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Afghan girls are forbidden from praying loudly or reciting the Koran in entrance of different girls, in response to a Taliban authorities minister.

It’s the most recent restriction on girls following morality laws that ban them from elevating their voice and baring their faces outdoors the house. They’re already excluded from training after sixth grade, many public areas and most jobs.

No person from the Vice and Advantage Ministry was instantly accessible on Wednesday to make clear the official’s remarks or affirm if the prohibition would additionally change into a part of the morality legal guidelines.

Throughout an occasion in jap Logar province on Sunday, Vice and Advantage Minister Khalid Hanafi mentioned: “It’s prohibited for a grown girl to recite Koranic verses or carry out recitations in entrance of one other grown girl. Even chants of takbir (Allahu Akbar) should not permitted.”

He mentioned that uttering related expressions like “subhanallah,” one other phrase central to the Islamic religion, was additionally not allowed. A lady was not permitted to carry out the decision to prayer, he instructed the gathering. “So, there’s actually no permission for singing.”

Audio of Hanafi’s remarks was shared on the ministry’s social media platforms however was later deleted.

The ministry mentioned Tuesday {that a} nationwide consciousness program in regards to the legal guidelines is underway involving ministry officers at provincial and district ranges.

“Organising such packages will contribute to shaping public notion and rising consciousness of divine rulings,” the ministry added.

Afghan provinces are already barring the media from exhibiting photographs of residing issues, one other controversial and broadly criticized characteristic of the morality legal guidelines.

The Taliban arrange the ministry for the ” propagation of advantage and the prevention of vice” after seizing energy in 2021.

Since then, the ministry has enforced decrees issued by the Taliban management which have a disproportionate impression on girls and ladies, like costume codes, segregated training and employment, and having a male guardian after they journey.