news Taliban bans windows near women

[Revolution]

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The Taliban's supreme leader has issued an order banning the construction of windows in residential buildings that overlook areas used by Afghan women and saying that existing ones should be blocked.

 

According to a statement released late Saturday by the Taliban government spokesman, new buildings should not have windows through which it is possible to see "the courtyard, kitchen, neighbour's well and other places usually used by women".

 

"Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts," according to the decree posted by government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on social media platform X.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241229-taliban-leader-bans-windows-overlooking-women-s-areas

 

This new restriction comes after they:

• Required women's faces and bodies to be covered
• Banned women from leaving home without male guardian
• Banned women from speaking or singing outside their homes

• Banned post-primary education for women

• Banned women from going to parks or other public places

• Banned men and women who are unrelated from looking at each other's faces and bodies

 

[TOKYO.]

Can we ban these government men from having their rights stripped and revoked?

[HeavyMetalAura]

How do the "we shouldn't intervene in other countries" and "we should respect all religions" people feel about this?

 

I'm not being sarcastic, I'm genuinely asking what the intelligent ethical argument is there. 

[narid]

18 minutes ago, Revolution said:

Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts

Maybe men should stop doing 'obscene acts' when seeing women working in kitchens? WTF! 

[Space Cowboy]

F*ck whoever says that all cultures are equal and all cultures should be respected. My culture is WAY better than that   

[Communion]

13 minutes ago, HeavyMetalAura said:

How do the "we shouldn't intervene in other countries" and "we should respect all religions" people feel about this?

 

I'm not being sarcastic, I'm genuinely asking what the intelligent ethical argument is there. 

The morally consistent position that the only workable solution is to simply offer Afghan women asylum within countries who have the economies that can support refugee populations aka most Western nations.

 

Those who hold the view that they do not want refugees in their nation should be asked to answer for how their view is a far more complicit endorsement of support for the above than those who prefer humanitarian intervention over military intervention. 

 

If one doesn't support Muslim refugees coming to the West, they essentially support forcing women in Afghanistan to live like the above, no?

Edited December 30, 2024 by Communion

[Pheromosa]

1 hour ago, HeavyMetalAura said:

How do the "we shouldn't intervene in other countries" and "we should respect all religions" people feel about this?

 

I'm not being sarcastic, I'm genuinely asking what the intelligent ethical argument is there. 

What is there to gain by interfering?

[HausOfPunk]

1 hour ago, Communion said:

The morally consistent position that the only workable solution is to simply offer Afghan women asylum within countries who have the economies that can support refugee populations aka most Western nations.

Ok, but how do the women leave the country in the first place?

[Davidoff]

Oh but marrying an 11 year old is totally acceptable. Got it. 

[velocity]

38 minutes ago, Davidoff said:

Oh but marrying an 11 year old is totally acceptable. Got it. 

of course it is, their pedo prophet did the same after all

 

OT: this is beyond vile, these women need to be saved from these animals

[Trent W]

Completely ridiculous and inhuman

 

That religion is disgusting honestly 

 

Not one good thing has ever come from it 

 

I don't care about a culture that does this level of damage to humans

[AvadaKedavra]

That country turned into a modern handmaid tale

[Wasp]

Lets all be respectful of different cultures and values. 

[jezebelvictoria]

29 minutes ago, Wasp said:

Lets all be respectful of different cultures and values. 

No. 

[Rv1709]

1 hour ago, Wasp said:

Lets all be respectful of different cultures and values. 

Not at the cost of egalitarian human rights 

[blown away]

1 hour ago, Wasp said:

Lets all be respectful of different cultures and values. 

Let's not. Cultures that not only disrespect people like me, but actually want to eradicate them don't deserve my respect in the slightest.

[XDNA]

The paradox of tolerance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

[Frozen99]

5 hours ago, Communion said:

If one doesn't support Muslim refugees coming to the West, they essentially support forcing women in Afghanistan to live like the above, no?

this is one of the stupidest takes on the issue, i've seen.

[l3disko]

5 hours ago, Communion said:

If one doesn't support Muslim refugees coming to the West, they essentially support forcing women in Afghanistan to live like the above, no?

[ClashAndBurn]

It's been so neat watching the people on this hellsite evolve into neocons that want to pour endless resources that we aren't even willing to spend to improve life at home and impose Western values on people that have rejected us time and time again and do not want our intervention.

 

Every time we've involved ourselves in the Middle East, we've made life worse for them. Some introspection as to why the reaction to our invasions and occupations is always further radicalization and terrorism would be ideal for the Cheney Chickenhawks here.  

[Communion]

33 minutes ago, Frozen99 said:

this is one of the stupidest takes on the issue, i've seen.

So you hate the Taliban but also think women should suffer under the Taliban to not disrupt ethnic and racial ratios within your nation. Interesting. 

[Communion]

4 hours ago, HausOfPunk said:

Ok, but how do the women leave the country in the first place?

You're asking me to explain how the refugee system works? Are you confused what political dissidents are?

[MattieB]

The dream of conservative men, soon to be America

[MattieB]

5 hours ago, Wasp said:

Lets all be respectful of different cultures and values. 

[Sheep]

3 hours ago, XDNA said:

The paradox of tolerance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

A LOT of people who think they lean progressive have been duped by social media into supporting insanely backwards ideologies. It's such a weird phenomenon 

 

I'm sure anybody living in the west has encountered Christians who would cause just as much harm if given the chance. They don't though because we never give them that chance, the religion of peace rhetoric is literally the exact same as people back home committing hate crimes under the guise of religious freedom, but at an institutional level.

 

 

You can accept the validity of different belief systems and coexist peacefully but that doesn't necessitate accepting every belief.