Taliban stress they respect women's rights "defined by Islam"

MADRID, 20 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The authorities established by the Taliban in Afghanistan have stressed that they are committed to defending the rights of women "defined by Islam" and have rejected the interpretation given "by the international community" to these fundamental rights.

The Minister for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, Mohamad Khalid Hanafi, has indicated that the application of the 'sharia' is one of the main objectives of the group and has stressed that they will not bet on "personal theories", as reported the Afghan news agency Jaama Press.

Likewise, he has emphasized that "not all Islamic scholars have tried to occupy government positions" and has indicated that "they work to apply the 'sharia' and guide society on the right path", before defending that an environment is necessary "decent" to reopen women's institutes.

Hanafi has stated that the ministry he heads has not yet ruled on the right to education for girls and has stressed that the reopening of centers, closed since the Taliban came to power, "depends to a large extent on the creation of a decent cultural and religious environment".

The Taliban spokesman and Deputy Information Minister, Zabihullah Mujahid, stated in October that the return of girls to school is "inevitable" and stated that the Government is making efforts so that women can work in a "proper environment".

The Taliban authorities have faced criticism for the closure of educational centers and the exclusion of female students from them, in the midst of a battery of discriminatory measures against women that keep them from their jobs and govern aspects of their daily lives. .