Dear MEL Topic Readers,
No music, no Western-style haircuts: UN report details life in
Afghanistan under Taliban’s moral enforcers
The Taliban is a Sunni Islamist nationalist and pro-Pashtun movement
founded in the early 1990s that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until
October 2001 before it was overthrown by the US invasion. After two decades of
insurgency, it recaptured Kabul in August 2021 from the US-backed government
and military and now controls the entire country as the Islamic Emirate of
Afghanistan. The Taliban interprets the Islamic law, Sharia, in the way they
want and imposes strict social and legal codes including harsh penalties that
are enforced by so-called morality police. The Taliban disproportionately treat
women and girls. For example, women are not allowed to go into parks or work in
public or teaching jobs. Girls are banned from secondary or higher education. When
they travel, they must be accompanied by a male guardian. Also, women are
required to cover their bodies and faces in public. These rules are enforced by
various methods, including verbal intimidation, ill-treatment, arrests,
detentions, or even public lashing. The interpretation and enforcement of “Un-Islamic”
sounds similar to “Counter-Revolutionary” during other philosophical revolutions.
Read the article and learn about what sort of life people have to endure in
Afghanistan.
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