Women’s Rights in Afghanistan: What to Know About the Taliban and Islamic Law

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The takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban has stirred concerns that the group will impose its draconian interpretation of Sunni Islam on women and girls. Here's what to know about the Taliban and Islamic law when it comes to women's rights in Afghanistan.

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, the Taliban have tried to project a more moderate image than when they were last in power in the 1990s. At their first press conference, Zabiullah Mujahid, the spokesman for the Taliban, pledged to respect the rights of women within the limits of Islam, but didn’t elaborate on what those limits are.

“We would like to assure the international community that there’s not going to be any discrimination against women,” he said. “But of course within the framework that we have. Our women are Muslim.”The possible range of restrictions—on women’s dress, on the range of jobs that will be open to women and on the extent to which gender segregation will be imposed—are causing many inside and outside Afghanistan to fear the worst for women’s freedoms.

 

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They want legitimacy but only among the radical elements of the Middle East. And they just got it. In spades.

There's no such thing as Sunnite or Shiite Islam. The Islamic commandments and prohibitions apply equally to men and women throughout the five continents.

no burqa, no forced marriage!!!!!!

What are western feminists gonna do: set up a hash tag, shame them individually in social media, complain about sexism, try to get taliban fired from their jobs, lobby a new law? Or that only for differing opinions in the west.

What if they take away their right to choose? President Xi should bomb any country that does.

US army withdrawing Afghanistan after giving them love , peace and democracy . This is the American terrorism . Afghanistan

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Julian Assange speaking in 2011: 'The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite. The goal is an endless war, not a successful war'

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