Afghanistan’s de facto government appears emboldened, announcing the return of a brutal and archaic form of punishment that further oppresses women in the country. Why has the West largely remained silent?
Ruchi Kumar is a Mumbai-based journalist who covers conflict, politics and gender. From 2014 to 2021, she reported out of Kabul .will restore public flogging and stoning as punishments, particularly against women convicted of moral crimes, as part of its fundamentalist interpretation and strict enforcement of sharia law in the country.
In one sense, this was not news; his brazen words only confirmed the brutality of punishments that Taliban authorities have already been visiting upon people violating Islamic law. Last year, the Taliban’s Supreme Courtstoning, flogging and even burying a convict under a wall as acceptable punishment.
Since taking over Afghanistan in August, 2021, the Taliban have enacted policies aimed at erasing the freedom and agency of women. They’ve banned women from high schools and universities, as well as most public spaces. Their movement is also restricted and controlled by their male guardians, and they have been forbidden from working.The Taliban have also dismantled existing justice frameworks, deeming them to be Western and un-Islamic.
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