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what a terrible life!!!
by Your well wisher on Apr 24, 2008 01:38 AM

This is what a terrible life was/is like for women under Mullah/Taliban rule. They are truly monsters.

Restrictions Placed on Women by the Mullah/Taliban compiled by the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), a political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights.

Some of the restrictions the Taliban have placed upon Women:

1.Complete ban on women working outside their homes, including teachers, doctors and engineers.
2.Complete restriction on women's movement outside of their houses without a mahram (father, brother or husband).
3.Ban on dealing with male shopkeepers.
4.Ban on being treated by a male doctor.
5.Ban on studying at school, university or any other educational institution.
6.Compulsory wearing of a long veil (Burqa) which covers women from head to toe.
7.Whipping, beating and verbal abuse of women whose Burqa is not worn in accordance to Taliban rules. The same applies to women found in public without a mahram.
8.Whipping of women in public for having non-covered ankles.
9.Public stoning of women for having sex outside marriage (a number of lovers are stoned to death under this rule.)
10.Ban on all use of make-up (a number of women's fingers have been amputated for having painted nails).
11.A ban on women from talking or shaking hands with non-mahram males.
12.A ban on women for laughing loudly (no stranger should hear the voice of a women).
13.A ban on wearing high h

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