Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Thursday, adding that religious scholars in the country agree that a woman must keep her face covered when outside the home.
Didn’t they super duper pinky swear not to do this shit when they took over?
They “promised” it to provide plausible deniability and to reduce widespread outrage that could trigger a state to intervene with the process. Everyone knew they were going to ramp up the misogyny sooner or later.
A woman has her own value and that value decreases by men looking at her.
I didn’t know men had that kind of super power. The ability to decrease value of something just by looking at it. Can we harness this power to decrease home prices?
In white suburbs you only need a bus load of ethnic minorities. Prices drop instantly and they don’t even need to stare full time.
Religion of peace…
It is truly ridiculous that we have any religion existing in todays society.
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that”
— George Carlin
It doesn’t surprise me in the least how popular religion is. More people than you’d like to think believe in healing crystals, “auras,” and the like and think they are different than religion. Superstition or tribalism instead of science still reigns supreme
Yes.
These guys are constantly telegraphing to the world that they are rabid, crazy sex perverts who cannot be controlled (so therefore all temptation must be removed). I wonder if they realize how much they are telling everyone about themselves and their dirty, dirty little minds.
So they are trading goods?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Taliban, who took over the country in August of 2021, has cited the failure of women to observe the proper way to wear the hijab, or Islamic headscarf, as a reason for barring them from most public spaces, including parks, jobs and university.
Molvi Mohammad Sadiq Akif, the spokesman for the Taliban’s Ministry of Vice and Virtue, said in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press that if women’s faces are visible in public there is a possibility of fitna, or falling into sin.
On Wednesday, U.N. special envoy Gordon Brown said the International Criminal Court should prosecute Taliban leaders for crimes against humanity for denying education and employment to Afghan girls and women.
Akif, who is the main spokesman for the Vice and Virtue Ministry, did not answer questions about the bans, including whether any of them could be lifted if there were to be universal adherence to hijab rules.
The Taliban government also says it has destroyed the “evils” of drinking alcohol and bacha bazi, a practice in which wealthy or powerful men exploit boys for entertainment, especially dancing and sexual activities.
Women are forbidden from entering ministry premises, some of the guards who were on duty Thursday told The AP, although there is a female-only security screening hut.
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You think this guy cups his own balls while he sleeps? I bet he does. That face says he does.