Taliban holding US citizens on six planes, demanding payment to allow planes to leave Afghanistan
Jihad Watch 05.09.2021
The Taliban are proceeding according to the stipulations of Islamic law. Abduction of Infidels is sanctioned in Islamic law and subject to particular rules: “As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding their sale and manumission; the third, to ransom them in exchange for goods or prisoners; and fourth, to show favor to them and pardon them.
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