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janterry

(4,429 posts) Fri Sep 17, 2021, 02:36 PM Sep 2021

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Taliban ban girls from secondary education in Afghanistan

The Taliban have effectively banned girls from secondary education in Afghanistan, by ordering high schools to re-open only for boys.

Girls were not mentioned in Friday’s announcement, which means boys will be back at their desks next week after a one-month hiatus, while their sisters will still be stuck at home.

The Taliban education ministry said secondary school classes for boys in grades seven to 12 would resume on Saturday, the start of the Afghan week. “All male teachers and students should attend their educational institutions,” the statement said. The future of girls and female teachers, stuck at home since the Taliban took control, was not addressed.

The edict makes Afghanistan the only country on earth to bar half its population from getting a secondary education.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/17/taliban-ban-girls-from-secondary-education-in-afghanistan

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Taliban ban girls from secondary education in Afghanistan (Original Post) janterry Sep 2021 OP

Repugnant. They must be really afraid of girls and women. Joinfortmill Sep 2021 #1

Why do they hate women so intensely? Wicked Blue Sep 2021 #2

It's really a basic tenet of every religion I know of. PSPS Sep 2021 #3

Not in Wicca, thank Goddess Wicked Blue Sep 2021 #6

And sections of each (or most) of these religions have renounced... electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #7

Ain't religion great. The Christian Taliban in the US must be thinking, what can they do. RKP5637 Sep 2021 #4

On (back then) Air America Radio it was either (or both) Mike Malloy, or Thom Hartman talked about. electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #9

We all knew this was coming. Ray Bruns Sep 2021 #5

You're probably right. It's Horrific. electric_blue68 Dec 2021 #8

Joinfortmill

(16,604 posts)

1. Repugnant. They must be really afraid of girls and women.

Reply to janterry (Original post)

Fri Sep 17, 2021, 02:41 PM

Sep 2021

Wicked Blue

(6,748 posts)

2. Why do they hate women so intensely?

Reply to janterry (Original post)

Fri Sep 17, 2021, 02:45 PM

Sep 2021

There are various levels of misogyny around the world. Isn't there any way to eradicate it?

PSPS

(14,190 posts)

3. It's really a basic tenet of every religion I know of.

Reply to Wicked Blue (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 17, 2021, 02:49 PM

Sep 2021

Wicked Blue

(6,748 posts)

6. Not in Wicca, thank Goddess

Reply to PSPS (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 17, 2021, 06:58 PM

Sep 2021

electric_blue68

(18,607 posts)

7. And sections of each (or most) of these religions have renounced...

Reply to PSPS (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 1, 2021, 10:41 PM

Dec 2021

rejected these old messages, and acted accordingly.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

4. Ain't religion great. The Christian Taliban in the US must be thinking, what can they do.

Reply to janterry (Original post)

Fri Sep 17, 2021, 02:51 PM

Sep 2021

electric_blue68

(18,607 posts)

9. On (back then) Air America Radio it was either (or both) Mike Malloy, or Thom Hartman talked about.

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 1, 2021, 10:47 PM

Dec 2021

who talked about the Christian Dominists.
Was I (still am) appalled!

Ray Bruns

(4,717 posts)

5. We all knew this was coming.

Reply to janterry (Original post)

Fri Sep 17, 2021, 02:52 PM

Sep 2021

The taliban haven't changed. They were waiting for the western press to leave before they started their misogynistic programs.

electric_blue68

(18,607 posts)

8. You're probably right. It's Horrific.

Reply to Ray Bruns (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 1, 2021, 10:43 PM

Dec 2021

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