Afghanistan: Taliban Commanders Engage in Rampant Sexual Abuse of Young Boys

Robert Spencer: Women are so devalued and despised that boys are often considered preferable sexual partners. “Men are for pleasure,” goes the saying, “and women are for babies.” As long as a man marries and has children, he can carry on with boys is not considered a homosexual, and is not liable to be executed as such.

“Those are the ones brought near in the Gardens of Pleasure, a company of the former peoples and a few of the later peoples, on thrones woven, reclining on them, facing each other. There will circulate among them young boys made eternal with vessels, pitchers and a cup from a flowing spring.” — Qur’an 56:11-18

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