ISKP Kills Local Imam for Alleged Sorcery in Sare Pol (2017)

Incident
Date
Jul 23, 2017
Year of incident
2017
Province of incident
Sare Pol: Sar-e Pul
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.344759373304

Longitude: 66.1706216589517

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Sar-e Pul
Town/Village
Sar-e Pul, Sare Pol province
Types of incident
  • Execution
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Denying a fair trial
  • Other Crimes : Persecution
  • Other Crimes : Summary execution
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On July 23, 2017, Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) militants killed a local imam in Sare Pol province, accusing him of committing "sorcery." The imam had been offering traditional Afghan talismans to worshippers, which ISKP considered contrary to their interpretation of Islamic law. This killing represents the group's enforcement of their extremist religious ideology through violence against religious leaders.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

No of victims involved
1