Sharia Law In Afghanistan
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Attend Mosque Or Be Punished, Taliban Chief Orders Government Workers
- Thursday August 8, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Afghan government employees must attend mosque five times a day or face punishment, Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada said Thursday in his latest edict enforcing an austere interpretation of Islam.
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Eye-For-An-Eye Sharia Law Returns To Afghanistan Courts
- Wednesday December 21, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Kneeling in front of a turbanned judge in a tiny room at the Ghazni Court of Appeal in eastern Afghanistan, an old man sentenced to death for murder pleads for his life.
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Foreign Engagement Will Be As Per Sharia Law, Says Top Taliban Leader
- Friday August 19, 2022
- World News | Reuters
The Taliban will deal with the international community in line with sharia law, Haibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the hardline Islamist group said.
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"Life In Afghanistan Will Be Regulated By Laws Of Holy Sharia": Taliban
- Wednesday September 8, 2021
- World News | Reuters
The Taliban drew from its inner high echelons to fill top posts in Afghanistan's new government on Tuesday, including an associate of the Islamist militant group's founder as premier and a wanted man on a U.S. terrorism list as interior minister.
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Taliban Supreme Leader Tells New Government To Uphold Sharia Law
- Tuesday September 7, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Taliban's secretive supreme leader on Tuesday told the newly appointed government to uphold sharia law, in his first message since the hardline movement swept to power.
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Rights Groups Slam Afghan Lashings Over Adultery
- Thursday September 3, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Rights groups have condemned the public flogging of a man and a woman convicted of adultery in Afghanistan, calling for an investigation into the "abhorrent" incident which sparked anger online.
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Women's Groups Slam 'Discriminatory' UK Advice on Sharia Wills
- Friday September 19, 2014
- World News | Reuters
Women's rights activists have accused the professional body representing lawyers in England and Wales of endorsing discrimination against women by refusing to withdraw its guidance on sharia wills.
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In Afghanistan, boys are prized and girls live the part
- Tuesday September 21, 2010
- World News | Jenny Nordberg, New York Times
Six-year-old Mehran Rafaat is like many girls her age. She likes to be the center of attention. She is often frustrated when things do not go her way. Like her three older sisters, she is eager to discover the world outside the family's apartment in their middle-class neighborhood of Kabul.But when their mother, Azita Rafaat, a member of Parliament...
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Attend Mosque Or Be Punished, Taliban Chief Orders Government Workers
- Thursday August 8, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Afghan government employees must attend mosque five times a day or face punishment, Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada said Thursday in his latest edict enforcing an austere interpretation of Islam.
- www.ndtv.com
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Eye-For-An-Eye Sharia Law Returns To Afghanistan Courts
- Wednesday December 21, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Kneeling in front of a turbanned judge in a tiny room at the Ghazni Court of Appeal in eastern Afghanistan, an old man sentenced to death for murder pleads for his life.
- www.ndtv.com
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Foreign Engagement Will Be As Per Sharia Law, Says Top Taliban Leader
- Friday August 19, 2022
- World News | Reuters
The Taliban will deal with the international community in line with sharia law, Haibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the hardline Islamist group said.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Life In Afghanistan Will Be Regulated By Laws Of Holy Sharia": Taliban
- Wednesday September 8, 2021
- World News | Reuters
The Taliban drew from its inner high echelons to fill top posts in Afghanistan's new government on Tuesday, including an associate of the Islamist militant group's founder as premier and a wanted man on a U.S. terrorism list as interior minister.
- www.ndtv.com
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Taliban Supreme Leader Tells New Government To Uphold Sharia Law
- Tuesday September 7, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Taliban's secretive supreme leader on Tuesday told the newly appointed government to uphold sharia law, in his first message since the hardline movement swept to power.
- www.ndtv.com
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Rights Groups Slam Afghan Lashings Over Adultery
- Thursday September 3, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Rights groups have condemned the public flogging of a man and a woman convicted of adultery in Afghanistan, calling for an investigation into the "abhorrent" incident which sparked anger online.
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Women's Groups Slam 'Discriminatory' UK Advice on Sharia Wills
- Friday September 19, 2014
- World News | Reuters
Women's rights activists have accused the professional body representing lawyers in England and Wales of endorsing discrimination against women by refusing to withdraw its guidance on sharia wills.
- www.ndtv.com
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In Afghanistan, boys are prized and girls live the part
- Tuesday September 21, 2010
- World News | Jenny Nordberg, New York Times
Six-year-old Mehran Rafaat is like many girls her age. She likes to be the center of attention. She is often frustrated when things do not go her way. Like her three older sisters, she is eager to discover the world outside the family's apartment in their middle-class neighborhood of Kabul.But when their mother, Azita Rafaat, a member of Parliament...
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