Posted on 09/19/2021 5:22:05 PM PDT by American Number 181269513
The Taliban have ordered all female city workers in Kabul who can be replaced by men to remain at home, an indication that the militant group now in control of Afghanistan is bringing back the extreme interpretation of Islam it employed in the '90s.
Kabul's interim mayor, Hamdullah Namony, on Sunday said that only women who cannot be replaced by men, such as skilled workers in design, will be permitted to report to work, The Associated Press reported.
According to Namony, a final decision on women in Kabul municipal departments is still pending, and they will continue to earn a salary while this decision is being made.
After taking power in Afghanistan, the Taliban signaled that they would be more moderate than when they previously held power. However, parts of the international community expressed skepticism about this assurance. In the '90s, the Taliban banned women and girls from receiving an education or working. Women also were not permitted to leave their homes without a man, essentially trapping some female Afghans in their own homes.
In August, the Taliban also announced that mixed-gender classes would be banned. In a Facebook post last week, the Taliban said all male students and teachers in grades six through 12 were to return to school, notably leaving out female students and teachers in the announcement.
"They can be doctors, teachers, be educated and can work to benefit society," Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has previously said. "They are our sisters, we must show them respect. They should not be frightened. The Taliban are humans and from this country. They fought for our country. Women should be proud of us, not scared."
A group of about 50 Afghan women in the city of Herat held a protest earlier in September, demanding opportunities for work and education for themselves and their daughters.
"We want to be part of the government — no government can be formed without women. We want the Taliban to hold consultations with us," one of the protest organizers said.
Oh how nice, I’ve always wanted to work from home. )sarc)
I assume either their men condone this treatment, or refuse to fight for change. Either way, not my circus, not my monkeys.
Oh good, now they know exactly where to find them.
What we need is for our NOW vaginahat loudmouths to gather in Afghanistan and march. I’ll be willing to give to a fund for buying their airline tickets. C’mon girls, now is your time. Show them what women can do...
I should also add the feminists in this country (women, specifically) have been silent on Afghanistan.
What does a widow do in that society?
>>>bringing back the extreme interpretation of Islam it employed in the ‘90s.<<<
Uh, that would be the 1090’s, yea?
Good idea....that would send almost all the females in Holly wood!
Only Clueless Joe said he believed they wouldn’t, but then, he didn’t really believe it either.
I don’t think things are going to go so well with the Tallybon this time around. The Afghan people do not want their BS. I for see a short reign.
I feel so sorry for the women left to suffer in Afghanistan :-(
I even feel sorry for dogs we left behind.... and also any helpless stray goats..
I do to, but there is nothing we can do about it.
Sounds like a misogynist COVID lockdown.
Honestly, I don’t give a damn anymore about what goes on in that wretched country. They stood down while our American soldiers gave their lives to try to better their hellhole of a country — they didn’t fight — and that goes for the women also. They reap what they sow.
And the silence of these pussy pinkhats is deafening — I also suggest they go over there to stridently “march” and would seriously sponsor any one of them to go.
is bringing back the extreme interpretation of Islam it employed in the ‘90s.
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This is Mohammed’s interpretation of Islam, the authoritative one.
As the President of Turkey said, there is no moderate or radical Islam, there is only one Islam.
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