The hijab is mandated in Islam because keeping men from being tempted is solely a woman’s responsibility, and she is punished if he is tempted anyway. This prohibition is designed also to protect men from being tempted; any woman who protests will be seen as immoral. Feminists in the West will, as always, ignore this entirely.
“Ban on Afghan Girls Singing National Anthem in Public Draws Backlash,” by Ayesha Tanzeem, VOA News, March 11, 2021 (thanks to Tom):
ISLAMABAD – Afghanistan’s Education Ministry is facing fierce criticism for banning girls over 12 years of age from singing the national anthem in mixed gender gatherings.
The order, dated March 6, came to light Wednesday when someone took a picture of the notice circulated to educational institutions and posted it on social media.
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), the nations official human rights body, called it a violation of children’s rights, the constitution, and international conventions.
“The right to education, freedom of expression and access to artistic skills is a fundamental right of all children, without discrimination based on age or sex. All boys and girls can enjoy their rights equally and freely within the law,” AIHRC said on its official Twitter account.
Roya Ahmedi, a 17-year-old high school student in Kabul, is a member of her high school’s band.
“When I heard this news from social media, it was very disappointing for me because this decision was taken by an organization where a woman is the determiner (decision maker),” she said.
She was referring to Afghanistan’s Acting Education Minister Rangina Hamidi….
Valkyrie Ziege says
; Somewhere, democrats can be heard openly weeping.
PRCS says
No telling what thoughts elderly Afghan men might have at the sight of burqa-clad 13 year old girls.
Hoi Polloi says
Well, Afghanistan’s Acting Education Minister Rangina Hamidi joins the club of UN officials and feminists who see nothing wrong. I guess their inerrant Koran forgot to mention stirring nationalism in a 12.1 year old girl in a wool tent as a primary force in the downfall of men. They’ll have to use a stick-on note to add that so no man is led astray.
tim gallagher says
My reaction to so many of these reports, which display the complete barbarity and backwardness of Islam, and to photos of those women forced to dress like some kind of aliens from another planet, is that this is unbelievable in the 21st century. That Islam keeps people living in this time warp, this bizarre and primitive way of living life, is sickening. I think that islam was already way behind the more civilised world when it was first developed 1400 years ago and the way it has stopped any progress being made in Muslim societies ever since is appalling. Compared to the more enlightened, non- Muslim societies of the world, Islam is pathetically primitive and completely inhuman. islam is a disgrace, which crushes the potential that human beings possess, and especially crushes girls’ and womens’ abilities, with this report being typical of Islam’s disgusting nature.
john smith says
+1
tim gallagher says
Thanks for the +1, john. It continually strikes me just how backward and primitive Islam is. It is like looking way back in time seeing the primitive bullshit that islam imposes on people. It is absolutely pathetic.
john smith says
I gave you that Tim, because everything you said was accurate and true. You also have the gift of expressing yourself in such an eloquent manner. Thank you.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
Mozart wrote the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_Austria
Afghanistan awaits its own Mozart, but until then we will have to get by with
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6azzdm8Wa8
gravenimage says
Afghanistan’s Education Ministry bans girls over 12 from singing the national anthem in front of men
………….
And remember, this is not even the Taliban.
Afghanistan has put *stoning* back on the books.
Andrew Blackadder says
Meanwhile Feminists in the Western World, and paid up members of the #METOO movement, are telling the World… wait a minute… what are they telling the World…. hold on a second…. Im gonna find it…. they are telling the World… oh yeah right,here it is, I remember… white man bad,orange man even worse… there I fixed it… at last…
At least these muslim “men” are admitting that they are indeed rapists as they force woman to cover from head to toe like a table cloth so they dont get too excited at the sight of a bare ankle…Oh such sexuality… he loves his Goat so much more, we know he does…. the women can make a sandwich for their lovely tolerant “feminists” husbands,while he smokes a Pipe…Dont ya just love it…
James Lincoln says
So, according to the feature article:
“The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), the nations official human rights body, called it a violation of children’s rights, the constitution, and international conventions.”
Proves that a constitution / laws of the books are meaningless without enforcement…
James Lincoln says
Any reason why 12 years old is the tripwire for girls in Afghanistan regarding this kind of nonsense?
Jaydam says
I could’nt help but wonder what a group of aliens, who landed on planet earth in 2021, would make of a group of humans dressed as they are in the photograph at the top of the page. The words “Bonkers” comes to mind. And I’m sure intelligent life forms would say, “what god damn planet have we just landed on”