After the return of the Taliban, hundreds of thousands of Afghan citizens went to European countries and the US, where they started a new life in the shadow of a different society and culture. In the meantime, one of the frequent scenes was the conflict of behavior of these citizens in Afghanistan and now in the West.
When a famous lady lived inside the country, she considered herself bound to wear the usual clothes in Afghanistan and was even careful not to publish her photo on social media outlets, but the same person as soon as she set foot in Europe, America or Australia, her way of dressing changed drastically and one of the first changes that appeared was to wear a mini dress and bare his head and neck.
Also, in the case of men, some of whom could not hear even a single word from their language in criticizing the current situation or the need to revise popular religious views, but these same people, after leaving the country and feeling immune from possible punishments, relentlessly attacked religious beliefs. They started and ridiculed the popular opinions in the country and also acted as revolutionary in criticizing the ruling policy and prominent politicians.
Another example, There were a large number of people who had jobs in the republic and had become wealthy, which they are thankful to the blessing of that system and were comfortable in their lives and did not show any kind of dissatisfaction with the existing situation. However, these people as soon as the republic system collapsed, they became first-class critics and suddenly opened their throats in praise of the “Emirate” system and even tried to build an image that they were already with the Taliban even during the Republic system.
What are the reasons for this behavior-conflict and what factors are involved?
Unfortunately, hypocrisy and pretense are one of the chronic and long-lasting diseases in our society, and the experts and academicians in the past have already spoken about this and proposed solutions. Despite this, the fact is that until the aggravating factors of this disease are removed from society, it should not be expected that hypocrisy will not become a second habit of citizens.
It seems that people use pretense and hypocrisy as a shield to protect themselves from possible calamities and disasters, and consider this method necessary to survive in unstable and chaotic conditions.
Although experts have tried to criticize pretense and hypocrisy for a long time, but the criticism of this phenomenon is not fruitful without doing something to provide a dignified life for humans. Until the root of this problem is not dealt with, there is no hope to improve the situation.
Religious governments are one of those governments that promote hypocrisy and hypocrisy
The Taliban government, is unfortunately, currently one of the worst examples of religious government in the world. This government gives itself the right to interfere in the smallest issues of the daily lives of the people and even impose rules for citizens on the type of clothing, beard and hair.
In the shadow of such governments that impose a certain way of life on people, the people are forced to turn to hypocrisy and pretense and choose a special way of dressing and a special way of life in order to be safe from any punishment of the government.
As soon as these people get out of the realm of totalitarian governments, they completely change their faces and reveal their inner selves. These days, if you walk the streets of the big cities of Afghanistan, such as Kabul, Balkh, and Herat, you will see the absolute majority of people with the same clothes and appearance, and fewer people are willing to take risks and, for example, shave their beards or grow their hair in a different way. This shows the intensity of citizens’ fear of the Taliban.
The society is blame for such messy rules
Although the Taliban regime is currently trying to establish an iron rule and impose a certain lifestyle on the citizens, if we do not ignore the truth, the Afghan society is also to blame for this situation. The citizens of Afghanistan often take the same layer and appearance from religion and do not have access to its depth and meaning.
It is that religious appearanceism is very common in the society, and of course, what has happened recently is that the political government is also in harmony and compatible with the majority of people in the appearanceism and giving priority to religious rites and rituals and disregarding the essence of religion.
If you want to gain the respect of the citizens and achieve a desirable social status and benefit from the facilities, you have to adhere to religious appearances and attend congregational prayers, let your beard grow long, carry a rosary in your hand, and chant religious slogans. Talk about piety, purity and fear of God. In such a situation, the majority of people act according to instinct and pretend to be religious and pious, but deep down they do not believe in these words at all.
Oppressive systems turn people into worthless and dishonorable creatures
In a society where bigotry is rampant, hypocrisy becomes common, and efforts are made to hide one’s opinion, because exposing one’s political or religious opinion threatens one’s life, property, and reputation. The higher the concentration of prejudice, the more hypocrisy spreads and becomes the rule of life. In such a society, reasoning and logic do not achieve the desired position and people see their interest in being with power and force.
In these societies, the protection of property and life is prioritized and opinion loses its importance. The members of such a society always hide themselves behind masks.
To build a good society, freedom should be considered before anything else. In a society where there is no freedom, people’s lives suffer from all kinds of plagues, including the disease of hypocrisy and pretense. Hypocrisy and pretense should not be considered only as a mental illness, but it should be considered as a phenomenon that spreads humiliation and slander and brings society to ruin and endangers social integration.
