09 March 2012

Afghans lampoon clerics over women ruling

.... "I support the comments by the Ulema council because it is in accordance with Islam," Abdul Salam, student of Islamic theology from southern Afghanistan.

"Contrary to all the criticism, it will help women to work more confidently and without being exposed to their male partners."

"We are Muslims and we must obey what Islam and our clerics say," said Nasrullah Khalid, a resident of Badghis.

"If men and women are separated, I will let my own daughter go and study at university. "

"I am surprised that our young people call themselves Muslims, but when it comes to Islamic rules, they make fun of it," wrote Ahmad Khalid, a Kabul resident on Facebook. [BBC] Read more