HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): The Department of Vice and Virtue of western Herat province says it officials burned down musical instruments they had collected in the province.
Sheikh Aziz Rahman Al-Muhajir, director of Herat vice and virtue, said these musical instruments had been collected by officials of the department from the provincial capital and districts and torched them today.
According to him, playing and listening music is forbidden and those selling musical instruments will also be dealt with in accordance with Sharia law.
He said such items misled the youth and caused social deterioration and were destroyed according to Sharia . . .
