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Coverage dated October 29, 2024

Taliban bans Afghan women from praying or reciting aloud in public

Headline from Newsweek

This ban is a continuation of the Taliban's extensive restrictions on women's rights, aiming to reduce their public visibility.

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7 articles, oldest first.

  1. Fox News

    Taliban bans women 'hearing other women's voices' in latest decree (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    The Taliban in Afghanistan have taken another step in its harsh system of oppression against women by banning them from "hearing other women's voices" while they pray.

  2. The Week

    Has the Taliban banned women from speaking? (opens The Week)

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  3. Breitbart News

    Biden's Afghanistan: Taliban Bans Women from Praying Aloud Within Earshot of Each Other (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    A senior Taliban terrorist announced that the jihadists would ban women from reciting the Quran or performing certain Islamic prayers within earshot of themselves.

  4. NBC News

    Afghan women cannot pray loudly or recite in front of other women, Taliban minister says (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Afghan women are forbidden from praying loudly or reciting the Quran in front of other women, according to a Taliban government minister.

  5. Newsweek

    Taliban bans Afghan women from praying or reciting aloud in public (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    This ban is a continuation of the Taliban's extensive restrictions on women's rights, aiming to reduce their public visibility.

  6. New York Post

    Taliban prohibits Afghan women from speaking to each other: ‘System of gender apartheid’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The Taliban has banned women in Afghanistan from hearing each other’s voices in what experts say is its latest step toward erasing “women entirely from public life and society”.

  7. Washington Times

    Afghan women cannot pray loudly or recite in front of other women, says Taliban minister (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Afghan women are forbidden from praying loudly or reciting the Quran in front of other women, according to a Taliban government minister.

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