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See also Government of Afghanistan. Things that are said to have been banned in parts of Afghanistan under the Taliban regime: *reading books (other than the Koran, presumably) [source: Robert Young Pelton] *cameras *soccer *paper bags *canaries and other singing birds (decadent) *cinema, television and VCR (decadent, graven image, promotes non-muslim ideas) [news.bbc.co.uk] *internet (though users can log into uncensored ISP's in Pakistan) [newsbytes.com] *music (except islamic religious music) [newsbytes.com] [borndigital.com borndigital.com] [news.bbc.co.uk] *promotion of non-muslim ideas *bicycles (?freedom of movement?) *women without complete body coverings [newsbytes.com] [phrusa.org] [borndigital.com] *women working outside the home (except in health care when kept separate from male workers and patients) [time.com] [news.bbc.co.uk] [phrusa.org] *women going on picnics or to tourist resorts *kite-flying (wastes time better spent studying Quran) *converting people from Islam (death penalty for Afgan convert, expulsion for foreign national) *growing opium poppies. This prohibition has been rewarded by a $43 million increase in drought help by the US in May 2001 [1] Practices Reported in Afghanistan: *amputating prisoners' body parts [news.bbc.co.uk]; see Sharia for this practice in other countries *public executions [news.bbc.co.uk]; see Sharia for this practice in other countries *recently destroying ancient Buddhist statues *use of torture to obtain confession; no provision for legal counsel if arrested *In a move reminiscent of the requirement that Jews wear the Yellow Star of David in Nazi Germany, on May 22, 2001, the Taliban issued an order that Hindus and other non-Muslims must wear a yellow identity symbol [U.S. House resolution of condemnation]. This policy was quickly dropped in June of the same year, after pressure from Pakistan, although Hindus were still required to carry a special identification card. *men are beaten or jailed for having beards of insufficient length [phrusa.org] *women are not permitted to wear white socks or shoes, nor to wear shoes that make noise when walking [phrusa.org] *women suffer physical punishment if showing face in public [phrusa.org] *houses with women present must have windows painted over [phrusa.org] *women health care is restricted; women cannot seek medical attention without a male escort [news.bbc.co.uk] [phrusa.org] *formal schooling for women much reduced. Some girls are still being educated in home schools, especially in the north and east. Education in general is very poor, with little formal schooling available for boys as well.[borndigital.com][BBC on bans on girls school early in regime] [time.com][closing of girls home schools in 1998][Unicef figures for some home schools for girls in 1999] *women are beaten for going outside without a male relative [newsbytes.com] [phrusa.org] See also: Taliban treatment of women /Talk? |
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