Fazl Hadi Shinwari, Afghanistan's new chief justice, has banned cable television. (Brickbats).
Fazl Hadi Shinwari The Shinwari are an ethnic Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan. The Shinwari tribe is also found in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, though there is no longer any true political connection between the Shinwaris of the respective countries. , Afghanistan's new chief justice, has banned cable television. Shinwari, who is also a Muslim Muslim (mŭz`lĭm) [Arab.,=one who surrenders (himself to God), an agent form of the verb of which Islam is a verbal noun], one who has embraced Islam, a follower of Muhammad. cleric, says some of the foreign news, sports, and entertainment programs are contrary to Islam. The chief justice also wants to ban coeducation coeducation, instruction of both sexes in the same institution. The economic benefits gained from joint classes and the need to secure equality for women in industrial, professional, and political activities have influenced the spread of coeducation. . "I want education for women," he said, "but we want men and women not to sit together."
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