Haroun Rahimi
@harounrahimi.bsky.social
I enjoy learning about law, ethics, religion and philosophy. Everything Afghanistan.
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Haroun Rahimi
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· May 28
The Taliban’s Dynamic Efforts to Integrate and Regulate Madrasas And the Motives for Doing So - The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Combining Human Rights Research and Direct Engagement Worldwide
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Andrew and I tried to make sense of how Taliban are changing the madrasa landscape in Afghanistan and why.
Via RWI
The Taliban’s Dynamic Efforts to Integrate and Regulate Madrasas And the Motives for Doing So
rwi.lu.se/publications...
Via RWI
The Taliban’s Dynamic Efforts to Integrate and Regulate Madrasas And the Motives for Doing So
rwi.lu.se/publications...
Andrew and I tried to make sense of how Taliban are changing the madrasa landscape in Afghanistan and why.
Via RWI
The Taliban’s Dynamic Efforts to Integrate and Regulate Madrasas And the Motives for Doing So
rwi.lu.se/publications...
Via RWI
The Taliban’s Dynamic Efforts to Integrate and Regulate Madrasas And the Motives for Doing So
rwi.lu.se/publications...
The Taliban’s Dynamic Efforts to Integrate and Regulate Madrasas And the Motives for Doing So - The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Combining Human Rights Research and Direct Engagement Worldwide
rwi.lu.se
May 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Andrew and I tried to make sense of how Taliban are changing the madrasa landscape in Afghanistan and why.
Via RWI
The Taliban’s Dynamic Efforts to Integrate and Regulate Madrasas And the Motives for Doing So
rwi.lu.se/publications...
Via RWI
The Taliban’s Dynamic Efforts to Integrate and Regulate Madrasas And the Motives for Doing So
rwi.lu.se/publications...
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latest @aanafgh.bsky.social :
"The full weight of the US’s cuts to aid to #Afghanistan has finally become clear. Almost all the aid promised – at least USD 1.8 bn – will now not be given... The UN relief chief, Tom Fletcher, at the end of April, said they will “directly result in deaths'."
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"The full weight of the US’s cuts to aid to #Afghanistan has finally become clear. Almost all the aid promised – at least USD 1.8 bn – will now not be given... The UN relief chief, Tom Fletcher, at the end of April, said they will “directly result in deaths'."
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The End of US Aid to Afghanistan: What will it mean for families, services and the economy?
The full weight of the United States’ cuts to aid to Afghanistan has finally become clear. Almost all the aid that was promised – at least USD 1.8 billion – will now not be given, according to the US ...
www.afghanistan-analysts.org
May 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
latest @aanafgh.bsky.social :
"The full weight of the US’s cuts to aid to #Afghanistan has finally become clear. Almost all the aid promised – at least USD 1.8 bn – will now not be given... The UN relief chief, Tom Fletcher, at the end of April, said they will “directly result in deaths'."
2/2
"The full weight of the US’s cuts to aid to #Afghanistan has finally become clear. Almost all the aid promised – at least USD 1.8 bn – will now not be given... The UN relief chief, Tom Fletcher, at the end of April, said they will “directly result in deaths'."
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The Emirate is writing its own history, trying to shape the narrative about why it came to power, with books by and about Taliban being published with state support. We review and analyse some of those books, uncovering themes of heroism and endurance - but are they selling? bit.ly/4ivzMkO
Taliban Narratives (1) Books: “Who we are and why we fought”
Until recently, the Taliban was a movement that wrote little about itself, in contrast to others – especially foreigners, but also Afghans – who have written so much about them. This was rooted partly...
bit.ly
March 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The Emirate is writing its own history, trying to shape the narrative about why it came to power, with books by and about Taliban being published with state support. We review and analyse some of those books, uncovering themes of heroism and endurance - but are they selling? bit.ly/4ivzMkO
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After the Emirate banned #opium poppy cultivation in April 2022, some farmers moved to neighbouring Balochistan in #Pakistan to grow poppy there. AAN's @jb_AAN looks into how things have been going for them. bit.ly/4kmYsO6
Migrating Poppy Cultivation: Afghan poppy farmers in Balochistan
After the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) banned opium poppy cultivation in April 2022, there was a movement of some farmers from southern Afghanistan into neighbouring regions of Pakistan to gro...
bit.ly
February 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
After the Emirate banned #opium poppy cultivation in April 2022, some farmers moved to neighbouring Balochistan in #Pakistan to grow poppy there. AAN's @jb_AAN looks into how things have been going for them. bit.ly/4kmYsO6
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latest @aanafgh.bsky.social :
fascinating new report on what #Afghan men think of the #Taleban 's restrictions on women&girls. the anguish at daughters&sisters being shut out of education expressed by even the most pro-IEA interviewees is one highlight.
www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/themed-re...
fascinating new report on what #Afghan men think of the #Taleban 's restrictions on women&girls. the anguish at daughters&sisters being shut out of education expressed by even the most pro-IEA interviewees is one highlight.
www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/themed-re...
