Posted on 10/28/2024 9:52:01 AM PDT by TigerClaws
In a new escalation of restrictions on women, Taliban official Khalid Hanafi, the minister for the propagation of virtue and prevention of vice, announced that adult women in Afghanistan are now forbidden from allowing their voices to be heard by other women. Hanafi emphasized that women must refrain from performing Takbir—an Islamic prayer—or reciting the Quran aloud when in the presence of other women.
This announcement has provoked widespread outrage among Afghan women and rights advocates. Samira, a midwife in Herat, shared her frustration: “I have been working in clinics in remote areas for eight years, but in these last two months, the Taliban’s oversight has intensified.” She explained that health care workers are now barred from speaking with male companions of female patients, further complicating their work. “They don’t even allow us to speak at checkpoints when we go to work,” she added.
Hanafi defended the new rule, stating that if women are not allowed to perform Takbir, they should certainly not be allowed to sing. The regulations now require women to cover all parts of their bodies, including their faces, and silence their voices even within their homes.
Women’s rights activists have condemned the directive, saying it cripples women’s ability to live normal lives. One activist remarked, “How are women supposed to buy food, seek medical help, or even exist if their voices are forbidden?”
The Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has come under global scrutiny for its harsh policies. The United Nations and various human rights organizations have condemned the Taliban’s systematic rollbacks on women’s rights, which have left Afghan women with almost no freedom. In addition to the voice restriction, the ministry has also banned visual images of living beings in public broadcasts.
Anyone remember the female reporter asking the Taliban about women's rights at a press conference? Morons.
Need to do that here.
I’ve never seen a race of men so frightened and wimpy when it comes to women.
Well if the NOW gang doesn’t care about it, why should I?
Part if this is a result of Biden’s disastrous policies but part of it is the fact that some cultures are not and likely won’t be Western liberal cultures no matter how much time and money the US pours into them. Its sad and regrettable that women in these countries are treated like slaves and second-class citizens. And we all would like that to be different. But after billions of dollars and more than a decade of education that didn’t work, I’m at a loss to think of what can be done that will work.
Now there is at least one place in the world where people can enjoy peace and quiet.(sarc.)
Maybe joe can get hired to teach the art of the whisper.
And especially during child-birth.
"Hey, keep in down in there, will ya? I'm trying to enjoy another stoning on tv!"
Regards,
Not my circus, not my monkeys. As long as Afghanistan leaves the rest of the world alone, I don’t care.
Afghanistan was a very different country in the mid-20th century:
So was Iran.
I expect the mainstream media will do an extensive investigative report on this issue in the coming weeks...just kidding,... they won’t say a word about it, no one will care especially womens rights groups.
We went into Afghanistan because they were supporting terrorism outside of Afghanistan, not because of what they were doing in the country.
By all accounts, the current Taliban government is not engaging in terrorism outside of Afghanistan.
The problem is the islamists won't leave the rest of the world alone.
They want to subjugate the entire world to islam.
And this is what they're like when they have total control.
We need to fight it here in the US.
Iran is a much bigger threat than Afghanistan, and if anything The Taliban hates the Iranians.
Kamala Harris likes these people and wants to remind everyone that the real problem today is the Jews.
I’m talking about what the Taliban were and are doing; not about our involvement there.
The Taliban are primitive idiots.
“Need to do that here.”
That would be the silver lining of an islamic takeover. All those liberal women supporting muslims so they can feel all inclusive, then watching them get shut down and regarded as chattel by their islamic betters. And as an added bonus, we could watch progressive gays thrown off of buildings.
If I sound bitter, it’s because I am.
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