The leader of the Islamic Emirate in an audio recording attributed to him, said that the rights of women have been ensured within an Islamic structure compared to before.
According to him, there was no attention to the rights of women in the previous governments.
“We have issued a 6 principle decree regarding women’s rights… the previous governments have not provided the rights of women. We said don’t marry women by force, don’t violate Mahr, don’t force women for Nikah, don’t marry a widow by force. Give women the heritage,” Shiekh Hibatullah Akhundzada said.
Speaking at a gathering of the Ulema in Kandahar, he said that the Islamic Emirate’s struggle against the western countries has not ended and that the Sharia hudud (an Islamic method of punishment) will become enforceable.
“Tomorrow, we will implement hudud and the women will be stoned in public. Tomorrow, we will implement hudud and will lash [people] in public. All of these are in contrast with democracy. For each of these, you will need to fight and struggle,” he said.
However, the Islamic Emirate’s leader once again did not mention any remark regarding the education of girls.
Around 7 months ago, an audio message of the Islamic Emirate’s leader was released, in which he mentioned a desire for good political and economic relations with the world, particularly Islamic countries.
He also stressed that the Islamic Emirate doesn’t interfere in the internal affairs of any country and that it will not allow other countries to interfere in Afghanistan’s affairs.
The Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) said that it had prepared a “scheme for the intellectual and economic reform of youth,” and its approval will soon by announced by the leader of the Islamic Emirate.
The Deputy of Youth in the Ministry of Information and Culture, Mohammad Yunus Rashed, said that the scheme includes four fields under the title of “intellectual and economic reforms of youth.”
“A plan has been made for intellectual and economic reform of youth which has been accepted by Amirul Momineen (Islamic Emirate leader) and will be announced in a decree in the near future,” he said.
The instructors said that the plan will also provide educational opportunities for youth.
“There should be attention paid to the situation of youth. The educational scholarship should be provided to the youth and will be beneficial in addition to the Islamic mindset,” said Mohammad Wali Salari, a university instructor.
“The school of Islamic thought is a worldwide school,” said Adib, an instructor.
This comes as youth called on the Islamic Emirate to provide them with work opportunities as they are struggling with dire economic conditions.
“When we finish our education, we hope to serve the country and our people and improve our country and its economic condition,” said Qudratullah, a student.
Rashed said that the thoughts of the youth that were distracted during the past year of foreign troops’ presence will be reformed through the new scheme.—Tolonews
