Religion & Belief

The right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion includes the liberty to change religion and manifest beliefs publicly or privately. This section examines decrees enforcing religious conformity or restricting religious minorities.
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DEC5-06032024

Taliban Education Directorate distributes burqas and uniforms to elementary school girls in Badakhshan.

DEC5-12192021

Verbal directive prescribing full-body hijab with face and eye covering for women.

DEC6-02032023

Ban on marriages between shia and sunni in Badakhshan province.

DEC6-05212023

Taliban and religious scholars in Jabal Saraj, Parwan have set a limit for the dowry of girls, mandating enforcement by security and religious authorities.

DEC6-11252024

Bans issues of tazkira (national ID) to a Sunni woman and her children's due to her marriage with a Shia man.

DEC7-04102025

The Taliban’s Minister for the Promotion of Virtue publicly described non-Muslims as “worse than animals” in an official speech broadcast by state media in...

DEC7-08262024-B

Taliban called protests against the new law on promotion of virtue and prevention of vice "insolence."

DEC7-12142023

Taliban order to collect all books that contradict Hanafi jurisprudence from private universities.

DEC8-06172022

Directive prohibiting women from attending Friday prayers in Herat.
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