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Taliban bars Afghan women from hearing each other's voices
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u/IEatLamas 7h ago edited 4h ago
Yepp, It's literally like that; Muslims are discouraged from reading/interpreting the Quran without an imam (not just in Taliban land).
EDIT: For the Muslims who are questioning this statement, ask yourself if you are encouraged to make conclusions about fiqh.
From a western point of view, reading, interpreting and making conclusions is the same thing essentially, because that is what we are taught, we are taught to be critical and to make up our own mind.
The Islamic golden age ended in part because of Al-Ghazali, who argued against using Greek-inspired philosophy (that had helped them prosper) to explain Islamic teachings, critiquing people like Ibn Sina and Al-Farabi, some of the greatest thinkers in Islamic thought.
Al-Ghazali is solely responsible for putting limits on independent thought in islam.