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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 566

Sharia

An Afghan woman walks through the old market as a Taliban fighter stands guard, in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, May 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
November 14, 2022, 11:47 pm
Taliban leader orders full enforcement of Sharia law in Afghanistan
Haibatullah Akhundzada issues ‘obligatory’ command for judges to impose public executions, amputations of limbs, stonings and floggings
By Abdullah Hasrat
A rainbow gay pride flag. (AFP/BEN STANSALL)
September 5, 2022, 3:55 pm
Iran sentences two gay rights activists to death for ‘spreading corruption on earth’
Supporters urge international pressure to save Zahra Sedighi Hamedani, 31, and Elham Chubdar, 24
By AFP
Illustrative: An amputated hand on a wooden table. (BW Studio; iStock by Getty Images)
June 10, 2022, 11:11 pm
Eight Iranian convicts are facing ‘abhorrent’ finger amputation, activists say
Rights group blasts ‘cruel and inhuman punishment’ for men convicted of robbery
By Stuart Williams
In this Monday, October 5, 2015 photo, a thick blanket of early morning fog partially shrouds the skyscrapers of the Marina and Jumeirah Lake Towers districts of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
November 28, 2021, 8:12 am
UAE says it will enact largest legal reform in its history
Nation will legislate over 40 new laws to streamline trade, better protect women and ease restrictions on certain activities such as extramarital relationships
By ToI Staff
In this undated and unknown location photo, the new leader of Taliban fighters, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada poses for a portrait. (Afghan Islamic Press via AP)
September 8, 2021, 7:37 am
Taliban supreme leader tells new government to uphold sharia law
In 1st message since Islamist insurgency’s takeover of Afghanistan, Haibatullah Akhundzada warns ‘people should not try to leave the country’
By AFP
Defendants attend a trial at the Primary Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 6, 2015. The sign in Dari behind the judges reads, "verdicts are based on Sharia (law), any rebellion against the verdict is rebellion against (the Prophet) Muhammad." (AP/Allauddin Khan)
August 20, 2021, 9:35 am
As Taliban return in Afghanistan, how is sharia law followed in Muslim world?
Islamist extremist group claims it won’t reimpose brutal interpretation of religious regulations; most Muslim nations incorporate parts of sharia, but few carry out its punishments
By AFP
Illustrative: The sunrise reflects on city skylines at the Marina and Jumeirah Lake Towers districts in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
April 4, 2021, 11:39 am
Dubai police arrest group over balcony video of nude women
Videos and photographs depict over a dozen women without clothes; violations of UAE public decency law carry penalties of up to six months in prison and $1,360 fine
By AP
Illustrative: Two young Iranians sit in a fast food restaurant in downtown Tehran, Iran, January 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
June 9, 2019, 1:06 pm
Iran shutters 547 eateries in Tehran for breaking ‘Islamic principles’
Separately, authorities in capital ask citizens to report people for ‘hosting mixed dance parties,’ posting ‘immoral content’ to Instagram
By AFP
In this May 24, 2019 file photo, two defendants of a self-styled 'Sharia police' arrive in a courtroom in Wuppertal, Germany. (Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP)
May 27, 2019, 4:40 pm
German court orders fines for self-declared ‘sharia police’
Seven men patrolled streets of the city of Wuppertal in uniforms, warning Muslims not to visit cafes or drink alcohol
By AFP
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei arrives for an EU-ASEM summit in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
March 28, 2019, 3:09 am
Brunei to impose death by stoning for gay sex and adultery
Strict Sharia law interpretation had been on hold for four years, amid heavy criticism in the resource-rich sultanate on Borneo
By AFP
Kuwaiti MP Waleed al-Tabtabai. (YouTube screenshot)
January 28, 2019, 9:00 pm
Kuwaiti MP ‘tricked’ wife into sex after secretly divorcing her
Waleed al-Tabtabai sentenced in absentia to 7 years in jail for failing to inform his spouse he had ended their marriage
By AFP
Onlookers watch as a member of Indonesia's Sharia police (R) whips a man (C) accused of having gay sex during a public caning ceremony outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province on July 13, 2018. (AFP/CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN)
July 14, 2018, 9:57 pm
Gay couple whipped in Indonesia for sharia-banned sex
Two men flogged 80 times were among 15 people lashed outside a mosque for crimes including drinking alcohol and showing affection in public
By AFP
Jono Simbolon (front), an Indonesian Christian, grimaces in pain as he is flogged in front of a crowd outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, on January 19, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN)
January 20, 2018, 8:25 am
Indonesian Christian publicly whipped for selling sharia-banned booze
Jono Simbolon is the third non-Muslim to be flogged for violating Islamic law in the conservative province of Aceh since 2011
By AFP
Defendant Islamist Sven Lau stands in a courtroom in Duesseldorf, western Germany, July 26, 2017. (AFP/dpa / Rolf Vennenbernd)
July 27, 2017, 7:34 am
German court jails notorious Islamist preacher
Sven Lau convicted of helping to recruit for so-called ‘Army of Emigrants and Supporters,’ deemed a terrorist organization
By AFP
A woman holds up a poster during a rally to support Muslim rights outside City hall on June 10, 2017, in New York. (AFP PHOTO / Kena Betancur)
June 10, 2017, 11:51 pm
Rallies against Islamic law draw counter-protests across US
In Seattle, Chicago and New York, marches against Sharia are drowned out by activists decrying rallies as discriminatory
By Gene Johnson
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