Violence Against Muslim Women by the Taliban

Ever since the Taliban took over, Afghan women have been faced with extreme violence. The Taliban is a Sunni Muslim extremist group that has a literal and extremely radical interpretation of Islam than most Muslims. The women in Afghanistan will continue to be oppressed because of the violence in their country that the Taliban initiated and the strict laws that limit their basic human rights, education, and medical care.

The Taliban was an Islamic group in Afghanistan. This political group has its own notion towards the world, using Islam as a religious reason to change and empower their will and beliefs. Their vision was to restore peace and security and enforce their own austere version of Sharia, or Islamic law, once they were in power (World Book). Their main ways of lifestyle affected women greatly.

Afghan women are treated as an inferior group compared to the Afghan men. Many Afghan women are “required…to cover themselves completely when in public. They also made it illegal for women to work outside their homes. Women who violated Taliban laws were punished severely” (World Book). The consequences they had faced for insignificant trifling actions were inhumane and simply outrageous. For example, many of them were publically beaten for accidentally revealing their ankle under their veil (Bobic). The measures taken in order to make certain that women are basically kept invisible were malicious. The veils they wear and were forced to wear during the Taliban reign are usually black and thick and they also have to keep a screen on their face so that no one could see their faces. The screen makes it hard for them to breathe but they had no choice since removing the screen would be a punishable crime. Even women working for the Un...

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...der apartheid is seen in its worst form as the Taliban followers continue to oppress women. Strict laws continue to take away the basic rights of these women, while most are kept completely isolated from the rest of the world. With cruel and inhumane punishments to keep them in place, women are primarily treated worse than animals in some cases. Although small organizations such as RAWA tried to play its part in aiding the women, the problem does not get solved. More foundations and attention is required towards the Afghani women living under lack of equal rights and basic needs. If this keeps going the problem will only grow more and affect the future greatly. The women in Afghanistan will continue to be oppressed because of the violence in their country that the Taliban initiated and the strict laws that limit their basic human rights, education, and medical care.