The Taliban spokesperson said that the group is not willing to change its domestic policies to gain international legitimacy, and the world must accept the group's laws and religious interpretations; a position that, along with the restrictions of the past five years, indicates a lack of public will to reform policies protested by women, Shia, and other groups in Afghan society.
A Bahraini human rights activist, criticizing the continued official silence in the face of takfiri and hate-mongering content against Shiites, warned about the role of organized networks in cyberspace in fueling sectarian divisions and undermining national cohesion in the country.
At a seminar hosted at the AhlulBayt (a.s.) News Agency, ABNA, a specialist in history and Islamic denominations, announced that the latest global population of Shiites stands at 346 million.
