The new sharia-based law stipulates, among other things, that women, when outside the home, must ensure that their voices are not heard
Afghanistan’s morality police, under the Ministry of Promotion of Virtue, will no longer cooperate with the UN mission in the country, the ministry announced Thursday evening.
The decision came after UNAMA expressed “concern” about a bill recently endorsed by the Taliban, which imposes, among other things, new restrictions on women.
“Due to its continued propaganda, the Ministry of Promotion of Virtue will not provide any support and will no longer cooperate with the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), which will now be considered hostile,” the ministry added.
“We wish international organizations, countries and persons who have criticized the law to respect the religious values ​​of Muslims and refrain from making criticisms and statements that offend the sacred values ​​of Islam,” the ministry said.
The new, stricter sharia-based law and the backlash
The new law, published on Wednesday and based on a 2022 decree by the Taliban’s supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, controls every aspect of Afghans’ social and private lives following a particularly strict version of sharia, Islamic law.
In its 35 articles, the bill stipulates, among other things, that women should cover their faces and bodies when they are outside the home and ensure that their voices are not heard.
Men are also prohibited from shaving their beards, skipping prayers and fasting, and listening to music in the car.
Penalties for violating these rules range from “recommendations, warnings of sacred punishment, verbal threats” to “confiscation of property, detention from one hour to three days in prisons and any other punishment deemed appropriate,” the Afghan ministry said. Justice.
“The law increases the already intolerable restrictions on the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, with the mere sound of a woman’s voice outside the home being seen as an obvious violation of moral norms,” ​​UNAMA chief Roza Otubayeva has complained.
Human rights and Afghan organizations also expressed concern about the new law.
“The law is completely based on Islamic teachings” that must be respected and understood, Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement yesterday.
“Rejecting these laws, without trying to understand them, is, in our opinion, an expression of arrogance,” he added.
Source :Skai
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