A minimum of 679 titles blacklisted, together with texts on human rights, ladies’s rights and Western political thought.
Afghanistan‘s Taliban-run authorities plans to take away books written by ladies from college curricula.
A member of the committee reviewing textbooks confirmed the ban to BBC Afghan on Friday. The blacklisting is a part of an academic decree that additionally prohibits schooling programs “deemed in battle with Islamic Sharia”.
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The committee member instructed BBC Afghanistan that “all books authored by ladies should not allowed to be taught.”
A minimum of 679 titles had been banned resulting from their “anti-Sharia and Taliban insurance policies”, he added.
The books affected cowl each subject of research, together with texts on constitutional legislation, Islamic political actions and the political system, in addition to human rights, ladies’s research and Western political thought.
A remaining record of banned books might be issued to universities at a later date.
A directive, which was seen by BBC Afghan, was signed by the Taliban’s deputy larger schooling minister, Ziaur Rahman Aryoubi, and the 50-page record of banned books was despatched to Afghan universities on the finish of final month.
Aryoubi stated in a letter to the schools that the selections had been taken by a panel of “non secular students and consultants” and that the banned books must be changed with course supplies that “don’t battle with Islam”.
The decree is the most recent in a collection of restrictions the Taliban has imposed since returning to energy 4 years in the past.
The Taliban has cracked down on many features of schooling, from firing a whole lot of professors on the grounds that they “opposed” the group’s ideology to growing necessary non secular coursework throughout all colleges.
Ladies have been notably affected. They’re not allowed to attend faculty previous the sixth grade (age 12).
Universities have additionally been ordered to cease instructing 18 topics, six of that are particularly about ladies, together with gender and improvement. One other 201 programs had been underneath overview.
‘Misogynistic mindset’
Zakia Adeli, the previous deputy minister of justice earlier than the Taliban’s return in August 2021 and creator of Political Terminology and Worldwide Relations, one of many banned books, instructed BBC Afghan that she was unsurprised by the transfer.
“Contemplating what the Taliban have finished over the previous 4 years, it was not far-fetched to anticipate them to impose adjustments on the curriculum,” stated Adeli.
“Given the Taliban’s misogynistic mindset and insurance policies, it is just pure that when ladies themselves should not allowed to check, their views, concepts and writings are additionally suppressed.”
Sources within the capital Kabul instructed the Unbiased Persian outlet that the ban on such numerous textbooks would cripple the nation’s larger schooling system, as universities will now need to dedicate important sources to discovering and buying replacements.
Alongside the female-authored books, an extra 300 written by Iranian authors or issued by Iranian publishers are being focused.
Sources, together with one on the e-book overview committee, stated this was to “stop the infiltration of Iranian content material” into the nation’s curriculum.
Lately, the connection between the 2 neighbouring international locations has been strained, notably over water rights. This rigidity has been additional compounded by Iran’s ejection of greater than 1.5 million Afghans who had been residing within the nation.