Talibanization describes non-Taliban groups adopting Taliban-style enforcement, including banning women's employment and schooling, movies, television and music. From 2010 through 2020 the opening said some of that enforcement reminded some of Nazi Germany's anti-Semitic policies. Today antisemitism does not appear anywhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that Wikipedia once compared the practice to Nazi Germany's antisemitic policy enforcement.
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Talibanization (or Talibanisation ) is a neologism coined following the rise of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan referring to the process were other religious groups or movements come to follow or imitate the strict practices of the Taliban .1In its original usage, Talibanization referred to groups who followed Taliban practices such as: usually strict regulation of women, including forbidding of most employment or schooling for women; the banning of long lists of activities generally tolerated by other Muslims -- movies, television, videos, music, dancing, hanging pictures in homes, clapping during sports events; the banning of activities (especially hairstyles and clothing) generally tolerated by other Muslims on the grounds that the activities are Western; oppression of Shia , including takfir threats that they convert to Sunni Islam or be prepared to be killed; aggressive enforcement of its regulations, particularly the use of armed " religious police "; the destruction of non-Muslim artifacts, especially carvings and statues such as Buddhas of Bamyan , generally tolerated by other Muslims, on the grounds that the artifacts are idolatrous or Shirk (polytheism) harboring of Al Qaeda or other Islamic militia operatives; a discriminatory attitude towards non-Muslims such as sumptuary laws against Afghan Hindus the Taliban regime enacted, requiring them to wear yellow badges , a practice that reminded some of Nazi Germany 's anti-Semitic policies .2The term pre-dates the Islamic terrorist attacks of 9/11 . It was first used to describe areas or groups outside of Afghanistan which came under the influence of the Taliban, such as the areas of Waziristan in Pakistan , or situations analogous to the Taliban-Al-Qaeda relationship, such as the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in Somalia and its harboring of Al Qaeda members, or similar harboring of Islamic extremists in Nigeria, Malaysia, or Kashmir and elsewhere around the world, such as Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party , the current regime of the country, has been accused of "Talibanizing" the country, especially in their persecution of the Hindu minority [1] [2] . The term was used in a Boston Globe editorial published on November 6, 1999, warning of the emerging threat of the Taliban regime almost two years before the attacks of September 11, 2001. Center for Religious Freedom . 2002-03-27 . A Soul in Exile (blog). 2006-08-13 .3
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Talibanization (or Talibanisation ) is a term coined following the rise of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan referring to the process where other religious groups or movements come to follow or imitate the strict practices of the Taliban. In its original usage, Talibanization referred to groups who followed Taliban practices such as: usually strict regulation of women, including forbidding of most employment or schooling for women; the banning of long lists of activities generally tolerated by other Muslims—movies, television, videos, music, dancing, hanging pictures in homes, clapping during sports events; the banning of activities (especially hairstyles and clothing) generally tolerated by other Muslims on the grounds that the activities are Western; oppression of Shia , including takfir threats that they convert to Sunni Islam or be prepared to be killed; aggressive enforcement of its regulations, particularly the use of armed " religious police "; the destruction of non-Muslim artifacts, especially carvings and statues such as Buddhas of Bamyan , generally tolerated by other Muslims, on the grounds that the artifacts are idolatrous or Shirk ; harboring of Al Qaeda or other Islamic terrorists; a discriminatory attitude towards non-Muslims such as sumptuary laws against Afghan Hindus the Taliban regime enacted, requiring them to wear yellow badges , a practice reminiscent of Nazi Germany 's anti-Semitic policies.
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Talibanization (or Talibanisation ) is a term coined following the rise of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan referring to the process where other religious groups or movements come to follow or imitate the strict practices of the Taliban. In its original usage, Talibanization referred to groups who followed Taliban practices such as: usually strict regulation and segregation of women, including forbidding of most employment or schooling for women and girls; the banning of long lists of activities generally tolerated by other Muslims—movies, television, videos, music, dancing, hanging pictures in homes, clapping during sports events; the banning of activities (especially hairstyles and clothing) generally tolerated by other Muslims on the grounds that the activities are Western or immoral; oppression of Shia , including takfir threats that they convert to Sunni Islam or be prepared to be killed; aggressive enforcement of its regulations, particularly the use of armed " religious police "; the destruction of non-Muslim artifacts, especially carvings and statues such as Buddhas of Bamyan , generally tolerated by other Muslims, on the grounds that the artifacts are idolatrous or Shirk ; harboring of Al Qaeda or other extremists; a discriminatory attitude towards non-Muslims such as sumptuary laws against Afghan Hindus , requiring them to wear yellow badges , a practice reminiscent of Nazi Germany 's anti-Semitic policies.
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Following of Taliban practices by a religious group or movement The term Talibanization (or Talibanisation ) refers to a type of Islamist practice that emerged following the rise of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan , where other religious groups or movements come to follow or imitate the strict practices of the Taliban.
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neologism coined following the rise of the taliban movement in afghanistan referring to the process were other
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term coined following the rise of the taliban movement in afghanistan referring to the process where other reli
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