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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: YlangYlangBreeze who started this subject6/4/2001 12:18:09 PM
From: thames_sider  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
More joy from Afghanistan; they're now contemplating putting foreigners (which there basically means aid workers for such heinous bodies as the Red Cross) under a new list of restrictions, and subjecting them to the religious police...

Foreigners would have to agree not to commit adultery, seek to convert Afghans to new religions, wear immoral clothing or play musical instruments.
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Foreigners would have to agree not to meet Afghan women, take photographs, drink alcohol or eat pork. "Causing chaos" by being suspected of spying would become a crime, as would not fully respecting what are called the national and cultural values of the Afghan people.

Punishment for these crimes - to be carried out by the Taleban religious police - would be deportation or imprisonment. Foreigners would also have to agree to the Islamic Sharia punishment for adultery. That would mean death by stoning for married people and lashes for the unmarried.
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Among Afghans [the Taleban religious police] are the most feared part of the Taleban's security services. They have the power to detain people and carry out corporal punishment without trial.

news.bbc.co.uk

Despite (or because of?) the overt religious zealotry of the Taliban, they seem to be trying hard to make the place best fit the word 'god-forsaken'... JMHO.
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