Author: Agencies
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: February 22, 2003
Afghanistan's chief Justice, Molvi
Fazal Hadi Shinwari, on Tuesday called for abolishing the country's co-education
schools as it violates Islamic teachings and principles. "Co-education
violates Islamic injunctions and social morality. Abolishing it will violate
no one's rights,'' Shinwari told the Afghan Islamic Press (aip) agency
in an interview.
Shinwari rejected the criticism
voiced by a United Nations-backed Afghan human rights organisation against
the decision of a provincial Governor to segregate schools and ban male
teachers from institutions meant for girls.
"It (the criticism of Herat Governor
Ismail Khan) is unwarranted,'' he said. Shinwari disclosed that a Shura
of Ulema (consultative council of Islamic scholars) will soon be created
to work for establishing an Islamic order and Government in Afghanistan
and to struggle against the anti-Islam influences.
Meanwhile, the Chief Justice turned
down a petition challenging his order last month banning cable television
in the eastern city of Jalalabad. "My ruling was based on Islamic injunctions.
Cable tv undermines social morality and the people of Afghanistan oppose
it,'' he told aip.
