Bill's having a tough day with foreigners. The following was in a Bangladeshi newspaper this morning:
Clinton should be stoned to death for extra-marital affair:Taliban
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The leader of Afghanistan's Taliban army Mullah Mohammed Omar was quoted as saying US President Bill Clinton should be stoned to death for his indiscretions involving women other than his wife, reports AP.
This according to a weekly newspaper published by the Islamic group, Harakat-ul-Ansar. The US administration last year declared this group a terrorist organisation.
The newspaper, quoting Omar, said, "Clinton is a confessed sinner and a bad person.''
Ruling out the possibility of holding negotiations with Clinton, Omar was quoted as saying 'it is absolutely not possible to negotiate with such a person and he should be removed (from power) and stoned to death. He is of bad character."
In strict Islam it is a capital offence to have sex outside of
marriage and it is punishable by stoning. Afghanistan's ruling Taliban army has imposed Islamic law on its country since taking over the capital of Kabul in 1996.
It has imposed Islamic punishments that include the death penalty, the amputation of limbs for theft and public beatings for a collection of minor offences.
Referring to the Aug 20 missile attack on eastern Afghanistan by the United States, the newspaper quoted Omar as demanding an apology from the US administration.
"America should apologise to the world of Islam and should remove its forces from Muslim countries," the newspaper quoted Omar as saying.
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