{"id":2329359,"date":"2024-08-22T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-institutes-extreme-new-crackdown-on-women\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T16:25:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T20:25:35","slug":"taliban-institutes-extreme-new-crackdown-on-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-institutes-extreme-new-crackdown-on-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Institutes Extreme New Crackdown on Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaliban-institutes-extreme-new-crackdown-on-women%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2329359&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Taliban has introduced new laws in Afghanistan that ban women from\u200c showing their faces \u2062or using their voices in public as part \u200cof its effort to promote virtue and prevent vice, according to a recent announcement from\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ayatollah-iran-in-no-hurry-to-see-u-s-return-to-nuclear-deal\/\" title=\"Ayatollah: Iran in no hurry to see U.S. return to nuclear deal\">supreme leader<\/a>. \u2063These laws, approved by\u200d Hibatullah Akhundzada, cover various aspects \u200bof daily\u200b life,\u200b including regulations on public transportation, music, \u2064and\u200d interactions between unrelated men and women. Women are mandated to wear\u200b full-body coverings at all times and\u2062 must not be seen or heard publicly, with\u200c specific rules \u2063about their interactions with men. The\u2064 laws are outlined in \u2063a lengthy document and \u200dempower\u200c authorities to enforce these rules through \u2064warnings \u2062or arrests. The\u200d Taliban&#8217;s Ministry \u2064for \u2064the \u201cPropagation of Virtue\u2063 and Prevention of Vice\u201d is increasing its influence over public life and media,\u2062 raising concerns among human rights\u200b advocates about the impact these \u200drestrictions will have, particularly on women and girls. A\u200d recent U.N. report highlighted \u200dthe climate of\u2063 fear fostered\u200b by these decrees, although the Taliban has dismissed this \u200creport.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>Afghanistan&rsquo;s Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women&rsquo;s voices and bare faces in public under new laws approved by the supreme leader in efforts to combat vice and promote virtue.<\/p>\n<p>The laws were issued Wednesday after they were approved by supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, a government spokesman said. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/taliban-uses-american-equipment-mock-us-anniversary-bidens-afghanistan-debacle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Taliban<\/a> had set up a ministry for the &ldquo;propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice&rdquo; after seizing power in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry published its vice and virtue laws on Wednesday that cover aspects of everyday life like public transportation, music, shaving and celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>They are set out in a 114-page, 35-article document and are the first formal declaration of vice and virtue laws in Afghanistan since the takeover.<\/p>\n<p>The laws empower the ministry to be at the frontline of regulating personal conduct, administering punishments like warnings or arrest if enforcers allege that Afghans have broken the laws.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Article 13 relates to women. It says it is mandatory for a woman to veil her body at all times in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/catholic-organization-creates-ai-priest-defrocks-almost-immediately-public-outcry-specific-detail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public<\/a> and that a face covering is essential to avoid temptation and tempting others. Clothing should not be thin, tight or short.<\/p>\n<p>Women are obliged to cover themselves in front of non-Muslim males and females to avoid being corrupted. A woman&rsquo;s voice is deemed intimate and so should not be heard singing, reciting, or reading aloud in public. It is forbidden for women to look at men they are not related to by blood or marriage and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>Article 17 bans the publication of images of living beings, threatening an Afghan media landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Article 19 bans the playing of music, the transportation of solo female travelers, and the mixing of men and women who are not related to each other. The law also obliges passengers and drivers to perform prayers at designated times.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ministry website, the promotion of virtue includes prayer, aligning the character and behavior of Muslims with Islamic law, encouraging women to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-teacher-accused-of-forcibly-removing-students-hijab-her-lawyer-says-it-didnt-happen\/\" title=\"New Jersey Teacher Accused Of Forcibly Removing Student\u2019s Hijab. Her Lawyer Says It Didn\u2019t Happen.\">wear hijab<\/a>, and inviting people to comply with the five pillars of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/islamist-radical-stabs-tourist-death-cries-allahu-akbar-officials-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islam<\/a>. It also says the elimination of vice involves prohibiting people from doing things forbidden by Islamic law.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, a U.N. report said the ministry was contributing to a climate of fear and intimidation among Afghans through edicts and the methods used to enforce them.<\/p>\n<p>It said the ministry&rsquo;s role was expanding into other areas of public life, including media monitoring and eradicating drug addiction.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Given the multiple issues outlined in the report, the position expressed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-n-isis-present-in-every-province-of-afghanistan-after-only-3-months-of-taliban-rule\/\" title=\"U.N.: ISIS Present in Every Province of Afghanistan After Only 3 Months of Taliban Rule\">de facto authorities<\/a> that this oversight will be increasing and expanding gives cause for significant concern for all Afghans, especially women and girls,&rdquo; said Fiona Frazer, the head of the human rights service at the U.N. mission in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sick-new-detail-emerges-biden-gold-star-families-afghanistan-disaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban rejected the U.N. report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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These laws were announced on Wednesday following approval from the supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, according to a government spokesperson. Since taking control in 2021, the Taliban established a ministry dedicated to &#8220;propagating virtue and preventing vice,&#8221; which released these comprehensive guidelines covering various aspects of daily life such as transportation, music, grooming, and celebrations. The newly published 114-page document consists of 35 articles and marks the first official set of vice and virtue laws since the Taliban&#8217;s return to power.<\/p>\n<p>Among these regulations is Article 13, which mandates that women must cover their bodies at all times in public; face coverings are deemed necessary to prevent temptation. Women are required to dress modestly\u2014avoiding thin or tight clothing\u2014and must cover themselves around non-Muslim men and women. Additionally, women&#8217;s voices are considered private; thus singing or reading aloud in public is prohibited. Women are also forbidden from looking at unrelated men.<\/p>\n<p>Article 17 prohibits publishing images of living beings, posing a threat to Afghan media outlets. Article 19 bans playing music, allows solo female travelers only under certain conditions, and restricts interactions between unrelated men and women. The law further requires passengers and drivers to pray at specified times.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ministry&#8217;s website, promoting virtue includes encouraging prayer adherence among Muslims while discouraging actions against Islamic law as part of eliminating vice. A recent U.N. report indicated that this ministry has fostered an atmosphere of fear among Afghans through its decrees and enforcement methods while expanding its influence into other areas like media oversight.<\/p>\n<p>Fiona Frazer from the U.N.&#8217;s human rights service expressed significant concern over this increasing oversight by authorities for all Afghans but particularly for women and girls due to various issues highlighted in the report. 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