The leader of the Taliban has banned ribbon-cutting ceremonies, walking on carpets with shoes, and celebrating Teacher's Day, citing their resemblance to non-Muslim practices.
In a decree issued by Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban's leader, it was stated that such activities were prohibited in Afghanistan as they resembled practices of non-Muslims. The Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice circulated this order, categorizing these acts as "forbidden" and resembling non-Muslim traditions.
A source from the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue shared correspondence between the ministry and Akhundzada’s office. Earlier In May, Minister Muhammad Khalid Hanafi requested a fatwa on various practices, including ribbon-cutting ceremonies, walking on carpets with shoes, celebrating holidays like Teacher's Day, Valentine’s Day, and mixed martial arts. Hanafi argued that these practices violated Islamic law but continued within Taliban-run departments. Akhundzada approved the prohibition, attaching the "Qasimi Fatwa" to the ministry.
The "Qasimi Fatwa," named after Mufti Shabbir Ahmad Qasimi, a prominent Deobandi scholar from Darul Uloom Deoband, denounces ribbon-cutting and similar practices as symbols of non-Muslim cultures, lacking any basis in Islam, and urged Muslims to avoid them.
This follows a recent decree in which Akhundzada affirmed that women’s voices and bodies must be hidden, reinforcing the Taliban’s strict gender policies.
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