Magazine Stories Called Un-Islamic; Editor Jailed

The editor of an Afghan women’s rights magazine was jailed after a presidential advisor accused him of publishing un-Islamic material, including an article critical of punishing adultery with 100 lashes, officials said.

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists called for the immediate release of Ali Mohaqiq Nasab, who was arrested Saturday.

Minority Shiite Muslim clerics in Kabul objected to the adultery article and another in the monthly Haqooq-i-Zan, or Women’s Rights, that argued that giving up Islam was not a crime.