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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(114,487 posts) Mon Aug 26, 2024, 02:26 PM Aug 26

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The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women's voices and bare faces in public

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under new laws approved by the supreme leader in efforts to combat vice and promote virtue.

The laws were issued Wednesday after they were approved by supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, a government spokesman said. The Taliban had set up a ministry for the “propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice” after seizing power in 2021.

The ministry published its vice and virtue laws on Wednesday that cover aspects of everyday life like public transportation, music, shaving and celebrations.

They are set out in a 114-page, 35-article document seen by The Associated Press and are the first formal declaration of vice and virtue laws in Afghanistan since the takeover.

https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-vice-virtue-laws-women-9626c24d8d5450d52d36356ebff20c83

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The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women's voices and bare faces in public (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 26 OP

That's what happens when you allow religion to rule instead of secular law. Lonestarblue Aug 26 #1

Secular law could do the same thing.. whathehell Aug 26 #3

It's not religion. It is the male patriarchy using religion as an excuse. Irish_Dem Aug 26 #4

Project 2025 folks furiously scribbling this down. Should be added to their site in 20 minutes. BamaRefugee Aug 26 #2

They're going to put MEN with scraggly beatds into those shrouds? Warpy Aug 26 #5

Lonestarblue

(11,558 posts)

1. That's what happens when you allow religion to rule instead of secular law.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Aug 26, 2024, 02:30 PM

Aug 26

whathehell

(29,639 posts)

3. Secular law could do the same thing..

Reply to Lonestarblue (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 26, 2024, 02:36 PM

Aug 26

Patriarchy isn't dependent on religion.

Irish_Dem

(55,825 posts)

4. It's not religion. It is the male patriarchy using religion as an excuse.

Reply to Lonestarblue (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 26, 2024, 02:58 PM

Aug 26

To enslave and subjugate women.

BamaRefugee

(3,695 posts)

2. Project 2025 folks furiously scribbling this down. Should be added to their site in 20 minutes.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Aug 26, 2024, 02:31 PM

Aug 26

Warpy

(113,093 posts)

5. They're going to put MEN with scraggly beatds into those shrouds?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Aug 26, 2024, 06:47 PM

Aug 26

Keep going, assholes, you're in self satire territory now. A few more of these decrees and your houses are going to start burning down.

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