Women Enslaved by Islamic Reaction
Taliban: Bitter Fruit of U.S. Imperialism's Anti-Soviet War
Ibsen, Kathy
http://www.icl-fi.org/english/wv/archives/oldsite/2001/Afghan.htm
Date Written: 2001-04-13
Publisher: Workers Vanguard
Year Published: 2001
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX9369
There is nothing progressive or "anti-imperialist" about being shrouded in the veil. Nor is it, as some liberals would maintain, a quaint cultural attribute. You wouldn't think you would have to be a communist to see that wrapping a woman in a veil and secluding her in the home is a hideous oppression crying out to be wiped from the face of the earth. The veil is a physical symbol of the submission of women to men and the imposed affirmation of their inferior status.
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