Afghanistan: Ulema Calls for Shari’a

According to Reuters, about 350 clerics in Afghanistan met this week for three days to discuss their reconciliation with the Taliban. The Ulema called on “President Hamid Karzai to enact sharia, or Islamic law, including punishments such as stonings, lashing, amputation and execution.” Recently this week, a 35-year old widow, accused of adultery, was flogged 200 times and then shot in the head three times by the Taliban. The woman, Bibi Sanubar, was pregnant while she was tried and shot dead during the public trial.