The Taliban banned women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan because they offered services prohibited by Islam and caused financial hardship for the families of the bride and groom during the wedding festivities, the group reported.
The explanation comes days after the Taliban announced they would give salons across the country a month to shut down and shutter shops, raising concerns among international authorities about the impact on women entrepreneurs.
The decision is the latest restriction on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, after decrees that prohibit them from studying, public spaces and most jobs.
In a video clip released Thursday, Ministry of Virtue spokesman Sadiq Akif Mahjer listed services offered by salons that he says are contrary to Islam, such as shaping eyebrows, using other people’s hair to bulking up and putting on makeup, which would interfere with the necessary ablutions. before saying sentences, he said he.
In addition, the salons cause economic stress to the families of the bride and groom, forced by custom to pay for the prenuptial visit of the bride and close relatives to the salon, he added.
The ban comes days after Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada said the government had taken steps to improve the lives of women in Afghanistan.
Amena Sharifi, a salon owner in Kabul, said the salon is the family’s only livelihood as her husband, a former police officer, has been out of work since the Taliban seized power in August 2021, and regretted the families of three other women he employs also lose their income.
Source: TSF
