Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for a "quick and simple" deal with the US on tariffs. Meanwhile, the interior ministry is calling for direct talks to deport Afghan migrants who were convicted of crimes.
So first, Afghanistan is more Central Asia than Middle East, but also yes, it very much is. Even Iran is not even close to the shit the Taliban is doing. Women in most of the Middle East can and do seek education and employment and lead fulfilling lives. Source: Am from the region, the shit the Taliban is up to wouldn’t fly even in the most conservative parts of the Middle East, and I would be horrified for the women in my family if my own country’s leaders starting touting this stuff (which they wouldn’t because it’s literally unthinkable).
Edit: It’s easy to write off the Taliban as highly conservative Islamists, but that’s not the whole picture. For example, conservative Muslims believe that, from a gender segregation perspective, women should go to female doctors and vice versa, especially for invasive procedures such as giving birth. To put it bluntly, conservative Muslim men don’t want other men fucking with their wives’ pussies. Now compare this to the Taliban’s decision to bar women from working as doctors or midwives, meaning they need to go to male doctors for birth, surgery, etc. It’s a massive contradiction that’s not present in any Middle Eastern society I’m aware of.
If they don’t care about men being doctor for women, at least in this part they are more advanced than other Muslim countries, albeit for the wrong reasons
Is this so much different from other nations in the middle east?
So first, Afghanistan is more Central Asia than Middle East, but also yes, it very much is. Even Iran is not even close to the shit the Taliban is doing. Women in most of the Middle East can and do seek education and employment and lead fulfilling lives. Source: Am from the region, the shit the Taliban is up to wouldn’t fly even in the most conservative parts of the Middle East, and I would be horrified for the women in my family if my own country’s leaders starting touting this stuff (which they wouldn’t because it’s literally unthinkable).
Edit: It’s easy to write off the Taliban as highly conservative Islamists, but that’s not the whole picture. For example, conservative Muslims believe that, from a gender segregation perspective, women should go to female doctors and vice versa, especially for invasive procedures such as giving birth. To put it bluntly, conservative Muslim men don’t want other men fucking with their wives’ pussies. Now compare this to the Taliban’s decision to bar women from working as doctors or midwives, meaning they need to go to male doctors for birth, surgery, etc. It’s a massive contradiction that’s not present in any Middle Eastern society I’m aware of.
If they don’t care about men being doctor for women, at least in this part they are more advanced than other Muslim countries, albeit for the wrong reasons