Universities in Afghanistan have been prohibited for women because “they did not respect the dress code,” the Taliban Minister of Higher Education justified this Thursday during an interview on state television.
“These students who went to college […] did not respect the instructions for the hijab (scarf that covers the head and neck). Hijab is obligatory in Islam,” said Neda Mohammad Nadeem.
On Thursday, she explained the decision because “students who were going to the university…did not follow the instructions on hijab. Hijab is obligatory in Islam,” Neda Mohammad Nadeem said, referring to the obligation placed on women to cover themselves. face and body completely. .
According to the minister, the girls who studied in a province far from their home “did not travel with a ‘mahram’, an adult male companion.”
“Our Afghan honor does not allow a young Muslim girl from one province to end up in a distant province without her father, brother or husband accompanying her,” she said.
new rules
After the Taliban took control of the country in August 2021, universities were forced to adopt new rules, particularly to separate girls and boys during class hours.
Women were only allowed to receive lessons from teachers of the same sex or from older men.
This new attack on women’s rights has shocked many girls in the country who were already excluded from secondary schools and has drawn international condemnation.
On Thursday, the G7 foreign ministers considered that the measures taken against women may constitute “a crime against humanity.”
“The Taliban’s policies aimed at erasing women from public life will have consequences for our countries’ relations with the Taliban,” they warned.
Source: BFM TV
