An Afghan model-YouTuber, Ajmal Haqiqi, along with three of his colleagues, has been arrested by the Taliban, accusing them of disrespecting Islam and the Quran.
According to Amnesty International, an NGO that focuses on human rights, the Kabul based social media influencer posted a video on his YouTube channel last week. In it, Quranic verses were allegedly used in a humorous manner by him and his three other colleagues.
They were seen laughing as one of his colleagues, in a comical voice, recited verses of the Quran in Arabic. Later, on June 5, another video was posted by Haqiqi, in which he was seen apologizing for the previous one, the NGO stated.
However, as per Amnesty International, he and three of his colleagues were arrested on charges of “insulting Islamic sacred values” by the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence on June 7 and later that day a video ‘confession’ of Haqiqi was released where he again apologized.
