Speaking at the gathering, Zabiullah Mujahid noted that the Islamic Emirate is setting up classrooms, a curriculum, and transportation services for girls.

At a gathering of the Union of Scholars and Madrasas (İttihad’ul Ulema) in Turkey, the spokesman for the Islamic Emirate said that schools for girls in Afghanistan are being held up for a number of reasons.

Speaking at the gathering, Zabiullah Mujahid noted that the Islamic Emirate is setting up classrooms, a curriculum, and transportation services for girls.

“Males are educated from the first to the twelfth grade, and the girls also attend schools up to the sixth grade, but from the seventh to the twelfth grade, the schools are stopped, and it is not stopped because we do not want education, we are preparing their principles, curriculum, educational places, and transportation, to make sure that people mentally allow their daughters to be educated, that their hijab is observed, that what they learn is valid, because our past curriculum was made by America, if that system is implemented in Afghanistan, ideas will change and they will be against the country,” Mujahid said.

However, some religious studies teachers in the nation said that there are no justifications in Islam for closing girls’ schools.

“This is not a religious case because it has no justification from the Islamic point of view; I’m not saying there is one justification or two, but it has no basis in Islam. Islam has granted the right to education for men and women,” said Khalil Rahman Rahmani, an expert in Islamic Studies.

“Both men and women should be educated in the society, but from a political standpoint. There are some views that do not allow women to study,” said Jamil Rahman Rahmani, an expert on Islamic Studies.

Female students are asked the Islamic Emirate to specify the exact date of reopening of their schools.

“More students, especially from the female classes, suffered from psychological stress over the last year from closed schools in Afghanistan,” said Nargis, a student.

“We ask the Islamic Emirate and the international community to open our schools,” said Firoza, a student.

It has been over a year since the closure of girls’ schools in the country, the issue which sparked national and international reactions.

Source: TOLO News

Dated: October 16, 2022