Afghanistan's Taliban order women to cover up head to toe
Had Trump succeeded in becoming the 2020 President I have no doubt we have our own US Supreme Court Vice and Virtue Ministry
https://www.khou.com/article/news/nation-world/afghanistans-taliban-order-women-to-cover-up/507-65376379-55e3-4b2a-b706-e96443175798
KABUL, Afghanistan Afghanistans Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public, a sharp hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights activists and was bound to further complicate Taliban dealings with an already distrustful international community.
The decree, which calls for women to only show their eyes and recommends they wear the head-to-toe burqa, evoked similar restrictions on women during the Taliban's previous rule between 1996 and 2001.
We want our sisters to live with dignity and safety, said Khalid Hanafi, acting minister for the Talibans vice and virtue ministry.
The Taliban previously decided against reopening schools to girls above grade 6, reneging on an earlier promise and opting to appease their hard-line base at the expense of further alienating the international community.
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For all dignified Afghan women wearing Hijab is necessary and the best Hijab is chadori (the head-to-toe burqa) which is part of our tradition and is respectful, said Shir Mohammad, an official from the vice and virtue ministry in a statement.
Those women who are not too old or young must cover their face, except the eyes, he said.
The decree added that if women had no important work outside it is better for them to stay at home. Islamic principles and Islamic ideology are more important to us than anything else, Hanafi said.
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