al" values. Today it is evident that justice has not been met--that the Taliban has masked its oppression of the Afghan people under the pretense of religion. Today, the Taliban remains in power and, according to the Feminist Majority Foundation, women are not permitted to be educated or even leave the confines of their homes unless accompanied by a close male relative and covered from head to toe in the burqa, with only a small, mesh-covered opening over the eyes through which to see. "Women are prohibited from going to most hospitals and are severely beaten or stoned to death for violating the Taliban's harsh edicts." According to the Quran, women should not expose themselves to public view with lack of modesty. It does not say that they should be covered specifically from head to toe, nor that they should wear face veils or masks or other of the paraphernalia that has adorned many Islamic women through the ages. With the Taliban in power, women are regularly beat and killed for the slightest violations of the exaggerated regulations placed upon women such as attire. "Women and girls in areas controlled by the Taliban are not permitted to go to school or work. The windows of their homes must be covered or painted black. They can leave their homes only in the company of a close male relative, and only if they are completely covered by a burqa, an all-encompassing garment with small mesh openings for the eyes. Women violating this code can be beaten on the spot." Such incredibly ridiculous restrictions go further into the depths of life: "Male doctors are not allowed to examine the female body. Women and girls are dying in droves from untreated diseases. Widows especially lead gruesome existences, many begging for food just to survive. Rape, forced marriages, forced prostitution and other forms of abuse have become commonplace. Resistance has been met with savage beatings, mutilations, abductions, and brutal murder." "...
