Education officials in Afghanistan are calling for more Islamic education to be included in all school curriculums.
The Academy of Sciences’ Taliban deputy Amirjan Saqib said in a seminar that all syllabuses need to cover the religious principles of hudud and qisas – limits and retribution – for more people to become educated about consequences, the state-owned Bakhtar News Agency reported Sunday.
Taliban members took over Afghanistan’s Academy of Sciences when the group regained control of the country in 2021.
Mr Saqib urged the Ministry of Education to address the matter during his address at the Scientific Research Seminar on Implementation of Sharia Limits and its Role in Ensuring Security in Kabul last week.
He said limits and retribution are set by the Islamic religion to preserve the dignity, life, honor, and stability of the society, according to the Bakhtar report.
“Limits and retribution should be implemented in public so that as many people as possible be exhorted,” he said, meaning people will then know the consequences for wrongdoing.
Mr Saqib also said in his speech that the departments of Information and Culture, Guidance, Hajj and Islamic Affairs, and Vice and Virtue should discuss covering these topics through the media for greater public awareness.
He said the Academy has also called on the security and judicial institutions of the Taliban to act against “rebels” of Islamic Sharia.
According to the Taliban, this includes groups like the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, led by Ahmad Massoud, who carry out armed action against Afghanistan’s de facto rulers.
Since taking control of Afghanistan, the Taliban has revived its controversial kangaroo courts that frequently deliver swift corporeal punishment such as flogging and in more extreme cases public execution. These practices are upheld through the principles of hudud and qisas.
