamentalist movement that governs the country, Zabihullah Mujahid, clarified that the “mandatory” rule came from the supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, after a meeting with a group of judges.
Akhundzada, who has not been filmed or photographed in public since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, rules the country by decree from Kandar, a region in southern Afghanistan considered the cradle of the Islamic fundamentalist movement.
“Carefully examine the cases of robbers, kidnappers and insurgents,” the spokesman wrote, citing Akhundzada.
In cases where conditions exist [para aplicar] the ‘Sharia’ [lei islâmica]It is mandatory to apply” all the sanctions provided for, he added, without giving further details.
The supreme leader of the movement refers to crimes considered by Islamic law to be the most serious and for which stiff penalties are provided, including corporal punishment.
Included in this list are adultery, false accusations of adultery, alcohol consumption, theft, crimes with violence or threats, desertion, and rebellion.
According to Islamic scholars, conviction on any of these charges requires a high degree of proof, including, in the case of adultery, the confession or testimony of four adult Muslim men.
When they returned to power, in August 2021 -20 years after being deposed by the United States, after the attacks of September 11-, the Taliban promised to be more flexible in the application of ‘sharia’, but, over time, the ultra-strict interpretation of islam was being resumed.
Authorities began publicly punishing perpetrators of robbery, kidnapping, and adultery with penalties such as flogging, amputation, and stoning.
Women, in particular, have seen their hard-won rights evaporate over the last 20 years and are increasingly excluded from public life. Most of them lose or lose or receive miserable wages to stay at home, in addition to facing the prohibition of traveling without being accompanied by a male relative and the obligation to wear a burqa or hijab (see that all hair is paid) when they come out of House.
Last week, the Taliban also banned them from parks, gardens, sports halls, gyms and public baths.
Source: TSF
