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Taliban supreme leader orders ultra-strict application of Islamic law

The Supreme Leader of the Afghan Taliban has ordered the country’s judges to apply all punishments under Islamic law to “serious crimes”, including public executions, stoning, flogging and amputations of limbs, the spokesman said.

In a message released on the social network Twitter on Sunday night, the spokesman for the Taliban, the fundamentalist movement that rules the country, Zabihullah Mujahid, said: clarified that the “mandatory” standard came from the Supreme Leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, after meeting with a group of judges.

Akhundzada, who has not been publicly filmed or photographed since the Taliban came to power in August 2021, rules the country by decree from Kandar, a region in southern Afghanistan and considered the birthplace of the Islamic fundamentalist movement.

🇧🇷Investigate the cases of thieves, kidnappers and insurgents carefully,” the spokesman wrote, citing Akhundzada.

“In cases where there are conditions [para aplicar] the ‘sharia’ [lei islâmica]is obliged to apply all the sanctions foreseen, he added, without giving further details.

The supreme leader of the movement refers to the crimes that are considered the most serious under Islamic law and carry severe penalties, including corporal punishment.

Included in this list are adultery, false accusations of adultery, alcohol consumption, robbery, crimes involving violence or threats, desertion and rebellion.

According to Islamic scholars, conviction on any of these charges requires a very high level of evidence, 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 ousted by the United States, following the September 11 attacks – the Taliban promised to be more flexible in applying “Sharia”, but over time the ultra-strict interpretation of Islam resumed.

Authorities began to publicly punish perpetrators of theft, kidnapping and adultery with punishments such as flogging, amputation and stoning.

Women in particular have seen the hard-won rights of the past 20 years evaporate and are increasingly excluded from public life. Most have lost their jobs or are paid meager wages to stay at home, face a travel ban unaccompanied by a male relative and are forced to wear a burqa or ‘hijab’ (a veil that covers all hair) if they get out of the house.

Last week, the Taliban also banned them from parks, gardens, sports halls, gymnasiums and public baths.

Author: DN/Lusa

Source: DN

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