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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.
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