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Taliban has reportedly banned women’s sports in Afghanistan
Totalitarian conquers always impose the new rules in a stepwise progressions, so that the frogs get used to the heating water.
[IsraelTimes] Citing hardline Islamic modesty standards, spokesperson says: ’It is the media era, and there will be photos and videos, and then people watch it’

Australia’s SBS TV has quoted a Taliban
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 spokesperson as saying that women’s sports — and women’s cricket specifically — will be banned by his group in Afghanistan.

"In cricket, they might face a situation where their face and body will not be covered. Islam does not allow women to be seen like this," the network quoted Ahmadullah Wasiq, the deputy head of the Taliban’s cultural commission, as saying.

"It is the media era, and there will be photos and videos, and then people watch it. Islam and the Islamic Emirate do not allow women to play cricket or play the kind of sports where they get exposed."

Wasiq last month told SBS that the Taliban would allow men’s cricket to continue and that it has given approval for the men’s national team to travel to Australia for a test match in November.

Australia’s Sport Minister Richard Colbeck said the Taliban’s decision on women’s sport was "deeply concerning" and he urged organizations such as the International Cricket Council to take action.

"Excluding women from sport at any level is unacceptable," Colbeck said in a statement. "We urge international sport authorities, including the International Cricket Council, to take a stand against this appalling ruling."

Related: Ahmadullah Masiq has a Twitter account here, possibly of interest if you speak Pashto, dear Reader, or are interested in videos of boy athletes

Posted by: trailing wife 2021-09-10
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