New Taliban Law Rules For Women In Afghanistan More Restrictions Temptations Loud Voice Vice and Virtue Law
ABP NewsNew Taliban Law: In its latest diktat for the country's women, the Taliban government of Afghanistan has ordered that they must not talk in loud voices, because that will be considered "immodest". The new law governing the 'Ministry of Vice and Virtue' tightens the existing restrictions as it tells women to cover their faces entirely while in public, and not travel in taxis without a male guardian, TOLO News reported. Rules For Women To 'Prevent Temptation' One of the most significant sections of this law is Article 13, which emphasises that women must cover their faces to prevent “temptation". 'Restrictions Are Increasing Every Day' "According to this law, the aforementioned ministry is obliged to command the good and forbid the evil in accordance with Islamic Sharia and Hanafi jurisprudence, while also ensuring peace and brotherhood among the people by discouraging ethnic, linguistic, and regional prejudices," the TOLO report quoted Barkatullah Rasooli, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice, as saying.