Standing Up to the Taliban's Burqa Decree

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Standing Up to the Taliban's Burqa Decree
Despite the Taliban's grip on power and recently introduced requirement that women cover themselves, some refuse to be intimidated. They organize demonstrations and continue to fight for their rights. We spoke to three of them.

By Julian Busch in Kabul
09.06.2022, 20.31 Uhr


(Der Spiegel) "Justice! Justice!" yells a group of women as they march through Kabul, past food and clothing shops as surprised passersby stop in their tracks to watch the scene. The women's faces are unveiled, and they are holding homemade posters reading: "Don’t Take Women Hostage!"

The 12 activists are demonstrating on this Tuesday morning in May against the Taliban’s face veil decree, which mandates that women cover their entire faces except for the eyes, and the Islamists recommend the full-body burqa as the preferred option.

After just a few minutes, armed Taliban show up on the scene, encircle the women and put an end to the demonstration. The activists would later report that they were held for several hours and released on the condition that they refrain from protesting in public in the future.

Since the Taliban’s takeover of power last August, there have been repeated demonstrations against the increasingly restrictive rules the new government has imposed. In addition to the new veil requirements, men and women are also no longer allowed to visit parks together. And schools for girls 12 and older remain shuttered.

Even if some women are refusing to wear a veil on the streets of the capital, a climate of fear continues to spread. In cases of violations of the decree, the male "custodians" of the women face monetary fines or even imprisonment. ..........(more)

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-courageous-women-of-kabul-standing-up-to-the-taliban-s-burqa-decree-a-bfe73610-b25a-4f86-bc66-33f9cac76770

[Irish_Dem]

1. What has to happen for men to stop controlling women?

Men across the planet are controlling every aspect of a woman's life.

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

2. There is NOTHING in the Koran that mandates this. Not. One. Word.

[Aristus]

3. Yeah, it only says "Dress modestly."

And, BTW, so does the Bible.