Afghanistan: Taliban closes universities to women

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: BBC

The Taliban have announced the closure of universities for women in Afghanistan, according to a letter by the higher education minister. The minister says the move is until further notice. It is expected to take effect immediately. It further restricts women's access to formal education, as they were already excluded from most secondary schools.

Three months ago thousands of girls and women sat university entrance exams across Afghanistan. But sweeping restrictions were imposed on the subjects they could study, with veterinary science, engineering, economics and agriculture off limits and journalism severely restricted.

After the Taliban takeover last year, universities introduced gender segregated classrooms and entrances. Female students could only be taught by women professors or old men. Responding to the latest ban, one female university student told the BBC she thought the Taliban were scared of women and their power.

"They destroyed the only bridge that could connect me with my future," she said. "How can I react? I believe that I could study and change my future or bring the light to my life but they destroyed it." Afghanistan's education sector was badly affected after the Taliban takeover and there has been an exodus of trained academics after the withdrawal of US-led forces last year.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64045497

[Eugene]

1. Step by step, the New Taliban becomes just like the Old Taliban.

Public executions in stadiums just came back. Don't be surprised when public stoning returns as well.

[spike jones]

2. And coming soon to a school near you. by the american christian taliban n/t

[maxsolomon]

12. does the US-equivalence argument always have to be made?

this is NOT coming "soon" to a school near you. women comprise the majority of college attendees in America and I don't expect that to change in the remaining 30 years I hopefully have left.

57% of the students at LIBERTY UNIVERSITY are women.

just let news about the Taliban be news about the Taliban, FFS.

[spike jones]

15. Yes, and they are being taught Bible Law where women are servitude to men.

Liberty U, Bob Jones U, Lynden Christian School, Mormon school in Rexburg where my daughter briefly attended and said the base rational for all study is their Bible. It is happening now. School boards are being populated by Christians all over the nation to control the school systems and what is taught in them. If the Christian Taliban get good control of Congress, you will be surprised at how quick it happens.
Thanks for your response. Have a good evening.

[EX500rider]

24. Since the US has always been a majority Christian Nation

I imagine School boards have always been mostly Christian dominated.

[EX500rider]

25. Can you point to any serious candidates for Congress

Who are against female education in the US?
I'm going to guess not.

[spike jones]

27. I think that no one will overtly run on radical Bible law, but they are in there working on it.

[link:https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/christian-reconstructionism-and-the-gop-biblical-justice-vs-social-justice/|

[Floyd R. Turbo]

16. 👍🏻

[Richard D]

3. I would think

That this is not unrelated to the lack of world support towards the women of Iran

[maxsolomon]

13. Except Iran is a Shiite theocracy

and the Taliban are Sunnis who control AFGHANISTAN and prefer to oppress the Shiite minority.

Different country, different Islam.

[Richard D]

14. Not religioulsy.

I am aware that they are different. But, the women of Iran are staging a revolution. This certainly could be making other Islamic states nervous and perhaps reactive.

[maxsolomon]

18. the Taliban are not banning women from University because of

the protests in Iran. They're not being reactive in that way.

They are banning women from university because that's what they did when they controlled the country previously - in the 1990s. Slowly tightening the screws, letting the facade of moderation drop as they drag the country backwards.

[RevBrotherThomas]

4. Disappointing...

...but thoroughly unsurprising.

[sakabatou]

5. No one should be surprised by this

[LiberalLovinLug]

6. Besides the obvious discrimination and sexist bigotry,

Its utter stupidity. The future of their country developing quicker, rebuilding, as well as contributions to medical doctors, and research and advancement in other industries etc... All that is cut in half by banning half of your population from higher education.

[Evolve Dammit]

7. Our presence there did make a difference. Had a co-worker who lived in Afghanistan in the 60's/70's

Had good experiences from what she told me.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. What's next?

Women banned from reading books?

[Ray Bruns]

9. Are talking about Florida or Afghanistan?

[Ray Bruns]

10. Everyone knew what was going to happen when those bastards took over.

The only thing left to do is to make sure it doesn’t happen here.

[YoshidaYui]

11. this is just sad.

Kono hanashi wa kanzen ni kanashīdesu. Kyoiku o uke rarenai josei ni dojo shimasu.

[BradAllison]

17. You just don't understand their religion....something something

These women want this something something.

[maxsolomon]

19. Who's saying that?

The Taliban?

[BradAllison]

21. Probably.....

....as well as some here who want to think there is any reason to have an "open mind" about them as a religion.

For the record I do not give a fuck what religious zealots say nor what lip lies service they pay, as I'm sure they don't care what an infidel like me says.

[maxsolomon]

22. Yeah, you're making a straw man argument.

DU doesn't have any Taliban apologists that I've ever seen.

[BradAllison]

23. Cool story bro

YMMV.

[GenThePerservering]

20. They'll always be poor,

backward and begging for help. But as long as the men are in charge, I guess that's destiny. SMH.

[stopill]

26. They're in the 9th century

Unbelievable and sad.