{"id":4021,"date":"2025-12-23T12:59:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/23\/pakistani-scholars-criticize-taliban-ban-girls-education-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T12:59:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:59:33","slug":"pakistani-scholars-criticize-taliban-ban-girls-education-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/23\/pakistani-scholars-criticize-taliban-ban-girls-education-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani Religious Scholars Criticize Taliban&#8217;s Ban on Girls&#8217; Education in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of prominent Pakistani religious scholars openly criticized the Taliban administration&#8217;s policy of depriving girls of education, calling it incompatible with Islamic teachings. The meeting, held on Tuesday under the umbrella of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) and led by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the party&#8217;s leader, issued a statement urging the Taliban to reopen educational institutions to girls without delay.<\/p>\n<p>The statement emphasized that education for both men and women is a &#8220;religious obligation&#8221; and that there is no Islamic basis for prohibiting girls from pursuing their studies. The participating scholars warned that continuing these restrictions would harm Afghanistan&#8217;s social structure, the future of its coming generations, and the country&#8217;s standing on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistani clerics highlighted the religious responsibilities of scholars and rulers, deeming the ongoing ban on girls&#8217; education as contrary to Islamic principles. They called for a serious reconsideration of the Taliban&#8217;s policy, which has so far faced widespread negative reactions inside and outside Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistani religious scholars criticize the Taliban&#8217;s ban on girls&#8217; education, calling for immediate reopening of schools and adherence to Islamic teachings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international","category-secondary-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}