Remarks on flogging, an insult to Islam and violation of international principles – Mujahid to UN Human Rights

Remarks on flogging, an insult to Islam and violation of international principles – Mujahid to UN Human Rights

The UN Human Rights Office’s recent comments on floggings have received criticism from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), who said the comments were an insult to Islam.

A spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office, Ravina Shamdasani, in a statement on Friday, said the agency was “appalled by mass floggings in public by the de facto authorities of 14 people in Logar province on Wednesday, and calls for this abhorrent form of punishment to cease immediately.” The statement further said, “corporal punishment constitutes a form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, which is prohibited under both the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.”

A spokesman for IEA, Zabihullah Mujahid, in his statement said that the remarks were an “insult to Islam and violation of international principles.” Mujahid, in his post on Twitter, added, “countries and organizations should not allow self-interested people to make irresponsible and provoking remarks on Islam and its rules on their behalf.”