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| Afghanistan Only Country That Bans Girls from Secondary School: HRW |
| 2023-04-04 |
| [ToloNews] Human Rights Watch said on Twitter that Afghanistan is the only country in the world that bans girls from going to secondary school. "Without educated girls and women, Afghanistan is facing a dark future," HRW said. This comes as Sheikh Abdul Sami Ghaznawi, an instructor from Central Jihadi Madrassa in Kabul, said in a video that there is no conflict regarding girls' education. He says that "Hadiths" have indicated that "modern knowledge is obligatory" and if anyone wants to deny it, they should first refer to "the Koran and Hadith." "We will solve the issue (education). We will sit with the scholars and they will make a decision. I am surprised about this dispute," he said. The UN Assistant Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) also said that access to education is a human right and that quality education is considered an international priority. "The barring of girls and women from education is not only damaging the females in Afghan society but will also severely harm the social fundamentals of Afghanistan gradually, which will be difficult to recover from," said Marriam Arveen, a human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... defender. "It has been three years that we have not gone to school. A one-year stop was due to Covid-19 and the rest of the time-- two years--was due to the Islamic Emirate’s takeover. We hope that as the schools are reopened for boys, the Islamic Emirate will reopen it for girls as well," said Nargis, a student. This comes as residents of Kabul called on the interim government to provide educational opportunities for women and to reopen secondary schools for girls. "If we want to have a brilliant future and a developed country, then it is essential that the schools for our sisters be reopened," said Ameen, a resident of Kabul. "Without universities and educational institutions, good governance and enduring stability will be difficult," said Mohammad Sarwar, a resident of Kabul. It has been nearly 560 days since female students above grade six have been banned from schools, and their fate has yet to be clarified. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #8 That's what I understand is the womens' schools were offering the latest in enlightened Western Woman education. The field trip exercise demonstrating that indeed women can be men should be pay-per-view. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-04-04 18:54 |
| #7 Let me pull on my Nomex jumpsuit and play Devil's Advocate: Are the Taliban behind the curve on this, or ahead of it? Here in the West, the results from sending girls to school have been kind of a mixed bag. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-04-04 18:12 |
| #6 Officials say that girls are not banned, but they remain out of school. Indeed. De facto versus de jure, or Alice in Wonderland’s “Jam yesterday and jam tomorrow, but never jam today.” Just like the “interim government” of the conquering Taliban will never be replaced via the promised elections. So long as the masses keep quiet while waiting forever — it’s clearly an effective technique much favoured by Allah, the father of lies. There was a women-run radio station in Badakhshan that was providing school lessons over the air. The Taliban government shut it down the other day, claiming they were playing forbidden singing during Ramadan. On-line school lessons for girls would be an ink blot kind of thing, as most Afghans do not have computers or internet access. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-04-04 15:53 |
| #5 Duchamp as the pinnacle of Western Art and Culture? I'd stop paying attention too, nevermind the facilities being Woke. Not interested in my daughter learning the 57 Genders or Tranny Poetry Slam either. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-04-04 13:22 |
| #4 The Old Swamp: Make the world safe for democracy The New Swamp: Democracy, what's that. [Oh, if we don't like it, we'll call up Websters to change the meaning.] |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-04-04 08:45 |
| #3 Evidently their 20+ year experiment with human rights and democracy didn't take. Surely someone in Washington could have predicted such an outcome. Historical reference and middle Eastern religions, why do they hate us ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-04-04 08:35 |
| #2 Their fate has not been clarified and the Islamic scholars agree that it is OK to educate women. Officials say that girls are not banned, but they remain out of school. If their father’s are not well connected, female students are hunted down for marriage. Leftist NGOs make statements saying this is not a good idea. Eventually, Christians will husband assets to provide for online schooling. I am surprised it has not already happened. If it is, I don’t want to know any details. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-04-04 08:25 |
| #1 The others are simply too undernourished, impoverished or woke. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-04-04 08:21 |