Taliban promises to brutally execute gays if it regains power in Afghanistan

Taliban beating a woman in public because she has dared to remove her burqa in public
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A Taliban judge is promising that Sharia law will be reinstated in Afghanistan after coalition forces have left the country and the brutal Islamic force regains power.

Gay people, he promised, will be prosecuted and would be executed by stoning or pushing a wall on top of them.

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“For homosexuals,” judge Gul Rahim told Bild, “there can only be two punishments: either stoning, or he must stand behind a wall that will fall down on him. The wall must be 2.5 to 3 meters high (8-10 ft).”

Rahim went on to praise the brutal system of enforcing religious laws used in some Muslim countries. Women are also treated particularly badly under the system.

Rahim insisted that when American forces have left the country, the Taliban will retake Kabul and institute the law across the country. Women would be required to ask permission from a male head of the household before they could leave their home and would be required to wear veils.

The regime would also institute incredibly harsh punishments for crimes like…

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