Sharp Criticism by Women’s Council of the Resistance Front Against Taliban’s “Slave-Like” View.
Zahra Kazemi, head of the Women’s Council of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, harshly criticized the Taliban’s “code of conduct” and ideological framework, stating that the document is not only incompatible with Islamic law but reduces Afghan citizens from the status of entitled human beings to individuals devoid of will and under absolute power a form of modern slavery.
She said the Taliban present themselves as moral and religious saviors, assigning no role to people other than obedience.
Citing Quranic concepts, Kazemi emphasized that in Islam, humans as Khalifa-Allah possess inherent dignity and the right to choose, and no group or individual has absolute guardianship over society.
She added that the Taliban’s division of people into “obedient and sinful” or “worthy and unworthy” represents an ideological and non-religious interpretation of Sharia.
Kazemi referenced a Taliban commander who called Afghan citizens “sheep” and the Taliban “their shepherds,” describing it as a derogatory and domination-based view of society.
She stated that the Taliban’s policies toward women and minorities continue this mindset, denying education, work, and civil liberties, thereby reproducing a modern slavery structure. According to her, while Muhammadan Sharia is based on rationality, mercy, and social justice, the Taliban use religion instrumentally to justify violence and monopolize power.
Kazemi warned that any system that denies human dignity, even under the name of Sharia, lacks religious and ethical legitimacy.
