Source: Mission Network News, September 13, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Afghanistan\u2019s Taliban regime is taking its oppression of women one step further. Now, women across the country are forbidden from baring their faces or speaking in public. The ruling came down in a set of new laws approved by the supreme leader at the end of August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Denise Godwin with International Media Ministries (IMM)<\/a> says the increasing censorship of Afghan women stands in stark contrast with examples in the Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n IMM has been working on a television project called Women of the Bible, and several stories are complete in multiple languages. Please pray for Afghan women to find their voices and worth in the love of Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read the full story<\/a> or watch IMM\u2019s Women from the Bible<\/a> series, which includes short videos about Bathsheba, Tamar, and Rahab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Praise God for setting men free, too. Read a story from Nigeria, Son of Hezbollah Chosen to Follow a Different Path<\/a> (God Reports).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Mission Network News, September 13, 2024 Afghanistan\u2019s Taliban regime is taking its oppression of women one step further. Now, women across the country are forbidden from baring their faces or speaking in public. The ruling came down in a set of new laws approved by the supreme leader at the end of August. Denise … Continue reading Afghanistan: Banned from Speaking in Public, Women Find Their Voice in Christ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13258,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13257\/revisions\/13258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}