Meanwhile, the price of burqas has doubled; every woman needs a few now. The Taliban follows Islamic texts to the letter. For example, regarding the covering of women:
(Quran 24:31) And tell the believing women to reduce of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands’ fathers, their sons, their husbands’ sons, their brothers, their brothers’ sons, their sisters’ sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
(Quran 33:59) O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused.
“Taliban are ‘flogging’ people in the streets for wearing western clothing as the price of burqas in Kabul doubles”, by David Averre, MailOnline, August 23, 2021:
Taliban fighters are reportedly flogging Afghan civilians in the streets for wearing ‘westernised’ clothing such as jeans as they cement their power in Afghanistan.
Several young Afghans posted on social media they had been beaten and whipped by members of the Taliban for wearing jeans after being accused of disrespecting Islam.
One social media post says the boys were ‘walking with friends in Kabul,’ when they were confronted by Taliban soldiers.
Two of their friends escaped, the youth said, but the others were held at gunpoint as they were beaten and whipped in the street.
A Taliban official told local newspaper Etilaatroz that the movement was still deciding on the dress code for men, but reports suggest the Taliban is unwilling to allow ‘westernised’ clothing that deviates from traditional ‘Afghan dress’.
Meanwhile, the Telegraph reported that sales of burqas have surged in Afghanistan amid a two-fold increase in prices.
Etilaatroz newspaper also reported over the weekend that one of its journalists had also been beaten for not wearing ‘Afghan clothes’ such as full-body gowns, according to a report in the Telegraph.
Under the Taliban’s previous rule in the late 90s, men had to wear traditional robes while girls were forced to wear a burqa from the age of eight.
Yet photos and videos out of Afghanistan have depicted younger Taliban fighters adopting accessories such as sunglasses, baseball caps and trainers or combat boots despite their crackdown on western influence in the country.
Meanwhile, recent footage has shown Taliban fighters attacking anyone carrying an Afghan national flag in at least a dozen incidents primarily in the capital Kabul.
It comes after human rights group Amnesty International revealed that Taliban fighters massacred nine ethnic Hazara men after taking control of the country’s Ghazni province last month.
In another revenge killing, one regional police chief who stood against the Taliban was executed in cold blood by the jihadist group, local reports say….
Emilie Green says
Amusing. Beating them for wearing Western styles of attire while dressed in stolen Western-styled military attire.
gravenimage says
Taliban flogging people in streets for wearing ‘Westernized’ clothing, accuse them of ‘disrespecting Islam’
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All grimly predictable.
So much for the fools hoping the Taliban would be “moderate” this time around.
Infidel says
Maybe our woke companies – the apparel ones here – can start their lines of burqas for export to Afghanistan. And spread it to neighboring Pakistan, where they’ll have a big market
JHL says
They must be stopped. Islam must perish.
gravenimage says
There are 1.8 billion Muslims in the world. Islam can be isolated, but not eradicated.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
Bag ’em and tag ’em. R.I.P Muslim women. Your days of freedom are over.
gravenimage says
Even with the old regime in Afghanistan 75% of women in prison were there for trying to escape forced or abusive marriages, and they had put *stoning* back on the books. But the Taliban will of course be even more blatant in its imposition of Shari’ah law.