{"id":14667,"date":"2025-12-16T23:02:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/?p=14667"},"modified":"2025-12-16T23:02:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:32:27","slug":"decrees-or-divine-command-does-hibatullah-see-himself-above-the-amir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/decrees-or-divine-command-does-hibatullah-see-himself-above-the-amir\/","title":{"rendered":"Decrees or Divine Command? Does Hibatullah See Himself Above the Amir?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Decrees or Divine Command? Does Hibatullah See Himself Above the Amir?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, leader of the Taliban, in a recent speech in Kandahar, described the decrees issued under his authority as \u201ccommands of God and Islamic rulings.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

He emphasized that these decrees are not the product of a few individuals or a specific group, but rather reflect the will of Allah and Islamic law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He claimed that the Taliban\u2019s laws and decisions aim to guide people toward God\u2019s religion and derive their legitimacy from Islamic rulings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the Taliban\u2019s return to power in 2021, Hibatullah\u2019s decrees have consistently drawn widespread domestic and international criticism. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Many of these orders have severely restricted the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens, particularly women and girls, prompting condemnation from human rights organizations and parts of Afghan society.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Analysts argue that framing these decrees as divinely sanctioned is a strategy to consolidate leadership authority and prevent dissent, both among the public and within the Taliban, effectively portraying criticism of the leader\u2019s policies as opposition to religion.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Decrees or Divine Command? Does Hibatullah See Himself Above the Amir? Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, leader of the Taliban, in a recent speech in Kandahar, described the decrees issued under his authority as \u201ccommands of God and Islamic rulings.\u201d He emphasized that these decrees are not the product of a few individuals or a specific group, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14676,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14667\/revisions\/14676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}