Anti–Religious Freedom

Mullah Dawran, Taliban commander, April 4, 2012

Author
Date
Apr. 4, 2012
Name of Author
Mullah Dawran
Body

“Same with prayer: that is what separates a Muslim and an infidel. We will be soft - but they will have to pray, it is not like we will pardon them.”Qais Azimy and Mujid Mashal, “Commander's words shed light on Taliban views,” Al Jazeera, April 4, 2012, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/04/201243135956894735.html.

Threat

Taliban government, 1996

Date
1996
Name of Author
Taliban government
Body

“Unclean things [are prohibited]: pork, pig, pig oil, anything made from human hair, satellite dishes, cinematography, any equipment that produces the joy of music, pool tables, chess, masks, alcohol, tapes, computers, VCRs, televisions, anything that propagates sex and is full of music, wine, lobster, nail polish, firecrackers, statues, sewing catalogues, pictures, Christmas cards.”Lawrence Wright, The Looming Tower (New York: Vintage Books, 2006), 262.

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On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.

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