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Mistreating Women
True or False
Believe It Or Not
100

Which of the following was not a rule enforced by the Taliban?

  1. Women must wear a burqa

  2. Women have to do the cooking

  3. Cosmetics can not be used

  4. Women can not be treated by male doctors

2. Women have to do the cooking

Although women ended up doing the cooking anyway, it was not a mandatory rule.

100

Women are only allowed to ride bikes or motorcycles with a mahram (a close male relative such as a brother, husband, or father).

False

Women are not allowed to ride bikes or motorcycles, even with a mahram.

100

Change the statement to make it true.

Women can only shake hands with or talk to another man if they have the permission of a mahram.

Correct:

Women are not allowed to come in physical contact with or even talk to a man that isn't a mahram. 

200

Which of the following was not a rule enforced by the Taliban?

  1. Women are only allowed extremely secluded public baths, with a limit of 3

  2. Women can not be part of a sports team or club

  3. Women are not allowed to leave the house without the company of a mahram (a close male relative like a husband, father, or brother)

  4. Ban on flared (wide-legged) pants, even under a burqa

  1. Women are only allowed extremely secluded public baths, with a limit of 3

Public baths for women were shut down and banned completely.

200

Women will be beaten in public if they do not follow any of the Taliban's rules.

True

200

Change the statement to make it true.

Men must always have at least stubble on their faces. 

Correct:

Men's beards are required to have a minimum length of about a fist.

300

Which of the following was not a rule enforced by the Taliban?

  1. Women can not be photographed

  2. Women can not study at any school, or university

  3. Ban on women's presence in radio, television or public gatherings of any kind

  4. Women are not allowed to eat at home without the permission of their husbands

4. Women are not allowed to eat at home without the permission of their husband.

300

Women are not allowed to laugh loudly in public, for no one should ever hear a woman's voice. 

True

300

Change the statement to make it true.

Anyone who converts from Islam to any other religion will be imprisoned. 

Correct:

Anyone who converts from Islam to any other religion will be executed.