Tommy, Arthur, John, and Michael, the Shelby boys of Birmingham, were spotted far from home, on the streets of Herat in Afghanistan, said many, as the video of a group of men strolling in the streets.
00:27All are in their early 20s, they were simply recreating the vintage Peaky Blinders' aesthetic sharp suits, trench coats and the iconic flat cap.
00:36But in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, this look was unacceptable.
00:40Officials said the outfits violated Sharia-aligned dress norms because they were Western, non-Islamic and inspired by characters associated with drinking, nightlife and gang culture.
00:50Under the Taliban's interpretation of Sharia, even copying foreign pop culture icons is created as behavior that must be corrected.
00:57The four men were stopped by the morality police wing and sent to a rehabilitation center,
01:02a place that Taliban uses to correct behavior it sees as culturally inappropriate.
01:08Online, the story exploded.
01:10And this is the story of Afghanistan's real-life Peaky Blinders and how a viral look collided with the Taliban's reality.
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