Current Events > Taliban official says women will be banned from playing sports in Afghanistan

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https://nypost.com/2021/09/08/taliban-says-women-banned-from-playing-sports-in-afghanistan/

Women in Afghanistan will be barred from playing sports under the Talibans rule, an official in the nations new administration has confirmed. Ahmadullah Wasiq, deputy head of the Talibans cultural commission, told SBS News in an exclusive interview Wednesday that women and girls in the country wont be able to play cricket or any other sport because such activities arent considered vital for them. I dont think women will be allowed to play cricket because it is not necessary that women should play cricket, Wasiq said. In cricket, they might face a situation where their face and bodies will not be covered. Islam does not allow women to be seen like this.

If allowed to take participate in sports, there will be photos and videos of the women that people will undoubtedly watch something that cannot occur, Wasiq said. Islam and the Islamic Emirate do not allow women to play cricket or play the kind of sports where they get exposed, Wasiq continued. Wasiq told SBS Pashto last month that mens cricket would be allowed to continue in Afghanistan, where the Taliban had given the OK for its national team to travel to Australia for a match in November. But Wasiqs remarks could potentially lead the International Cricket Council to call off the friendly match in Australia, since it requires all 12 of its members to have a national womens team. Only full member teams can play in the test matches, the outlet reported. Wasiq said the Taliban had no plans to adjust their hardline stance. Even for this, if we face challenges and problems, we have fought for our religion so that Islam is to be followed, Wasiq said. We will not cross Islamic values even if it carries opposite reactions. We will not leave our Islamic rules. Playing sports would undoubtedly lead to women being exposed and Islam does not allow that, Wasiq said.



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Not surprised

Honestly, I wish there was an easy way for all of the women who don't want to live under those rules need to find some kind of way to get the hell out of the country. Let them just be a country of idiotic dudes who want to adhere to draconian religious rules.

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it's not surprising at all. 20 years of progress going down the toilet.
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Lebronwon posted...

Islam does not allow women to be seen like this

Why dey gotta just make shit up.

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That really sucks

But they changed guys

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I can't wait for religion to go extinct. What an embarrassment and a cancer on humanity.

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Shocking.

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Bunch of pieces of shit.

where's that moron who just made a topic about how women weren't actually better off under US occupation lol

I hope this reminds the left that Islam is anti-women and feminists stop excusing it.

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Yeah, I'm pretty sure Islam says nothing of the sort.

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kingdrake2 posted...

it's not surprising at all. 20 years of progress going down the toilet.

Was it really progress then? Sounds like our troops would have needed to stay there for 700 years and then maybe women would be allowed to let their hair down.

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CableZL posted...

Not surprised

Honestly, I wish there was an easy way for all of the women who don't want to live under those rules need to find some kind of way to get the hell out of the country. Let them just be a country of idiotic dudes who want to adhere to draconian religious rules.

One possibility is that women in Afghanistan continue to protest and dsre the Taliban to kill them. I doubt enough will continue to do it with risk of death, but maybe if they end up killing off a sizable percentage of the female population they will make changes with the realization that there soon won't be enough women left.

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AmericaTheBrave posted...

I hope this reminds the left that Islam is anti-women and feminists stop excusing it.

The left doesn't need reminding that the taliban is like this. Only delusional morons do.
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"Covering up" is one of those things that's both part of and not part of Islam depending on the day. Taliban saying women need to cover up? Nothing to do with Islam. France banning all facial coverings when in public? That's violating religious freedom and a direct attack on Islam.

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AmericaTheBrave posted...

I hope this reminds the left that Islam is anti-women and feminists stop excusing it.

Most of the Muslims I know would be disgusted by this.

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s0nicfan posted...

"Covering up" is one of those things that's both part of and not part of Islam depending on the day. Taliban saying women need to cover up? Nothing to do with Islam. France banning all facial coverings when in public? That's violating religious freedom and a direct attack on Islam.

I think the difference there would be forcing women to cover up in all circumstances and preventing them from covering up when they want to.

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