The latest decree by the Taliban has taken the oppression of women to unimaginable extremes. Under the guise of Sharia, women are being forced into silence and darkness. They will wear full black coverings, a Burqa shall conceal their face and eyes. Moreover, it shall cover even their hands and feet. Additionally, these women are no longer allowed to speak or be heard in public.
The newly modified morality rules ban women from reading, reciting, or singing in public. Additionally, these women are not allowed to look at a man. This rabid group of militant-turned-statesmen have taken aout a 114 page document to police every aspect of women in public life.
Hence, the Taliban have condemned all Afghan women in the name of their One-God to live as ghosts, unseen and unheard – almost caged in the inner sanctums of their homes!
Taliban: The Nightmare Of Afghan Women
The Taliban’s new laws are not just restrictive. They aim to erase the very existence of women from Afghanistan’s public society. Initially presented as suggestions for modesty, these rules turned into vicious and violently enforced dictates. Finally, yesterday, the hopes for freedom by Afghan women are lost forever. Afghani women now face a bleak future, where they are mere silent, black shadows of their male guardians.
And even when women shall be accompanied in public, they must move in silence, shrouded in full black, invisible to the world.
The world needs to understand that this is not merely a conservative interpretation of religion. It is a deliberate attempt to erase women from public life. Their bodies, their voices, and their very presence are being systematically removed. What is left for them? A life confined to the fringes of society, without any hope of liberation!
Afghanistan Under Taliban: A War-Driven Society
The Taliban’s love for war is well-known. This hyper-charged group of war mongers wrested the nation out of the control of a democratic government. Thus, today Afghanistan is a nation ruled by brute militants-turned-lawmakers! However, their love for war isn’t just directed outward. It is a force that tears at the fabric of Afghan society itself.
The latest reports state that the Taliban armies are restless.
Hence, unable to find purpose in peacetime, they turn their aggression inward towards their women. However, helpless and powerless, women are unable to quench their thirst for conflict. The Taliban thrives on conflict and is unable to sit still in a country they now control. So analysts observe that their aggression will soon spill into Pakistan.
The Taliban forces are war-hungry and, currently, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa looks like a delicacy that checks all their boxes a conflict!
Taliban spokesman:
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— United Global South Info (@WeGlobalSouth) August 23, 2024
This never-ending internal restlessness speaks to the fundamental nature of the Taliban. They are not scholars, despite the meaing of their name. They are brutes and warriors, forged in conflict, who crave a return to the 6th century under Sharia.
Under their rule, Afghanistan is being dragged into a time warp, where war and violence were the only paths for men, and women were mere commodities or possessions without voices and identities.
The Deafening Silence of the World
Consequently, the tragedy unfolding in Afghanistan raises urgent questions for global women’s empowerment movements. Will they rally to the cause of Afghan women? Or will they remain silent as their sisters are erased? Where are those powers who vouched for the Taliban 2.0? Where are the voices of Rana Ayyubs, Arfa Khanums, and Sayeema condemning these laws? Why is the UN’s Human Rights Obeserver silent? Is this not Gender Aparthied?
While the human rights NGOs watch quietly, the Taliban continues its assault on women’s rights, stripping them of their humanity.
This is not just an Afghan problem, it is a global issue. Taliban presents the world of Sharia to the Ummah. Hence, every devout Muslim wants to live in a society similar to that in Afghanistan. Hence, for every woman who is silenced in Afghanistan, the shockwaves of her silence are a blow to the rights of women everywhere. The Taliban’s actions should alarm us all. Their mindset is dangerous, rooted in a deep-seated belief that women are inferior, to be controlled and hidden away.
Therefore, if left unchallenged and unchecked, this ideology will spread throughout the Muslim world.
Thereafter, it will threaten the hard-won rights of women across the globe.
Hence, women cannot afford to stay silent. Each female must speak up for the Afghan women who can no longer speak for themselves. Moreover, the world must fight for a future where no woman lives as a ghost in her own land, silenced and unseen. The world owes it to Afghan women to stand with them in their time of need! The women of world need to come together to fight for their freedom, dignity, and the right to simply exist.