Taliban’s insanities - Terrifying extremism

Most of us are happy to make an effort to accommodate cultural or religious differences as long as they do not jeopardise the rights of others.

That is the standard, everyday philosophy that prevails throughout the western world.

However, it is impossible to understand the thinking that leads to 17 people being beheaded because they attended a party that offended the extreme form of Islam celebrated by the Taliban.

The victims were part of a group that had gathered over the weekend in the Musa Qala district of Afghanistan for a celebration involving music and dancing. Some of the atrocities carried out in the name of religion, and Islam is not alone here, are indeed bewildering.