"I want the Taliban to stop curbing our freedoms." "This is an irrational step and must be strongly discouraged," a high-school student in Kandahar, who did not want to be named for fear of retribution, told Radio Azadi. The Taliban's order for male teachers and students in the ninth grade and above to sign the pledge has been widely criticized. Taliban religious scholars attend a public meeting on economic welfare in Kandahar on August 18. The Koran and Sunnah are the basis of Shari'a law.
Sunnah is the Islamic concept of following the actions, teachings, and sayings of Muhammad.
"I.son of.promise that I will follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad and all the principles of Shari'a law," reads the one-page document that was distributed to high schools in Kandahar by the Taliban's provincial education department earlier this month. That includes following the Taliban's strict dress code for men, including growing a beard, wearing a turban or Islamic cap, and donning the "pirhan tumban," the traditional baggy shirt and pants common in rural Afghanistan.įailure to sign or adhere to the pledge, which RFE/RL's Radio Azadi obtained a copy of, can lead to students being expelled from school or teachers losing their jobs, according to locals. The Taliban has ordered male teachers and high-school students in the southern province of Kandahar to sign a written pledge that they will adhere to the militant group's extremist interpretation of Islamic Shari'a law.
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