That Afghanistan law essentially robbing women of anything resembling autonomy over their own bodies is worse than I thought: it’s charmingly focused on the
“„The reaction was immediate. Hundreds of students from the madrassa, most but not all of them men, poured into the streets to confront the demonstrators.
“„“Death to the enemies of Islam!” the counterdemonstrators cried, encircling the women. “We want Islamic law!”
“„The women stared ahead and kept walking.
“„A phalanx of police, some of them women, held the crowds apart.