In Pursuit of Virtue: Men’s views on the Islamic Emirate’s restrictions on women
Martine van Bijlert and the AAN team explore the effects of the IEA restrictions on women as seen through the eyes of men.
www.afghanistan-analysts.org
January 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
latest @aanafgh.bsky.social :
fascinating new report on what #Afghan men think of the #Taleban 's restrictions on women&girls. the anguish at daughters&sisters being shut out of education expressed by even the most pro-IEA interviewees is one highlight.
www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/themed-re...
fascinating new report on what #Afghan men think of the #Taleban 's restrictions on women&girls. the anguish at daughters&sisters being shut out of education expressed by even the most pro-IEA interviewees is one highlight.
www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/themed-re...
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I was invited by Omar Sadr on his podcast Negotiating Ideas to discuss how the Taliban courts allowed them to institute Sharia law and establish social control while waging an insurgency against the third republic of Afghanistan (2004-2021). negotiatingideas.com/podcast/the-...
The Taliban Courts and Legal System - with Adam Baczko - Negotiating Ideas
Omar Sadr and Adam Baczko discuss the Taliban courts and how their legal outlook provided them a breakthrough in the conflict. Originally published in French and recently translated into English by Ox...
negotiatingideas.com
January 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I was invited by Omar Sadr on his podcast Negotiating Ideas to discuss how the Taliban courts allowed them to institute Sharia law and establish social control while waging an insurgency against the third republic of Afghanistan (2004-2021). negotiatingideas.com/podcast/the-...
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NEW: For over a year, the Israeli government has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza the minimum water needed for survival, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths.
A calculated policy.
An act of genocide. 🧵⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
A calculated policy.
An act of genocide. 🧵⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
December 19, 2024 at 2:12 PM
NEW: For over a year, the Israeli government has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza the minimum water needed for survival, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths.
A calculated policy.
An act of genocide. 🧵⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
A calculated policy.
An act of genocide. 🧵⤵️
www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
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Rapid Support Forces fighters and allied militias have raped scores of women and girls, including in the context of sexual slavery, in Sudan’s South Kordofan state.
Conflict-related sexual violence is a serious violation of international humanitarian law, or the laws of war, and a war crime.
Conflict-related sexual violence is a serious violation of international humanitarian law, or the laws of war, and a war crime.
Sudan: Fighters Rape Women and Girls, Hold Sex Slaves
Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters and allied militias have raped scores of women and girls, including in the context of sexual slavery, in Sudan’s South Kordofan state since September 2023, Human Ri...
www.hrw.org
December 16, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Rapid Support Forces fighters and allied militias have raped scores of women and girls, including in the context of sexual slavery, in Sudan’s South Kordofan state.
Conflict-related sexual violence is a serious violation of international humanitarian law, or the laws of war, and a war crime.
Conflict-related sexual violence is a serious violation of international humanitarian law, or the laws of war, and a war crime.
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NEW: The state of a mass grave in Damascus and statements by people living in the surrounding area suggest that the area is a mass crime scene and may have been the site of other summary executions.
Syria: Mass Grave in Damascus Should be Protected, Investigated
The state of a mass grave in Damascus and statements by people living in the surrounding area suggest that the area is a mass crime scene and may have been the site of other summary executions
www.hrw.org
December 17, 2024 at 1:18 PM
NEW: The state of a mass grave in Damascus and statements by people living in the surrounding area suggest that the area is a mass crime scene and may have been the site of other summary executions.
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NEW: Mali’s armed forces, supported by the Russia-backed Wagner Group, and Islamist armed groups have committed serious abuses against civilians since the UN peacekeeping mission withdrew a year ago.
Malian authorities’ failure to hold perpetrators to account has eased the way for further abuses.
Malian authorities’ failure to hold perpetrators to account has eased the way for further abuses.
Mali: Atrocities by the Army and Wagner Group
Mali’s armed forces, supported by the Russia-backed Wagner Group, and Islamist armed groups have committed serious abuses against civilians since the withdrawal of the United Nations peacekeeping miss...
www.hrw.org
December 12, 2024 at 3:52 PM
NEW: Mali’s armed forces, supported by the Russia-backed Wagner Group, and Islamist armed groups have committed serious abuses against civilians since the UN peacekeeping mission withdrew a year ago.
Malian authorities’ failure to hold perpetrators to account has eased the way for further abuses.
Malian authorities’ failure to hold perpetrators to account has eased the way for further abuses.
I wrote this before the new law was enacted but the overall argument still remains valid. Implementing the communal responsibility of promoting virtue and prevention of vice through the modern state is deeply problematic.
Have a read if interested:
euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
Have a read if interested:
euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
How the Taliban are Institutionalizing the Propagation of Virtue and Enjoinment of Vice in Afghanistan | Afghanistan
This article examines the body of rules that the Taliban has enacted to institutionalize the propagation of virtue and enjoinment of vice by presenting a critique of the institution from within the Is...
euppublishing.com
December 10, 2024 at 4:38 AM
I wrote this before the new law was enacted but the overall argument still remains valid. Implementing the communal responsibility of promoting virtue and prevention of vice through the modern state is deeply problematic.
