Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why Taliban oppose women's education?

“It is so clear from the Quran and the life of the Prophet of Islam that education is important for one and all. Why can't the Taliban understand this simple thing and stop terrorizing women from going for education?”Asked by Danish, Bhopal

He answers at 51:56 in Islam and Violence · 1 min 21 sec

His answer, in his own words
51:56
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai bhopal se, danish sahib ne kiya hai, aur unhon ne likha hai ke maulana, "it is so clear from quran and the life of prophet of islam that education is important for one and all. why cant the taliban understand this simple thing and stop terrorizing the women in going for education?" dekhiye, aik arabi ka aik maqoola hai: "al-nas adaa'u ma jahiloo". log us cheez ke dushman ban jatay hain jis ko woh na jantay hon. to yeh log ilm ki qeemat nahi jantay, yeh log sirf talwar aur bandooq ki qeemat jantay hain, woh us tribal culture ki wajah se. tribal culture un ka obsession ban gaya hai.
52:48
obsession! woh jantay hi nahi ke sab se bari cheez ilm hai, sab se bari cheez education hai. to unhein batane ki zaroorat hai ke un ki source galat hai, aur sab se bari cheez ilm aur education hoti hai. jab woh jaan jayenge to chhod denge. abhi to bekhabar hain woh. al-nas! un ka case jo hai, al-nas adaa ma jahiloo ka case hai. un ka
53:17
Maulana, agla sawal aaya hai Zubair sahib ka Pune se, aur unhone likha hai ke Maulana, "Islam is an ideology, but unfortunately, instead of creating and spreading the ideological empire, Muslims want to create and spread the political empire.
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