Sheikh Molvi Nurullah Munir’s remarks on higher education drew criticism.
Less than a month after the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, a new cabinet was unveiled on Tuesday, leaving world leaders to wonder about their future relationship with the South Asian nation. “In the future, all matters of governance and life in Afghanistan will be governed by the laws of the Holy Sharia,” Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada made this clear in his first public statement since the August 15 fall of Kabul.
Even though the Taliban have assured change in an attempt to gain global recognition, such claims have been questioned and dismissed amid widespread criticism.
A video that is now being widely shared on social media shows the Taliban’s education minister, Sheikh Molvi Nurullah Munir, questioning the relevance of higher education.
“No PhD degrees, master’s degrees are valuable today. You see that the mullahs and the Taliban who are in power don’t even have PhDs, MAs or high school degrees, but are the greatest,” he was heard saying in a goes. The video is being shared on social media,” Sheikh Molvi Nurullah Munir can be heard saying in the video. The comment, as expected, drew heavy criticism.
This is the Taliban’s Higher Education Minister- says that the master’s degree is valuable today, not a PhD degree. You see the mullahs in power and the Taliban don’t even have a PhD, an MA or a high school degree, but they are the greatest. pic.twitter.com/gr3UqOCX1b
— said Suleiman Ashna (@sashna111) September 7, 2021
“Why is this guy talking about education,” said one Twitter user.
Another user said, “Higher education minister says higher education is not worth it.”
“Such shameful thoughts about education, keeping them in power is devastating especially to the youth and children!” Read a post on Twitter.
In the new “interim government” of the Taliban, which will be headed by Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, Mullah, the little-known head of the Taliban’s leadership council, has been named as the caretaker prime minister.
UN-designated terrorist Sirajuddin Haqqani is the new caretaker interior minister in the 33-member cabinet, which has no women members.
“As I speak and today the Taliban have announced their government. It is anything but inclusive,” Afghanistan’s ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ghulam Isakzai said on Tuesday.
(With inputs from PTI, AFP)
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