Peaky Blinders is one of the better modern drama series of our time. Apparently, the Taliban has no respect for it.
The four "gangsters" when the thought police showed up to arrest them:
The group of four had become wildly popular on the streets of Jibrail, many asking for pictures or simply pressing record to get a shot of them walking the streets. They'd also gained a following on social media.
More on the story from CBS News:
Four young men were detained by Afghanistan's Taliban authorities and put into a rehabilitation program for walking around in public dressed up as their favorite characters from the hit British drama 'Peaky Blinders.'
The Taliban government's Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice said the four friends — who had become popular in their local Jibrail township, in the southern province of Herat, for strutting through the streets in trench coats and flat caps — were detained for 'promoting foreign culture.'
So glad we left the Taliban in charge when we awkwardly left back in 2021. 😑
This all comes as the Taliban is enforcing a stricter dress code in Afghanistan.
At least one of these "gangsters" was forced to repent:
A video released by the ministry and shared by [Taliban spokesperson] Khyber along with his statement includes audio said to be one of the young men expressing regret for his decision to wear the Western clothing.
'I'm on Instagram and have five million followers. Without realizing it, I used to publish and spread things that were against Sharia,' says the voice in the audio recording, which is identified by the ministry only as one of the young men, not by name. 'I was summoned and advised, and from today onward I will no longer engage in such sinful activities — and I have stopped.'
That Taliban spokesperson told CBS News, "We have our own religious and cultural values, and especially for clothing we have specific traditional styles ... The clothing they wore has no Afghan identity at all and does not match our culture."
Liberals will tell you this is what Donald Trump is doing in America.
"Secondly," he said, "Their actions were an imitation of actors from a British movie. Our society is Muslim. If we are to follow or imitate someone, we should follow our righteous religious predecessors in good and lawful matters."
Welp, if I was in Afghanistan I'd be waving this flag everywhere while dressed up like a ‘20s gangster:
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