Fifteen religious scholars have been killed as a result of security forces operations and militant attacks in the past two months in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday. Maulvi and Religious Affairs director, during an exclusive…
Religious scholars on Sunday called for punishing those involved in administrative corruption and immoral acts under the Sharia Law. The demand was made in a resolution the scholars passed after concluding a day-two conference on corruption organized by…
Religious scholars on Sunday called for punishing those involved in administrative corruption and immoral acts under the Sharia Law. The demand was made in a resolution the scholars passed after concluding a day-two conference on corruption organized by…
KABUL as contested zone. Scholars from Nangarhar, Laghman, Kabul, Paktia, Badakhshan and Takhar provinces attended the gathering arranged in cooperation with the Islamic Revolution Movement of Afghanistan People. At the conference titled “Public and Social Actions toward peace,” the participants…
Religious scholars and tribal elders in northeastern Jawzjan province on Thursday condemned a deadly Taliban attack on the Afghan National Army (ANA base in the northern city of Mazae-i-Sharif. As many as 135 soldiers were killed and 60…
KABUL ‘Nawroz’ is celebrated as a spring festival, it is legitimate from Islamic perspective. But other scholars say Islam has prohibited celebrating the festival under any name. Nawroz literary meaning ‘new day’ marks the start of spring and the day…
Religious scholars who met Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday called for appointing religious scholars as advisors in security and other government organs. A statement from the CEO office said Ulema committee of advisors for the…
Concerned over the increasing poppy cultivation in the country, the Ministry of Counternarcotics on Tuesday urged religious scholars to aware people about the hazards of narcotics and their prohibition in Islam. A recent survey by UNODC shows poppy…
Religious scholars and tribal elders on Wednesday voiced their support for the Afghan security forces in opium-rich southern Helmand province, calling on the insurgents to reconcile. Attending a gathering in Lashkargah, the provincial capital, the clerics and elders…
