A stony-faced Taliban official burst into laughter at the mention of the Petraeus affair during an interview with AFP in northwest Pakistan this week.
“What a bastard! But all Americans are the same, it’s nothing new,” the official said, who did not want to be named.
The Islamists dealt harshly with adulterers during their brutal 1996-2001 rule in Afghanistan, dishing out public floggings for offenders.
The traditional moral code of the Pashtuns, the main ethnic group the Taliban draw their members from, also demands severe punishment for adulterers.
“From a Pashtun point of view, Petraeus should be shot by relatives from his mistress’s family,” the Taliban official explained.
“From a sharia point of view, he should be stoned to death.”
Raw Story
“What a bastard! But all Americans are the same, it’s nothing new,” the official said, who did not want to be named.
The Islamists dealt harshly with adulterers during their brutal 1996-2001 rule in Afghanistan, dishing out public floggings for offenders.
The traditional moral code of the Pashtuns, the main ethnic group the Taliban draw their members from, also demands severe punishment for adulterers.
“From a Pashtun point of view, Petraeus should be shot by relatives from his mistress’s family,” the Taliban official explained.
“From a sharia point of view, he should be stoned to death.”
Raw Story
Really? How come all we ever see in reports of adulterers in those countries is that the woman was stoned to death? In fact, I've even seen reports of women suffering brutal punishments for being raped. I have never seen a report of the man being punished. Are they just not reporting it? Did I miss that the floggings were dealt out to the men as well? Must have.
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