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8/30/2024

Topic Reading-Vol.4511-8/30/2024

Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Taliban bans the sound of women’s voices singing or reading in public
Following the fall of the government and its security forces of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban seized power and restored the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Since then, the Taliban regime has deprived women and girls of their right to education, social activity, and human rights. For example, girls are limited only to elementary education, and women aren’t allowed to go out unless accompanied by their husbands or a male relative. Recently, the Taliban issued new laws that mandate women to veil their bodies at all times in public and cover their faces to avoid tempting others. Also, women are prohibited from looking at men and their voices shouldn’t be heard singing, reciting, or reading aloud in public. The newly issued 35-article document clarifies vice and virtue laws that have been implemented from time to time in the last three years. While quite a few female Muslim athletes took part in the Paris Olympic Games, Afghan girls and women are still under strict dress and conduct codes by very different interpretations of Sharia, Islamic religious laws that govern aspects of day-to-day life for Muslims, from other Islamic states.
Read the article and learn about the new Afghan laws that further deprive women’s rights.

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