RASC News Agency: In his latest statements, Zaher Mohammad Haqqani, Deputy Minister of the Taliban’s Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs, dismissed Western countries’ criticism of the violation of women’s rights under Taliban rule in Afghanistan. Haqqani made these remarks on Monday, April 22, during a graduation ceremony for religious students in Kabul.
He claimed that women’s leadership and political participation are inappropriate, stating that countries that elect women as leaders will not achieve success. The Taliban official added, “A hadith narrated in Bukhari suggests that if a community entrusts its leadership and governance to a woman, that community will never achieve success.”
Haqqani argued that granting women the right to vote in elections is contrary to Islam and contended that Western emphasis on women’s rights, including political participation, is misguided. In recent decades, several Islamic and Western countries have had female leaders, and some of these leaders, such as Margaret Thatcher in the UK and Angela Merkel in Germany, were regarded as successful and popular during their terms.
During their more than two years of rule in Afghanistan, the Taliban have imposed escalating restrictions on the lives of women and girls, depriving them of their fundamental rights.
