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print versionDeclaration of Afghan Women’s Network regarding the latest verdict of Taliban on “closing universities and education centers for girls”
12/23/2022
“Are those who have knowledge equal to those who does not have knowledge” —(Holy Quran, Surrah Azzumur, verse 9)
Allah almighty clearly and rhetorically states through the mentioned verse that he/she who seeks knowledge is not equal with the ones who does not bother themselves to gain knowledge and educate themselves.
Allah almighty also had started the revelation of Holy Quran with word “???? “which means recite (or read) in English. Now, this word refers and points out to learning and seeking education. With that being said, the recent declaration of Taliban on banning girls from going to universities, shocked every citizen of this society; and surely such kind of discriminative behaviors towards women and girls have caused severe grief and disappointment. This situation has created a big question in minds of the citizens that: “up to when, are we going to witness such cruelties?”
Women and girls of Afghanistan – with consideration of Islamic rulings and teachings of prophet Mohammad – have their specific human and Islamic rights. No individual or entity has this right to deprive them of their basic and Islamic human rights.
Afghan Women’s Network, with extending its condolences towards women and girls of this country, urges the Taliban to stop taking the little (remaining) hope of this countries girls – by issuing such inappropriate verdicts.
AWN, on the other hand calls on the international community to break their silence on this gigantic issue and to not let the Afghan girls alone in these tough times. Meanwhile, AWN requests the Islamic countries to share their experience in the related regards with the Taliban. To explain that: Islamic countries respect basic rights of women and find no religious or legal challenge in recognizing the mentioned rights of women. if these experiences are shared with the Taliban, it could help Taliban to revise on their recent inappropriate verdicts on women and girls’ rights and hopefully recognize their basic human rights – especially their education right.
Women and girls surely have this right to learn, receive education and serve their country. However, if the scenario is the other way around and girls and women (which consists the half of the countries’ population”, we should expect occurrence of disaster in the future not far from now.
Let the Afghan girls learn.
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