Taliban’s first formal legislation since returning to power three years ago covers every aspect of Afghan life
. Roza Otunbayeva, head of the UN’s mission in the country, said the Taliban ’s first formal legislation, approved by supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada last week, compounded “already intolerable restrictions” on the rights of women and girls, with “even the sound of a female voice outside the home” apparently deemed a moral violation.
The powers of the vice and virtue ministry have been expanded to regulate personal conduct and administer punishments for infractions of the law laid down in a 114-page text with 35 articles that cover every aspect of Afghan life. “We assure you that this Islamic law will be of great help in the promotion of virtue and the elimination of vice,” ministry spokesman Maulvi Abdul Ghafar Farooq said. Enforcers are authorised to detain and fine individuals who breach the law.
Radio Free Europe quoted Afghan journalist Sami Yousafzai, who said Taliban restrictions against women stem from the customs and cultural practices of Pushtun tribal communities in eastern and southern Afghanistan. By contrast, 50 Muslim majority states abide by the declaration by the prophet Muhammad that says: “Education is not only the right, but the duty of every Muslim, male or female.”
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