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Summary
The Taliban have banned windows in homes that allow views of areas where Afghan women might be seen, citing concerns over “obscene acts.”
This new decree mandates blocking or obstructing such windows in existing and new buildings, continuing the group’s systemic repression of women since regaining control of Afghanistan in August 2021.
The Taliban’s policies have included bans on women’s education, public appearances, and voices.
Critics, including the U.N., warn these actions dangerously erode human rights, while activists call out global inaction over the ongoing oppression.
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Damn for a country that hates gay people, they REALLY hate looking at women.
No, it’s more like each extremist Muslim doesn’t want any other man looking at any of his women, because he knows what he’d be unable to stop himself from doing if he saw someone else’s woman and assumes every other man is like that.
And that line of thinking breeds generations of men who rather than might think that way, actually do think that way, making the rule even more necessary.
It’s also a lot easier for a man to punish or beat a woman than it is another man, and it’s that line of thinking which turns women into property rather than people. And property can be treated however you like.
Linux, BSD, or MacOS?
TempleOS, obviously
or maybe an Islam-specific fork?
mOSque
That’s fucking hilarious.
Reads about how Taliban take women’s rights away and shut them in the houses with no windows so men won’t be tempted to do bad things to them
🤔 Gets ideas about things we could do with CEOs so Luigi’s won’t be tempted to do bad things to them
Stop making everything about America for five minutes, will you?
It’s Newsweek, but this does sound like a thing they’d do.
Yet the one country trying to increase rights to people is hated by the rest of the world and called baby killers.
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fuck off colonialist <3
I very much will fuck off. But anger towards colonists in 2025 is a bit silly don’t you think? That is a lot of angst towards a world that doesn’t care about you.
Quick we must liberate their women by murdering them all and destroying their infrastructure. Oh look they happen to have oil. How convenient!
That’s one way to do it, but I’m not sure how much oil there is?
What country
Israel - Both genders can vote, many non-Jewish Israelis hold public offices. You can be Muslim or Christian and not fear for you life due to your belief.
Yet Israel is also committing a genocide at this current moment. Even more so since they’ve blocked humanitarian aid to Gaza. All 3 points you’ve stated are really basic freedoms that aren’t really anything to celebrate or brag about in 2024. The post is about a state currently run by an extremist terrorist organisation that seized power. Comparing this to freedoms afforded by a democratically elected government in order to justify a defense of a genocide of people in a different country more than 3000 km away who happen to share a religion with the former state is honestly bizarre.
No one wanted any of this but one area decided we’ll tolerate “Middle Eastern David Koresh” and what did he do? He thought he would attempt Project Mayhem without actually planning it through and put all the Palestinians lives in danger by hiding his tools in areas he didn’t think anyone would try to find them.
Why did every ally to Palestine refuse to assist after October? Egypt, Lebanon? And why does Saudi Arabia seem to have no issues with any of this?
Israel has segregated roads for non-Jews what are you talking about. Read the latest book by Ta Nahesi Coates.
Israel’s occupation and destruction is not increasing Palestinian rights just like nazi Germany didn’t increase jewish people’s rights.
When you learned about history, did you learn about the Kings of Phrygia? How about older history like Ancient Egypt, Anatolia? What I’m trying to say is that through 7,000 years of documented history kept by all of these countries. They all mention going to Judea or Israel. None of these countries mention going to Palestine until the Romans became involved.
When I learned history, I learned that the original inhabitants of Palestine are the cannnites. And that it was the Jews that immigrated from Egypt to their land. I also learned that they massacred the people there according to the Bible and Torah (if you believe in that).
[1 Samuel 15:3] Now go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Whats interesting to me is that despite Jews owning 5% of Palestine before the creation of the state of Israel, the UN decided to split Palestine in half and give them 50%.
Taliban doesn’t represent our religion Tbh
They may not solely represent a religion but they definitely represent it. Mormons also represent a part of a religion. As do crusaders. And the Klan. And people who circumcise women. And the child rapists in the Catholic church.
You don’t get to claim only nice things are representative and bad things aren’t as if religion as a power structure isn’t the core problem in and of itself.
Exactly, kind of. Religious fundamentalism is a fascinating concept, because basically it is exactly that - taking the fundamental ideas of the religion and using that interpretation to derive perspective and subsequent law or policy.
