On September 9, 2025 during a Dearborn, Michigan City Council meeting, Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud addressed local resident Edward “Ted” Barham, a Christian.

Hammoud told Barham he was “not welcome” in the city. This occurred after Barham raised concerns about new street signs honoring Arab American News publisher Osama Siblani.

The mayor escalated the debate, telling Barham, “Although you live here, you are not welcome here.”

Barham compared the signs to naming a road “Hezbollah Street or Hamas Street.” He called them “provocative” and stressed that, as a Christian, he wanted to encourage peace. He closed by quoting Jesus: “Blessed are the peacemakers.”

Hammoud responded with remarks that shocked many in attendance:

“The best suggestion I have for you is to not drive on Warren Avenue or to close your eyes while you’re doing it. His name is up there and I spoke at a ceremony celebrating it because he’s done a lot for this community.”

Dearborn currently imposes loud noises, broadcast five times daily, to alert residents that it’s time for their prayers.

Washington DC, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Houston and Dallas lead the nation in Muslim citizens.

Today, overseas, the Taliban require women to always be accompanied by a male relative when they are outside their homes. This severely restricts what Afghan women can do. As a result, they face significant social and cultural barriers to participating in public life. They also experience severely diminished access to healthcare. 

Women are also barred from school, working outside the home, and working for NGOs.

In addition to these obstacles, women continue to confront various challenges including forced marriage, child marriage, honor killings – where individuals are murdered due to perceived damage to a family’s honour – and violence.

Despite widespread, albeit short-lived, media criticism, the ruling group’s reign of terror against women persists.

The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA), in 2014, published a Country-of-Origin Information (COI) report on Afghanistan. It provided information on the political context and human rights situation in the country. It also included an update on the general security situation. Additionally, the report covered the treatment of selected profiles.

Four years have passed since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan.

Today, Islamic law (sharia) serves as the legal framework in the country. The still unrecognized de facto authorities have issued a series of instructions. These instructions limit the personal rights and freedoms of the Afghan population.

On August 21, 2024, the Taliban announced a new ‘Morality law’, imposing restrictions including on general dress codes, women’s voices, a prohibition of featuring animate objects in the media (e.g., pictures of humans and animals), and congregational prayer.

Although enforcement is less stringent than during the Taliban’s rule from 1996 to 2001, women and girls continue to experience limitations in access to education, employment, health and justice, as well as in freedom of movement and freedom of expression. 

An American woman, going by “Daniela Marie,” journeyed to Afghanistan to uncover the truth about life under Sharia Law, and her findings are eye-opening:

“Are women’s rights in Afghanistan that bad in 2025? I traveled here to understand more as a woman myself and this is what I learned. Here’s five things that are illegal for women in Afghanistan to do today.”

• Number one, women are not allowed to appear or speak on media, television, radios, or in journalism.

• Women are also banned from praying in mosques and should pray at home.

• Women are also not allowed to receive an education after sixth grade.

• Going to parks and exercising is also banned for women, limiting them from a lot of outdoor spaces.

• Lastly, women also have to dine in designated areas at restaurants.

So to answer your question, yes, women’s rights in Afghanistan in 2025 are really that bad. And the only thing worse is staying silent.”

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