'KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — One of the founders of the Taliban and the chief enforcer of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law when they last ruled Afghanistan said the hard-line movement will once again carry out executions and amputations of hands, though perhaps not in public.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Mullah Nooruddin Turabi dismissed outrage over the Taliban’s executions in the past, which sometimes took place in front of crowds at a stadium, and he warned the world against interfering with Afghanistan’s new rulers.
“Everyone criticized us for the punishments in the stadium, but we have never said anything about their laws and their punishments,” Turabi told The Associated Press, speaking in Kabul. “No one will tell us what our laws should be. We will follow Islam and we will make our laws on the Quran.”'
Source: Taliban official: Strict punishment, executions will return
From the article it seems that aside from being intent on killing, this Taliban leader is also intent on maiming the poor and mentally vulnerable who commit theft instead of committing them to the appropriate institutions for care.
And who stands to benefit from all this? From the article it seems it is certain wealthy shopkeepers who would rather see the poor maimed than ask the kind of hard questions about how other countries are able to keep their shops open 24hrs without maiming the poor.
In my opinion.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Mullah Nooruddin Turabi dismissed outrage over the Taliban’s executions in the past, which sometimes took place in front of crowds at a stadium, and he warned the world against interfering with Afghanistan’s new rulers.
“Everyone criticized us for the punishments in the stadium, but we have never said anything about their laws and their punishments,” Turabi told The Associated Press, speaking in Kabul. “No one will tell us what our laws should be. We will follow Islam and we will make our laws on the Quran.”'
Source: Taliban official: Strict punishment, executions will return
From the article it seems that aside from being intent on killing, this Taliban leader is also intent on maiming the poor and mentally vulnerable who commit theft instead of committing them to the appropriate institutions for care.
And who stands to benefit from all this? From the article it seems it is certain wealthy shopkeepers who would rather see the poor maimed than ask the kind of hard questions about how other countries are able to keep their shops open 24hrs without maiming the poor.
In my opinion.
Those guys are pure evil in my eyes. And I take a firm stand against them.