In a very real, significant way it’s a better representation of the religion than the watered down, culturally accepted version that moderate religious individuals will say is the ‘real’ version.
Orthodox is fundamentalism, and anything otherwise is not the actual religion, even if that is the majority, like modern Christianity.
I’d argue that they represent the word of the Quran more closely than moderate Muslims.
The taliban just takes the words of the quran wayy more strictly the Quran isn’t even strict at I all i would argue most of it is designed to protect you
If they are taking a very strict stance, it means they are deviating the least.
It’s regrettable that the most fundamentalist groups of any religion produce the most suffering, but that’s what happens when a book promotes/endorses/encourages bigotry.
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Getting fresh air in Afghanistan be like:
- Air vent
- Fan
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Entrance covered by bricks and rubble
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Saddam Hussein
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Why do fundies always spend their time on pointless bullshit instead of actually governing
Okay there’s fundies and there’s the Taliban. Those people are just insane.
Keeping the women barefoot and pregnant while doing chores and the kids fighting your feuds is governing for them
Today, Pakistan, tomorrow, USA. You might be sceptical today, but if you think it really couldn’t happen in America, you haven’t been paying nearly enough attention.
A authoritarian theocracy seizing control of the government? Sounds serious!
So when will democrats drop gun control considering this existential threat to the nation state?
Comrade, I too am a member, but the way you shifted topics here is too abrupt to provide meaningful discourse. I like to lean into the “we keep us safe” slogan.
And to the doubters: yes, target practice, firearm safety training, and mutual aid support DOES make a difference in keeping communities strong, resilient, and safe. No one in the SRA is advocating for active resistance with force to anything or anyone.
Wild topic change there!
So when will democrats drop gun control
Nearly every legislative session, iirc. More permanently, probably when school shootings stop for good.
You think you can shoot your way out of this?
The only solution would be the women rising up and stealing their husbands and brothers guns to foment a violent revolution. Sure some will probably be killed in the uprising but I’m sure it will end quickly because it would be very inconceivably stupid of the men to kill such a large number of women, then whom would they procreate with?
I wonder what the region would look like without centuries of western capitalist oppression by europe and most recently the US.
No, no… He has a point
“Centuries” aka barely one. But sure, everything is due to western imperialism. No way this religion of peace might be the issue here
Did you forget about the crusades buddy?
“The crusades are an example of capitalist oppression” sure is a hot take.
Imperialism and feudalism are just capitalism wearing different hats. One can easily say that modern capitalism is a form of neo-feudalism
The men will just go back to the traditional method of asexual budding.
And just when I thought the Taliban’s laws against women were too extreme already, they decide to do this. They quite literally can stoop way lower than I thought.
I feel so bad. Thanks for ruining my first day of 2025, Taliban.
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TIL: The Taliban are apparently Geth
They can’t be seen, can’t speak, women’s voices cannot be heard (even by other women), and now they can’t have windows.
At this point, if they have such a problem, leave the men inside in a windowless box and let women do the work. It’s men getting a half chub because they heard of someone thinking of a woman. Their obsession with women is so fucking weird. It’s like they’re the boogy man or some shit.
You’ve just re-told a story from 1905, Sultana’s Dream.
I’ll have to check it out. The Wiki makes it sound interesting already.
Yeah it’s a weird fear fr. I wish I understood it but not sure if understanding it any better would make any difference. And that’s even more labour on women yet again to figure out why are these men so scurred of women’s agency? The imbalance is unconscionable.
All these bans make it easier for abuse and violence against women and girls to proliferate
Not to support the Taliban but women are scary
We have been known to shape shift.
Dammit, don’t go around telling that to everyone! Weren’t you at the meeting?!
Aside from the obvious egregious human rights violations here, there’s going to be a lot of health repercussions for this.
Not getting enough, or any sunlight can cause vitamin d deficiency which can cause a whole host of problems. Including if a woman breastfeeds without getting enough vitamin d her baby will also be deficient. Get ready for a bunch of children who are going to be at a high risk for developing rickets.
I guess that’s the price they’re willing to pay to oppress women?
I wish the Taliban would just come out of the closet already.
