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Afghanistan: Taliban burn ‘immoral’ musical instruments (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] Sterile_Technique@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But like... why? Does their religion actually have some angst with music, or is this another one of those "god told me so in a dream!" kinda bullshit?

[–] PokeCaptain@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasheed#Scholars_on_instruments

[–] Sterile_Technique@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

...well fuck, I didn't actually expect the former. This world would be so much better without that religious nonsense. -_-