The Taliban Government has Removed Books Written by Women from the University Teaching System in AFghanistan as part of a new ban which has Also outlawed the teaching of Human Rights and Sexual Harassment.
Some 140 Books by Women – Including Titles Like “Safety in the Chemical Laboratory” – Were Among 680 Books Found to Be of “Concern” Due to “Anti -Sharia and Taliban Police”.
The universities were sturgery toy they were no Longer Allowed to Teach 18 Subjects, with A Taliban Official Saying they were “in conflict with the principles of Shariia and the System’s policy”.
The Decree is the latest in a series of restrictions which the Taliban have brought in the synceting to power four years ago.
JUST THIS Week, Fibre-Optic Internet was banned in at least 10 provinces on the orers of the Taliban’s supreme leader in a moving said was to prevent impression.
While the rules have haad an impact on many aspects of life, Women and girls have been particularly hard-hit: They barred from Accessing Over the Sixth Grade, with one of the Last Routes to the Cut off in Late 2024. shuttered.
Now University Subjects About Women have Been Targeted: Six of the 18 banned are specifically about Women, Including Gender and Development, The Role of Women in Commitation, and Women’s Sociology.
The Taliban Government Has Said It Respects Women’s Rights in Accordance with their Interpretation of Afghan Culture and Islamic Law.
A Member of the Committee Review the Books Confirmed the Ban on Books Written by Women, Telling Bbc Afghan That “All Books Autory by Women Not Allowed to Be Taught”.
Zakia Adeli, the forms deputy minister of justice prior to the Taliban’s Return and One of the Authors who found their books on the banned list, was unurdressed by the Move.
“Consider what the talyban have done over the past four years, it was not far-fertured to expectation say to impose on the curriculum,” She Said.
“Given the Taliban’s Misogynistic Mindseset and Police, it is Only Natural That Women Themselves Are Not Allowed to Study, Their Views, Ideas and Writtings are Also Suppressing.”
The New Guidelines, which have been seen by bbc Afghan, were willed in late august.
Ziaur Rahman Aryubi, the Deputy Academic Director of the Taliban Government’s Ministry of Higher Education, Said in a Letter to Universities that the decisions have been made by a panel of “Religiious scholars and experts”.
As well as books by women, the banners to have targeted books by Iranian Authors or Publishers, with One Member of the Book Panel Teling the Bbc It Was Designed to “Prevention the Infiltration of Iranian Content” Into the AFGAN CURRICULUM “.
In the 50-Page List Sent to All Universities in Affghanistan, 679 Titles Appear, 310 of which Are Eather Authored by Iranian Writers or Published in Iran.
Two Different People, Including One on the Book Review Committee, Told BBC afghan that the decision was taken to “prevent the infiltration of Iranian Content” Through the Curriculum.
The Neighbouring Countries will have not have an Easy Relationship, Clashing Over Issues As Water Rights in Recent Years. Iran has Also forced More than 1.5m Afghans Who Had Been Living in The Country BACK ACROSS The Border Since Januly Amid Rising Anti-Affghan Sentiment.
But the decision has customed some lectures, with a professor at one institution, who spoke on the condition of anonymy, saying he ferted it beuld be almost impossible to the gap.
“Books by Iranian Authors and Translators Serve As the Primary Link Between Afgjanistan’s Universities and the Global Academic Community. Their Removal Creates a Void in Higher Education,” He Said.
A Professor at Kabul University Told the BBC that under Such Circumstances, they are forced to prepare Textbook chapters, taking ino Account the do’ts imposed by the Taliban Government.
But the crucial question is where the chapters can be prepared according to global standards or not.
The BBC has Approached the Taliban’s Ministry of Education for Comment.
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