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Afghan Law Recognizing Shiite Beliefs Raises Protest From Women's Rights Advocates

By Howard M. Friedman

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Yesterday's Washington Post reports on the furor that has been ignited over a new law in Afghanistan that was supposed to have been the vehicle to recognize the religious beliefs of the country's minority Shiites. However the law has been widely denounced by human rights activists, Western governments and some Afghan cabinet members. The new law:

codifies proper behavior for Shiite couples and families in the most intimate detail. It requires women to seek their husband's permission to leave home, except for "culturally legitimate" purposes such as work or weddings, and to submit to their sexual demands unless ill or menstruating.
Sima Samar, a Shiite woman who chairs the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, said:
That was supposed to be an achievement: to recognize Shias' legal rights so Hanafi [Sunni] laws would not be imposed on them. But it was also used by a few leaders who want to put chains around half the population.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on April 12, 2009 (boomark / email).

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