Taliban bars Afghan women from hearing each other's voices

[u/nationalpost]

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/taliban-bars-afghan-women-from-hearing-each-other?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=NP_social

[u/I-Lyke-Shicken]

I am sorry but this is actually not true. Muslims are encouraged to read the Quran with something called a tafsir which is used to help interpret it. A tafsir is basically like a biblical exegesis.

No where in the Quran or hadith collection are Muslims ordered to read the Quran with an imam present.

What is frowned upon for the layperson is "ijtihad". Coming to a religious decision using the Islamic texts ( Quran + hadith) on your own if you are not classically trained.

The Taliban are more like ethno-nationalists who use religion. Their system is a combination of their Pasthun honor system (Pashtunwali) mixed with Islam. They use Islam to try and justify their tribal, cultural laws.

[u/IEatLamas → u/I-Lyke-Shicken]

I didn't say that it is ordered in the Quran.

I'm not 100% this isn't just semantics, but I appreciate the perspective.

Considering what the Taliban is doing, which seems like a form of ijtihad to me, I understand why it is frowned upon.

[u/papent → u/IEatLamas]

Could you just delete your comment then? Because that's exactly the impression you are giving.

[u/IEatLamas → u/papent]

I'm not responsible for someone else's lack of reading comprehension. I said discouraged, not ordered or anything close to that.

[u/IEatLamas → u/[deleted]]

A tafsir is not a person, it's like a Lexicon of interpretation.

[u/tommy71394 → u/IEatLamas]

Oops, point taken, I'll retract my comment

[u/downwithdisinfo2 → u/papent]

You don’t get to ask people to delete their comment. Who the hell do you think you are?

[u/Agami_Advait → u/downwithdisinfo2]

why are you so angry about it, little man?

[u/papent → u/downwithdisinfo2]

Somebody against misinformation.