Have a read if interested:
euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
Have a read if interested:
euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
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In #Sudan,
⚠️11 million people are internally displaced by conflict
⚠️over 500,000 have fled to Chad
⚠️over 700,000 to South Sudan
In the Daily Brief, we hear from @hrw.org colleagues interviewing those who’ve escaped to Renk, South Sudan: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
#TalkAboutSudan
⚠️11 million people are internally displaced by conflict
⚠️over 500,000 have fled to Chad
⚠️over 700,000 to South Sudan
In the Daily Brief, we hear from @hrw.org colleagues interviewing those who’ve escaped to Renk, South Sudan: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
#TalkAboutSudan
December 9, 2024 at 1:01 PM
In #Sudan,
⚠️11 million people are internally displaced by conflict
⚠️over 500,000 have fled to Chad
⚠️over 700,000 to South Sudan
In the Daily Brief, we hear from @hrw.org colleagues interviewing those who’ve escaped to Renk, South Sudan: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
#TalkAboutSudan
⚠️11 million people are internally displaced by conflict
⚠️over 500,000 have fled to Chad
⚠️over 700,000 to South Sudan
In the Daily Brief, we hear from @hrw.org colleagues interviewing those who’ve escaped to Renk, South Sudan: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
#TalkAboutSudan
It is a genocide.
Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
Full report, out now.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Full report, out now.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
www.amnesty.org
December 5, 2024 at 4:21 PM
It is a genocide.
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Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
Full report, out now.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Full report, out now.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
www.amnesty.org
December 5, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
Full report, out now.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Full report, out now.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Taliban have banned Afghan women from attending medical institutes—the only type of modern ed allowed for females post 6th grade.
This is nothing short of a systematic femicide AND is contrary to one of the primary goals of Sharia i.e. preserving life.
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn #LetAfghanGirlsLive
This is nothing short of a systematic femicide AND is contrary to one of the primary goals of Sharia i.e. preserving life.
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn #LetAfghanGirlsLive
December 4, 2024 at 12:43 AM
Taliban have banned Afghan women from attending medical institutes—the only type of modern ed allowed for females post 6th grade.
This is nothing short of a systematic femicide AND is contrary to one of the primary goals of Sharia i.e. preserving life.
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn #LetAfghanGirlsLive
This is nothing short of a systematic femicide AND is contrary to one of the primary goals of Sharia i.e. preserving life.
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn #LetAfghanGirlsLive
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Putting together an #Afghanistan scholars starter pack! Please join in go.bsky.app/N4wTQqc
December 3, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Putting together an #Afghanistan scholars starter pack! Please join in go.bsky.app/N4wTQqc
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NEW: Canada’s immigration detention system discriminates against people with disabilities, including through widespread violations of their right to make crucial decisions about their own lives. #IDPD2024
www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
December 3, 2024 at 1:58 PM
NEW: Canada’s immigration detention system discriminates against people with disabilities, including through widespread violations of their right to make crucial decisions about their own lives. #IDPD2024
www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
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Since the Taliban took power in August 2021, they have largely destroyed Afghanistan’s media landscape, creating such a climate of fear that Afghan journalists cannot genuinely investigate or report.
UN Report Portrays Afghanistan’s Destroyed Media
Since the Taliban took power in August 2021, they have largely destroyed Afghanistan’s media landscape, creating such a climate of fear that Afghan journalists cannot genuinely investigate or report. ...
www.hrw.org
November 26, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Since the Taliban took power in August 2021, they have largely destroyed Afghanistan’s media landscape, creating such a climate of fear that Afghan journalists cannot genuinely investigate or report.
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I visited a #SouthKordofan camp for displaced ppl last month for @hrw.org and witnessed how #malnutrition #Starvation is killing people in #Sudan, many of them children, as warring parties block assistance and #FoodAid falls short. This is what I saw:
www.justsecurity.org/105227/sudan...
www.justsecurity.org/105227/sudan...
November 27, 2024 at 2:12 PM
I visited a #SouthKordofan camp for displaced ppl last month for @hrw.org and witnessed how #malnutrition #Starvation is killing people in #Sudan, many of them children, as warring parties block assistance and #FoodAid falls short. This is what I saw:
www.justsecurity.org/105227/sudan...
www.justsecurity.org/105227/sudan...
Dr. Muhammad Din & I have studied female madrasas in Afghanistan and found that Afghan girls and women are doing what they can to leverage what is avaiable to them to live a self-directed life as much as possible.
Check out our article!
www.electronicpublications.org/stuff/1115
Check out our article!
www.electronicpublications.org/stuff/1115
Female Madrasas and Islamic Agency of Afghan Girls and Women: How Religious Education is Being Used by Afghan Women and Girls under the Taliban Regime | ElectronicPublications
Female Madrasas and Islamic Agency of Afghan Girls and Women:
How Religious Education is Being Used by Afghan Women and Girls under the Taliban
www.electronicpublications.org
November 28, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Dr. Muhammad Din & I have studied female madrasas in Afghanistan and found that Afghan girls and women are doing what they can to leverage what is avaiable to them to live a self-directed life as much as possible.
Check out our article!
www.electronicpublications.org/stuff/1115
Check out our article!
www.electronicpublications.org/stuff/1115