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Malala praises Imran Khan for standing up for girls’ education after Pakistan harboured and nurtured Taliban which shot her in the head

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Khan was quoted by BBC as saying, "I think they (Taliban) will allow women to go to schools. The idea that women should not be educated is just not Islamic. It has nothing to do with religion."
News Reports

Afghanistan: Taliban stops entry of female employees inside Ministry of Women Affairs

OpIndia Staff -
The women employees now plan to protest near the ministry against the decision of the caretaker Taliban government.
World

Pakistan: Education ministry issues Talibani diktat for female teachers, bans jeans and t-shirts

OpIndia Staff -
This step was welcomed by many in Pakistan who appreciated dress code as per Islamic teaching.
News Reports

Women can be inducted into National Defence Academy from next year, Centre informs Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff -
"We complement the ASG for taking a pro-active approach in persuading Armed Forces to take a gender-equal approach,” remarked the SC Bench.
World

After Joe Biden, US State Dept shows signs of declining mental health, expresses disappointment over lack of women in Taliban govt

OpIndia Staff -
The Taliban does not quite hold women in high regards especially because of stricter implementation of the Islamic Sharia.
News Reports

‘A woman without a Hijab is like a sliced melon’: Talibani radical’s statement shows what Islamists think about women

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A BBC journalist shared a video wherein a Taliban member was seen comparing 'uncovered' women to sliced melons.
News Reports

Maharashtra: Muslim women distribute pamphlets, get minor non-Muslim girls to wear hijab in Nagpur near CM house

OpIndia Staff -
Girls Islamic Organisation is the women's wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, an Islamic organisation which was formed in 1948 in Jamia Nagar, Delhi. Jamaat-e-Islami Hind was twice banned by the Government of India.
News Reports

Ghaziabad: 3 FIRs filed against Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati for his vile remarks against women in viral video

OpIndia Staff -
Narsinghanand defended his comments made in the video saying they were taken out of context and that the video was “heavily edited”.
News Reports

Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati’s video where he calls women in politics as ‘rakhail’ of politicians goes viral, netizens demand action

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Netizens have demanded action against Yati Narsinghanand for abusing women even as he donned saffron robes.
Culture and History

Alauddin Khilji’s attack on Chittorgarh: The legend of Rani Padmini and the enduring Islamist legacy of brutalising women

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Alauddin Khilji had attacked and captured the Chittorgarh fort on 26 August 1303 in a historic and brutal battle
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