Sentence examples for code of hospitality from inspiring English sources

But the code of hospitality was no longer Mullah Omar's problem.

Omar maintained that he was a devout adherent of pashtunwali, a code of hospitality dear to the Pashtuns.

The ancient code of "Pashtunwali," a strict code of hospitality which requires, among other things, that you not hand your guests over to their enemies, led Mullah Omar to reject requests to hand over Bin Laden.

They were protected by Afghans, who mostly disliked or despised them, under the tribal code of hospitality – which baffled Americans when poor peasants refused "to turn over Osama bin Laden for the, to them, astronomical sum of $25m".

For centuries, villagers have followed a code of hospitality, which demands that when strangers come to your door, you feed them and give them drink.

Traditional mechanisms of protecting diplomats included religious-based codes of hospitality and the frequent use of priests as emissaries, according to the encyclopedia.

His new book, "The Thistle and the Drone: How America's War on Terrorism Became a War on Tribal Islam," examines how tribal codes of hospitality, courage and revenge have shaped the reaction to American counterterrorism strikes.

The $260,000 in compensation his tribe had to pay the Bhittanis was not too bad, he thought, to restore Marwat honour.The ancient Pushtun code of Pushtunwali tribal honour, hospitality, revenge was more important, to him, than any law passed in distant Islamabad.

Indeed the Pushtun tribal code imposes a duty of hospitality.

Almost... Through the lens of Pashtunwali, the regional code of rigid masculinity and hospitality, the drones circling overhead are birds of cowardice.

Photograph of Hospitality by Kyle Dean Reinford.