Posted on 08/30/2021 3:51:41 AM PDT by Cronos
The Taliban killed an Afghan folk singer just days after stating that they would ban music from being played in public places, former Afghan Minister of Interior Masoud Andarabi said in a tweet on Saturday.
Fawad Andarabi was “brutally killed” in the village of Andarab, according to the former minister, near the Panjshir Valley that harbors a resistance force rejecting Taliban rule.
The extremist group has banned playing music in public, with Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid reportedly telling the New York Times that music is prohibited in Islam.
“Music is forbidden in Islam, but we’re hoping that we can persuade people not to do such things, instead of pressuring them,” Mujahid told the New York Times.
...Afghan pop singer Aryana Sayeed posted on Instagram on August 21 saying that she had managed to flee the country and was en-route to Istanbul.
Mujahid also told women and children to stay home in a press conference Tuesday, saying that Taliban fighters were not trained to ensure their safety.
The directive undermined efforts by the group to present a more tolerant front, bringing back memories of their first rule in which women were restricted from going to work and leaving the house.
To all Freepers - read the Quran, see for yourself what you face.
There is little to no risk you are going to fall for the lies of Islam. But read it and learn
Leftist musicians will be speaking up any day now ... or not.
Given the quality of popular Western music today, banning playing it in public would not be a bad policy.
ISLAM......Satan’s SICKNESS!
If you are fleeing for your life, don’t document your whereabouts on Instagram.
Some people don’t like Folk Music.
Scholars and musicians hotly debate whether music is permissible or not
RIP Fawad. You deserved better.
Joe’s kinder, gentler Taliban /s
The winners of such debates are always the ones with guns and the willingness to use them. Once a group has demonstrated that they are that group, debate is suicidal.
Thank you for posting this. I read of his murder a few days ago, but could not find the story again to post on FR.
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