15 Women Rescued from Domestic Violence in Six Provinces

Officials (Muhtasibs) of the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue, Prevention of Vice, and Hearing Complaints of IEA, in the provinces of Parwan, Samangan, Takhar, Kabul, Ghazni, and Balkh, following public reports, identified 15 women who had been subjected to domestic violence for many years and placed them under Sh/ar/.ia-based protection.
These women, who had been deprived of their Sh/ar/.ia granted rights due to prolonged domestic abuse, were rescued from violent situations through the efforts of the ministry’s personnel, and their legal and religious rights were restored. Furthermore, the ministry’s personnel (Muhtasibs) in the mentioned provinces summoned the husbands and relatives of these women to the provincial offices of the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue.
After conducting comprehensive investigations and providing religious guidance and recommendations regarding the observance of women’s Sh/ar/.ia rights, they obtained written commitments from them to refrain in the future from any behavior contrary to Is.la.mic rulings and from committing acts of violence against their wives.