Taliban ban and condemns women's voices
The government of Afghanistan has ratified a law on the propagation of virtue and prevention of vice that requires women to wear veils to cover their faces.
The law condemns the sound of a woman’s voice in public as an offence against modesty, thus applying the strictest interpretation of Islamic law. The law concerning the Ministry of Virtue and Vice was ratified by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as the Taliban regime calls itself.
In addition, the dreaded ministry is to “prevent people from indulging in ethnic, linguistic and regional prejudices.” It also prohibits drivers from transporting adult women without a legal male guardian.
For men, Article 22 prohibits or condemns wearing a tie, shaving or trimming a beard to a length shorter than a fist, and combing one’s hair, as violations of Islamic law.
(MH with AmBar/Source: Agency/Photo: Unsplash)
