{"id":751929,"date":"2021-09-14T15:20:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T19:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=751929"},"modified":"2021-09-14T15:20:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T19:20:31","slug":"fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-man-in-a-burqa-during-a-pro-taliban-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-man-in-a-burqa-during-a-pro-taliban-event\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show A Man In A Burqa During A Pro-Taliban Event?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Ffact-check-does-this-image-show-a-man-in-a-burqa-during-a-pro-taliban-event%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=751929&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235254061-scaled-e1631645494220.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mujib90818495\/status\/1436666329713553412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Twitter<\/a> allegedly shows a man in a burqa among a group of burqa-clad women with Taliban flags.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"3.3088235294118\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Most of them are men \ud83d\ude2e\ud83e\udd14\ud83d\ude44<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MuslimShirzad?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MuslimShirzad<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DastageerMuska?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DastageerMuska<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnisaShaheed1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AnisaShaheed1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FForotan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FForotan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShujaZaky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShujaZaky<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LNajafizada?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LNajafizada<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LinaRozbih?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LinaRozbih<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SOXFNWyGpo\">pic.twitter.com\/SOXFNWyGpo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mujib Salihi (@Mujib90818495) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mujib90818495\/status\/1436666329713553412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The photo has been digitally altered to include the bearded man\u2019s face in the front row.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of Afghan women, many of whom held pro-Taliban signs and flags, gathered in a theater at a Kabul university on Sept. 11, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/11\/world\/europe\/afghanistan-women-burqas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a> reported. The women wore burqas or niqabs as they listened to speakers talk favorably about the Taliban and the militant group\u2019s policies, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20210911-veiled-protest-afghan-women-rally-in-support-of-the-taliban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">France 24<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Following that gathering in Kabul, a picture purportedly showing a man dressed in a burqa in the foreground started circulating online. The image has been <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mujib90818495\/status\/1436666329713553412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">widely<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlyasYousafzai7\/status\/1437461416659898373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared<\/a> on Twitter. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/08\/23\/fact-check-afghan-women-chained-together\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: No, This Image Of Afghan Women Chained Together Is Not Real)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, the photo has been digitally altered to include the man\u2019s face on the figure in the front row. The original image, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khaama.com\/tens-of-university-students-protest-in-support-to-taliban-in-kabul-457457\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can be found<\/a> in an article published by the Afghan news outlet Khaama Press, shows the person\u2019s face was fully covered by a black veil.<\/p>\n<p>Lotfullah Najafizada, the head of TOLOnews TV, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LNajafizada\/status\/1436575376206090240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">also tweeted<\/a> the undoctored version of the picture on Sept. 11, saying it showed \u201cPro-Taliban women gathering in Kabul.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.1382113821138\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"in\">Pro-Taliban women gathering in Kabul. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G9GYNpzjNl\">pic.twitter.com\/G9GYNpzjNl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lotfullah Najafizada (@LNajafizada) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LNajafizada\/status\/1436575376206090240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Though the Taliban promised in August to respect women\u2019s rights within the confines of Islamic religious law, the militant group severely restricted them during its rule in the 90s, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/shariah-law-afghanistan-women.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>. Groups of Afghan women have been protesting against various Taliban measures, including the militant group\u2019s announcement of an all-male interim government and a mandatory Islamic dress code in universities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/09\/08\/asia\/afghanistan-women-taliban-government-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban on Sunday announced that it would be mandatory for there to be gender segregation and Islamic dress code in university classrooms, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/taliban-say-woman-can-study-university-classes-must-be-segregated-2021-09-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Twitter allegedly shows a man in a burqa among a group of burqa-clad women with Taliban flags. Most of them are men \ud83d\ude2e\ud83e\udd14\ud83d\ude44@MuslimShirzad @DastageerMuska @AnisaShaheed1 @FForotan &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-751929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}