Taliban Flogs Twelve For “Moral Crimes” Including Gay Sex And Adultery
November 27, 2022In Afghan football stadium, at least a dozen people have been flogged by the Taliban this week for committing “moral crimes.”
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A Taliban official said the people were held guilty for adultery, robbery, and homosexual sex which has been deemed punishable under Sharia law. Included were three women who were flogged in front of hundreds of onlookers inside the stadium in eastern Afghanistan’s Logar region, according to the Independent.
The three women were freed and allowed to go home after receiving their punishment, the Taliban spokesperson Omar Mansoor Mujahid told the BBC, while some of the men who were also flogged in the stadium were sent to jail afterwards. It is not immediately clear how many men were sent to the jail.
The Taliban lashed the men and women with around 21–39 strikes each. According to the hardline Islamist group, the maximum number of lashes a person can receive is 39, the report said, citing another Taliban official.
On Twitter, journalist Habib Khan shared an unverified photo of the stadium where the flogging took place. There was a large crowd – suspected to all be men. “This crowd has gathered in a stadium in Afghanistan’s Logar province, not for a game but to watch public execution by the Taliban. Stadiums previously home to sports events are now used for hanging, shooting, stoning, amputation, and flogging by the Taliban,” he tweeted.
Just three days earlier, the country’s Supreme Court said 19 people in northeastern Afghanistan were lashed for adultery, theft, and running away from home. Supreme Court official Abdul Rahim Rashid said ten men and nine women were lashed 39 times each in Taloqan city in northeastern Takhar province on November 11.
These lashings for their “crimes” took place at the city’s main mosque and in presence of elders, clerics, and residents.
The ultra-conservative Taliban administration has seen a U-turn in its commitments to civil rights, after initially promising a more moderate rule when it seized power last year. The Taliban’s chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has now said the administration will stick to their strict interpretation of Islamic law or Sharia, which officials have been instructed to implement in their rulings.
Videos and photos of Taliban fighters punishing people for various offences have frequently appeared on social media in the past 15 months, although officials have never confirmed these incidents.
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