An Ulema Council has been formed in the Behsud district of eastern Nangarhar province to address public issues through the jirga mechanism. Residents of Behsud, welcoming the move, urged the council to play a mediatory role in settling…
Religious scholars from Afghanistan and Pakistan will hold a video conference meeting on Thursday, an official said on Tuesday. Fazal Mohammad Hussaini, spokesperson for the Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs, said Saudi Arabia will be hosting the…
Religious scholars of the eastern zone on Thursday said killing innocent people was against Islamic principles and urged the Taliban to bring the ongoing conflict to an end. Around a thousand of religious scholars gathered in Shirzai Stadium…
The Ministry of Hajj University was an attack on knowledge and it had no Islamic legitimacy. Mohammad Qasim Halimi, acting hajj and Islamic affairs minister, told a conference here that, “The attack on Kabul University was an assault…
KABUL Council (AUC) Head Qiyyamuddin Kashaf has died due to an illness he was suffering from, his family member confirmed on Sunday. Abdul Basir Mansour, Kashaf’s family member, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Ulema Council head breathed his last…
KABUL banning all Islamic, political, religious and cultural gatherings until the elimination of coronavirus across the country. Earlier today, Dr. Wahidullah Mayar, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), told Pajhwok Afghan News 28 new cases had been registered in the…
KABUL to create a joint commission on combating coronavirus and advised people to follow guidelines. First reported in December in the city of Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province, experts attributed the outbreak to a novel coronavirus that has since…
KABUL Council, a clerics’ council in capital Kabul, on Monday welcomed recent developments in the peace process, saying peace “is a national process and no one has the right to monopolize it.” This come a day after President Ashraf Ghani…
KABUL insurgents, urging the warning parties to show flexibility in stances. The Afghanistan Impartial Religious Scholars Peace Convoy, a group of around 70 Islamic scholars, in Kabul said they had collected some money and would travel to Spin Boldak district…
A number of Islamic scholars on Sunday called on people to pay taxes timely in order to increase national revenue. Around 150 Islamic scholars attended a conference in this regard in Kabul today (Sunday). Maulvi Abdul Shakor Shakiri,…
KABUL reduced during the past five years under the unity government, adding that efforts were ongoing to further narrow the gap. The president made these remarks while addressing an annual conference ‘Reviewing problems seminaries and Ulema face and finding solutions…
KABUL forces, hundreds of Islamic scholars on Wednesday strongly condemned targeted killings of their counterparts. The scholars holding a gathering in Kabul said the ongoing conflict in the country was killing only Afghans and urged ceasefire. They said insecurity had…
Some Islamic scholars in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday welcomed the upcoming Consultative Loya Jirga about starting their peace talks. Addressing a press conference here, one of the scholars, Mualvi Habibullah Jalalabadi, said individuals who were committed to…
KABUL ahead of Eid-ul-Adha. This was offered by the Ulema during a meeting here today. Religious scholars, university teachers and high ranking officials from the Ministry of Hajj Ministry took part in the meeting. Ulema Council Head Maulvi Qeyyamuddin Kashaf…
KABUL. Talking to reporters after their gathering, the religious scholars urged the Taliban militants to extend their ceasefire the way the government did and respond positively to the direct talks offer. Mualvi Attaullah Faizan, a religious scholar and member of…
Clerics in northern Balkh province on Monday welcomed the ceasefire between the government and the Taliban during Eid holidays, urging a permanent end to the conflict. Four days back, President Ashraf Ghani said the Afghan government supporting recent…
KABUL. The huge gathering got under wat 9am at the Loya Jirga in accordance with Islamic teachings about the ongoing conflict and peace. Details to follow sa/mud
KABUL. A statement from Presidential Palace said the Ulema termed peace in Afghanistan a “Divine Order” and explained the importance of peace in light and spirit of religious teachings. The statement added the government of Afghanistan endorses “the ulema’s stance,…
KABUL conference in Indonesia. In a video clip on social media, Maulana Anwarul Haq said the trilateral conference in Indonesia was a consultative event where religious scholars from the three countries offered their suggestions about the conflict in Afghanistan and…
Indonesia President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Friday opened the Trilateral Ulema at Bogor Palace, which deliberated upon how ulema could help achieve peace in Afghanistan. Themed “Islam as Rahmatan lil Alamin: Peace and Stability in Afghanistan” the event,…
KABUL are expected to hold a joint conference with their Indonesian counterparts in Jakarta next month, a reliable source said on Wednesday. According to the source, efforts had been underway for some time to arrange the conference after the topic…
