So just kill everything before taking the picture.
Obviously I'm not pro Taliban or this, but one thing that has been amusing me has been the US institute for peace decrying the fact that they outlawed poppy production again because it increases poverty. Western media on the subject is a mixture of it's bad and it won't work (they've actually reduced poppy production by over 90 percent though). Pre war we were justifying sanctions due to heroin production, post war it actually increased under American administration and the fragile kleptocracy we encouraged(which "banned" poppy production), and now it's bad they're slashing and burning poppy fields.
https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/06/talibans-successful-opium-ban-bad-afghans-and-world
No music, no images... two things that have defined Human culture for millennia. The Taliban must really love leading a miserable existence.
Just wait for the exceptions for "spiritual leaders" and government officials.
The Republican party is salivating at the thought
As long as it means they can control others, they are happy.
Well, not happy as such
And the Afghans have had music and art since forever, well after their conversion to Islam. The taliban are freaks.
Well, I know less about music, but iconoclasm is a pretty traditional feature of Islam. That's why they have all the crazy geometrical art everywhere.
Make sure that mountain is free of any trees before taking that scenic picture.
This essentially bans all photography - it's fucking weird.
Afghan Art exhibition:
Here's a picture of a brick.
Afghan religious leader:
Should we execute him? Just to be safe you know!
Was there a fly on the brick?
Also, where are we on the matter of fungi?
And what about bacteria? Hope they disinfect the brick beforehand.
And viruses? Do viruses live?
Quick, check the ancient religious texts for guidance on viruses.
See, that's what we need to settle the debate about the biological status of viruses. A fatwa.
Maybe they can decide between tabs and spaces next.
Ah yes, I guess we better execute him, the whole thing smells fishy, like an attempt to oppose authority.
"Smells fishy?" Are you evoking imagery of a living thing with your analogy?
Give them enough time, they're going to bar eating and basic survival instincts. Whatever those are to them.
Now it's just a bunch of religious fascists trying to one up each other.
Give it enough time and they have implemented so many rules, no rule is relevant any more
Sad that we live in a world where I couldn't tell what country you were talking about just by reading your comment.
Project 2025 energy.
This is more like project 2077 energy here, amiright
That's accurate to historical Islamic practice, unlike a lot of their crazy shit, but nobody else does it because it's going to be insanely difficult to work with.
I assume that guy on the poster is dead, then?
I bet you're not allowed to picture dead people either ...
I really, really wish the linked article explained more. What are they playing at? This is such a confusing level of control.
It's a radical religious thing. Images are imperfect imitations of God's perfect work, therefore, they are blasphemy.
I knew someone who believed that it sucks the soul out of you if you get photographed...
Okay but what about the image cast on our retinas through our eyeballs that we use to see?
Those are imperfect imitations of reality also. What's their stance on those images...
But apparently written religious works or talking about god's work is perfect, or that would be banned too.
God doesn't want you to mix fabrics or eat certain foods on certain days. "Confusing level of control" is on brand.
It's not about making sense though. It's about making you do what they want so that you know who is in control.
Not mixing fabrics and certain food practices were originally based on lived experience, like safety guidance, before getting coopted by religion. Kosher practices avoid cross contamination, and mixed fabrics could have something to do with temperature regulation in desert areas where it swings between extreme heat and cold daily. Or it could have existed to discourage lying about prodict quality by those who would sneak in poor quality materials.
When religion got ahold of these concepts they were absolutely twisted into controlling people.
According to wikipedia, that isn't even a problem within the Quran itself, but rather a hadith (oral tradition) from some other fellow: "Sahih Bukhari explicitly prohibits the making of images of living beings, challenging painters to "breathe life" into their images and threatening them with punishment on the Day of Judgment."
taliban's oppression is not a rabbit hole you want to go down
So... TV news will just be text on a screen?
I suppose TV wouldn't make much sense under those circumstances.
But they still have TV, right? They did the last time the Taliban was in charge. I remember a news segment about it way back when the war started. The programming was mostly a bunch of religious stuff and their idea of news. So I guess no more news? Or no more TV? Or just text...
what can you expect from an undead demonic army prepping for the holy battle of megiddo?
😂
What?!
Fuck's sake.
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