Scholars to visit Afghanistan for talks on ‘Islam’s position on women’

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation will, in coordination with the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, send a team of scholars to Afghanistan for talks on aspects related to Islam’s position on women’s education and work, the OIC’s secretary-general, Hussein Brahim Taha, said on Thursday.

Addressing the opening session of the 49th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of OIC member states in Mauritania, Taha said the Taliban continue to “demand that they be given some time to review the academic curricula and the safe environment for girls’ education.”

He said the OIC affirms its commitment to “support the right of women in Afghanistan to education and work in line with the principles of Islam.”

The secretary-general also stated that humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan will continue through the OIC’s office in Kabul in coordination with the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief).

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The OIC has in the past few months urged the Taliban to reverse its ban on women and girls getting an education.

In January, the OIC convened an Executive Committee meeting to discuss the situation in the country and in a post-meeting communique, called on the Taliban to “strive toward reopening schools and universities for girls and enable them to enroll in all levels of education and all specialisations required by the Afghan people.”

The OIC urged the Taliban to reconsider their education ban and other earlier decisions, which it said would have far-reaching social and economic consequences. (AMU)