Stoning Punishment Based on Sharia: Mujahid

The Islamic Emirate said that the United Nations’ concern about the implementation of stoning sentences for women in the country is baseless.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, said that stoning is part of Sharia law and the world should not misinterpret it.

“Without a doubt, one of the Sharia laws is stoning. If the conditions for it arise again, we will undoubtedly implement the Sharia decrees; whether it is prayer or stoning, we will carry it out,” Mujahid told TOLOnews.

Previously, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, called the implementation of stoning sentences on women in Afghanistan disappointing and said that restrictions on women and girls in the country should be lifted.

“it’s extremely disheartening, as you know we have been expressing our concern consistently about the mistreatment of women and many of the rulings by Taliban and we have called for those edicts to be revoked and we will continue pressure on that to push for the equal rights of women in Afghanistan and indeed in all countries,” Farhan Haq said.

“Although women’s rights are greatly violated in Afghanistan, and they are deprived of all their fundamental rights; in my opinion, it would be better if the Islamic Emirate chooses an alternative to stoning for a female offender,” said Fazila Sarwari, a women’s rights activist.

Although some institutions and countries around the world have consistently criticized what they consider to be human rights violations, especially the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, the Islamic Emirate has stated that the rights of all citizens are protected under Islamic laws in the country.