KABUL: Three women and 11 men were flogged on Wednesday on the orders of an Afghan court after they were set up shamefaced of theft and “moral crimes”, a parochial functionary said.
The lashings are the first to be verified since the Taliban’s supreme leader ordered judges this month to completely apply Islamic law, or sharia, saying carnal discipline was obligatory for certain crimes.
Qazi Rafiullah Samim, head of information and culture for Logar fiefdom, said the lashings weren’t administered intimately.
“Fourteen people were given optional discipline, of which 11 were men and three were women,” he said, “The maximum number of switches for anyone was 39.” Supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered judges this month to completely apply aspects of the Islamic law that include public prosecutions, stonings and floggings, and the amputation of branches for stealers.
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“Precisely examine the lines of stealers, kidnappers, and seditionists,” he said, according to the Taliban’s principal spokesperson.
“Those lines in which all the sharia conditions of hudud and qisas have been fulfilled, you’re obliged to apply.” Hudud refers to offences for which carnal discipline is commanded, while qisas translates as “retribution in kind” — effectively an eye for an eye.
Social media has been awash for months with vids and filmland of Taliban fighters apportioning out summary floggings to people indicted of colorful offences. still, this is the first time that officers have verified similar discipline ordered by a court. Other countries have been scrutinizing the Taliban’s track record on mortal rights and women’s rights since they took over in August 2021 after a two- decade insurrection.
No foreign government has formally recognised the Taliban’s administration and numerous have formerly heavily criticised its reversal on signals they would open secondary seminaries civil for girls in March.
400 loudspeakers
Hundreds of loudspeakers have been installed in the Afghan capital to encourage worshippers to attend prayers, the Taliban’s religious enforcers said on Wednesday.
The Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice also said that hundreds of empty shops and other rejected structures had been lately converted into kirks to give everyone the occasion to supplicate communally.
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“During the former government, some of the loudspeakers were removed and people weren’t suitable to hear the Azan(call to prayer),” the ministry twittered.
It said 400 loudspeakers had been installed in different corridors of Kabul “so the people could hear to the Azan at the same time”.
Since returning to power in August last time, the Taliban have gradationally introduced strict rules and regulations they say are in agreement with Islamic sharia law.
