Taliban demand that Uzbek border town ban music
or Afghan traders will be barred from going there
“‘Imran bin Husain narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said: ‘In this Ummah there shall be collapsing of the earth, transformation and Qadhf.’ A man among the Muslims said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! When is that?’ He said: ‘When singing slave-girls, music, and drinking intoxicants spread.’” (Jami at-Tirmidhi 2212)
“It was narrated from Abu Malik Ash’ari that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘People among my nation will drink wine, calling it by another name, and musical instruments will be played for them and singing girls (will sing for them). Allah will cause the earth to swallow them up, and will turn them into monkeys and pigs.’” (Sunan Ibn Majah 4020)
“Narrated Aisha: Abu Bakr came to my house while two small Ansari girls were singing beside me the stories of the Ansar concerning the Day of Buath. And they were not singers. Abu Bakr said protestingly, ‘Musical instruments of Satan in the house of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) !’ It happened on the `Id day and Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘O Abu Bakr! There is an `Id for every nation and this is our `Id.’” (Sahih al-Bukhari 952)
Just guessing here, but I think 'Id day' celebrates the end of Ramadan.
Taliban warn Uzbek border town to kill the music or face Afghan trader ban
IntelliNews, October 15, 2024
(thanks to The Religion of Peace):
The thought of Afghan traders shaking a leg at music concerts held in the Uzbek border town of Termez appears to be causing nightmares for the ruling Taliban in Kabul.
Officials of Afghanistan’s Islamic fundamentalist Taliban administration have warned Uzbekistan that the music needs to stop in the city’s new Airitom Free Economic Zone (FEZ), or Afghans will be banned from travelling to the special territory.
As things stand, Afghan citizens gain 15-day visa-free access to Airitom, a 36-hectare tax-free zone located not far from “Freedom Bridge”, which spans the waters of the Amu-Darya river that forms the border between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
If the Taliban’s concerns over the musical performances breaching their “morality laws” cannot be resolved, the future of the Airitom FEZ could be imperilled.
Built at a cost of $70mn by private holding Afka, owned by Jahongir Artikkhodjayev, a business tycoon and former mayor of Tashkent, it boasts four large blocks where retailers can trade, a hospital and even a Hilton hotel.
In late August, the Taliban introduced codified morality laws for their Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Regulations include a prohibition on playing music in vehicles, restrictions on transporting women travelling without male guardians and a ban on media outlets publishing images of living beings….
In other words, setting Afghanistan back at least 200 years.
Afghanistan: Taliban brag that they have destroyed
over 20,000 musical instruments this past year
In Afghanistan, The Taliban Wages War On Music
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi, October 12, 2024 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
The Taliban announced in August that it had destroyed over 20,000 musical instruments in Afghanistan in the past year. The extremist group considers instruments un-Islamic and permits only unaccompanied singing….
The first musician in the Bible was Jubal, the son of Lamech. In Genesis 4:21, he is described as 'the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes'. He was the one who first created music that was played on instruments. He was the 8th generation from Adam, but was also of the lineage of Cain.
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Iran: Muslima converts to Christianity, is jailed,
then denied parole after ‘refusing forced confession’
Laleh Saati is in grave danger. Shi’ite Islam, like Sunni Islam, prescribes the death penalty for apostasy:
Shaykh al-Kulayni narrates a sahíh (correct) hadith from `Ammãr as-Sãbãti who said: I heard (Imam) Abu `Abdullãh (as-Sãdiq) (a.s.) saying, “A Muslim from among the Muslims who renounces Islam and rejects the prophethood of Muhammad and considers him untrue, then verily his blood is lawful (mubãh) for anyone who hears that from him, his wife is to be separated from him the day he became murtad [apostate], his wealth will be divided among his heirs, and his wife will observe the `idda of a widow (i.e., four months). The Imam is obliged to kill him, and not ask him to seek forgiveness.” (Furu al-Kãfi, vol. 7, p. 257)
The Islamic Republic of Iran might not carry out this sentence in the absence of the Imam, but they’re not likely to be lenient and kind to Laleh Saati, either.
Christian convert denied parole after ‘refusing forced confession’
Article 18, September 27, 2024:
A Christian convert serving a two-year sentence in Evin Prison on charges related to her Christian activities has been denied parole because she refused to record a forced confession and public disavowal of reports about her case, according to Persian-language news site Human Rights in Iran.
Laleh Saati, who is a former asylum-seeker, is eligible for parole, having served one-third of her sentence, which also includes a two-year travel ban following her release.
According to the report, Laleh has also been refused the opportunity to be released with an electronic tag – all at the insistence of officers of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS).
Laleh has been detained since her arrest in February, and was initially held in Ward 209 of the prison, which is under the jurisdiction of the MOIS.
During her interrogations there, photographs and videos of her Christian activities and baptism in Malaysia, where she had claimed asylum, were brought before her as evidence of her “crime”.
When she was sentenced a month later, the Tehran Revolutionary Court judge reportedly asked her why she had risked returning to Iran from Malaysia “given that you have done such things [Christian activities] outside of Iran”.
Laleh has reportedly struggled with her mental health as a result of the stress of her imprisonment, and both she and her elderly mother have been threatened with new court proceedings against them as a result of the publicity her case has received….
Pakistan: Ahmadis face brutal persecution
under government auspices
It’s extremely curious: while this is going on, U.S. Ahmadi spokesmen including Qasim Rashid, Harris Zafar and Kashif Chaudry carry water for the same forces that persecute them in Pakistan, and defame and smear those who speak out against the persecution of the Ahmadis in Pakistan.
Ahmadis, like Kurds, are also Muslim, but apparently, not the right kind.
Ahmadis Face Brutal Persecution In Pakistan
Under Government Supervision
CAP Freedom of Conscience, October 15, 2024:
The International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) has condemned the Pakistani government’s relentless campaign of persecution against the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. In a scathing incident report, the IHRC has documented a series of horrific attacks on Ahmadi mosques and places of worship carried out with the direct involvement and support of Pakistani authorities.
According to the IHRC, over the past few days, four Ahmadi mosques have been desecrated, with their domes and minarets demolished by police and other law enforcement agencies. The report details several specific incidents:
- On October 1-2, the Assistant Commissioner of Sangla Hill, accompanied by a large police force, led a midnight operation to dismantle parts of a historic Ahmadi mosque in the village of Murd Chak 45, District Sheikhupura.
- On the night of October 4, a large number of plainclothes police officers arrived at an Ahmadi mosque in Jahanian, Khanewal, Punjab, and demolished the minarets while applying cement over the Islamic creed. The local leader of the extremist Tehrik Labbaik Pakistan group later thanked the officials for this action.
- On October 10-11, police destroyed the minarets of an Ahmadi mosque in Mohlankay, Punjab Gujranwala, forcibly entering the premises in the middle of the night and taking a community member into custody.
- Also on October 10-11, around 10-15 police officers led by the Security In-charge of Ghakkar Mandi illegally entered an Ahmadi mosque in Gujranwala, damaged security cameras, confiscated phones, and then desecrated the minarets under the cover of darkness.
The IHRC has been consistently raising its voice against the attacks on Ahmadi places of worship and graves in Pakistan. In July 2024, a group of top UN human rights experts had urged an “immediate end to discrimination and violence against Ahmadis in Pakistan,” citing documented evidence of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, and curtailment of religious freedoms. However, their pleas appear to have fallen on deaf ears….
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