Women’s rights: Even as the Taliban regime continues with its violations of Afghan women’s rights, Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid said that lifting restrictions on women is not a priority for the group. Women are barred from universities and from working in non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Afghanistan.
The Taliban declared on Saturday warned against any behaviour that violated Islamic law. It said that any complaints about limits on women’s rights would be addressed in accordance with the group’s established policy in the nation.
In accordance with the Islamic Sharia
“The Islamic Emirate tries to regulate all matters in accordance with the Islamic Sharia, and the ruling government cannot allow act against the Sharia in the country,” said Taliban chief spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid in a statement.
The Taliban’s newest step to prohibit women from working in non-governmental organisations provoked demonstrations by female university students and women activists around the country. The move also drew global condemnation.
United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, the European Union, the United Nations, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and others, have strongly condemned the action. They urged the Taliban caretaker government to lift the ban and allow Afghan girls and women to continue their education and work with NGOs, according to Khaama Press.
According to a UNICEF in August, the lack of secondary education for females in Afghanistan has cost the country’s economy at least $500 million over the last year.
‘Recognise religious needs’
Khaama Press said Zabiullah Mujahid also advised Afghanistan’s allies and foreign assistance groups to recognise religious needs in Afghanistan and avoid attaching humanitarian help to politics.
On January 13, 11 nations asked Afghanistan’s Taliban regime to lift all restrictions on women and girls and enable them to return to public life.
Meanwhile, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation rejected the Taliban’s assertion that their treatment of Afghan women and children is in accordance with Sharia law.
The OIC has frequently urged Taliban leaders to lift gender-based restrictions and enable Afghan women and girls to exercise their inherent fundamental rights, such as the right to an education, to work, and to appear in public.
Erdogan says ban on women’s education ‘Un-Islamic’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the Taliban’s ban on university and basic education for Afghan women “unIslamic. In a televised speech on Wednesday, Erdogan stated: “It is inhumane and un-Islamic. There is no such thing in our religion. No one should define any ban like that based on Islam. Islam does not accept such a thing. On the contrary, we are members of a religion that says ‘seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave’.”
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