"Another woman, a mother of three, recalled that her first husband had been addicted to drugs, beat her and refused to provide her and her children with enough food. After she ran away from him, she was apprehended and imprisoned for nearly a year, she said, for fleeing her home. Her husband’s family took her sons and daughter away from her."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/04/afghanistan-taliban-women-marriage-divorce/

#Afghanistan #Taliban #Religion #ReligiousLaw
#Women #WomensRights

"Changes to the country’s marriage laws are another wrenching example of how the Taliban has stripped women of their rights.

Taliban rule also has severely restricted their access to education and employment, banned them from public parks and mandated ultraconservative female dress."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/04/afghanistan-taliban-women-marriage-divorce/

#Afghanistan #Taliban #Religion #ReligiousLaw
#Women #WomensRights

"After her stepfather sold her into marriage at the age of 13 to support his drug habit, the young Afghan woman fought for years to escape an abusive husband. She eventually fled his home, secured a divorce and remarried, she recalled.

Now, under Taliban rule, she’s suddenly on the run again, at risk of imprisonment for adultery."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/04/afghanistan-taliban-women-marriage-divorce/

#Afghanistan #WomensRights #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #Taliban #ReligiousLaw

In other words: its okay to risk your life (the grief you leave behind, the hole in the world) but do it for a good reason. The example they gave was diving into an alligator pit. If you dive into an alligator pit to save a baby who fell in, you are courageous (though hopefully you have a plan...). If you jump into an alligator pit to take a selfie, you are a jerk. (2/2)

#Islam #religiouslaw #FunnyButTrue