In the name of religious guidelines, the Taliban bans TV shows that feature women actors. Here’s everything you need to know about the militant group’s new outrageous law.
Taliban bans TV shows featuring women
Afghanistan’s Taliban government instructed the nation’s TV channels to stop broadcasting soap operas and dramas that feature women actors. The directive issued to the Afghan media by the Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice also asked women journalists on TV to wear Islamic hijabs. Additionally, they asked stations to stop airing programs or films where the Prophet Mohammed and or other revered figures appear. ”These are not rules but a religious guideline’,” said Hakif Mohajir, the ministry spokesman.
Back when the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August, they assured that it will not be like the older times. During their past reign, the Taliban was famous for punishing people caught watching television. This included smashing televisions or video player sets and massive publish laughing. Back then, the only allowed form of media was Voice of Sharia. The radio station was broadcasting Islamic propaganda and programming.
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Taliban also promised that women will have a higher degree of freedom and have rights. However, the Taliban government’s actions are proving otherwise. After all, this move is not the only one restricting women’s basic rights. The government also has strict rules on what women can wear while attending schools and universities.
Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner expressed her concern that the Taliban stopping women from getting educated. Yousafzai was shot by Taliba’s Pakistan group in 2012 for fighting for girls’ education. “I’m afraid that this ban that they have announced right now that they’re calling temporary might not be temporary,” she said while talking in the BBC’s Andrew Marr show.