Taliban’s religious police reportedly burned a number of musical instruments in the western province of Herat, according to a Sunday report by the state-run news agency Bakhtar.
Sheikh Aziz al-Rahman al-Muhajir, the provincial head of the Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, said music led to “misguidance of the youth and the destruction of society,” according to the report.
People could be corrupted, according to the official. The Taliban banned nonreligious music the last time it ruled the country in the 1990s.
Pictures show officials gathered around a fire with musical instruments, including guitars, harmoniums and speakers. A pile of musical instruments burn as the Taliban imposes new restrictions on music
Afghanistan has a strong musical tradition, influenced by Iranian and Indian classical music.
It also has a thriving pop music scene, adding electronic instruments and dance beats to more traditional rhythms.
Both flourished in the past 20 years before the Taliban stormed to power in 2021.
But the Taliban has imposed harsh measures since seizing control of Afghanistan in August 2021 as US and NATO forces withdrew.
Students and teachers of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, which was once famous for its inclusiveness, have not returned to classes since the Taliban takeover. Many musicians have also fled the country.
Taliban’s crackdown on women’s rights
The Taliban promised a more moderate rule than that of their previous time in power in the 1990s. They had promised to allow for women’s and minority rights. But instead, they reintroduced harsh measures in line with their strict interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia.
They have carried out public executions, banned education for girls beyond the sixth grade and also banned women from most forms of employment.
Earlier this week, the Taliban announced that all beauty salons ought to be closed because they offered services forbidden by Islam and caused economic hardship for the families of grooms during wedding festivities.
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I remember ISIS banning music for their members so this isn’t a huge shock.
Don’t they usually sing their prayers and hymns in islam tradition? At least that’s what I think they are broadcasting from the minarets.
From what I understand, the call to prayer is acceptable because it’s done in Allah’s name and intertwined with worship. All other music is heretical and impure because it’s about things other than praying right now and how awesome Allah is. Source is a religious studies course fifteen years ago, so if someone knows better correct me.
Deeply un-Islamic. The history of Arab and Islamic music goes back right to the birth of the religion and the life of Muhammad himself.
As with all religious stuff, that’s just your opinion. The sahih bukhari suggests otherwise, putting music in the same vein as ‘illegal sexual intercourse’ (and wearing silk, cuz why not lmao)
I agree but can you share more history or a source? I work in a school and some members of my community opt out of music for religious reasons which I think is BS and a totally extreme view. I don’t think it is in the Quran bit someone told me it is in the hadith.
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Major dick move ngl
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Who woulda thunk it!?
Time for musicians to protest and riot*!
*not in Afghanistan
I’m sure that’ll end well for them.
Neanderthals
Nah, I think there is evidence that Neandertals appreciated the arts. These people are just jerks.
Few months ago on another platform, I watched a video that same
shittykind of peoplewho must be absolutely extinctat same situation just destroyed a vintage intricate musical instrument (very much heirloom—accordion/keyboard?) as if they were proudly doing right; as if it was how they, humans, are supposed to live (life without music TF to them).Just as I said long ago (I deleted it as I left the platform),
I dare, and I will never ever be born and live in an unmelodious and inharmonious world that they’re desperately creating (through their absurd malevolent passionate principles), an invibrant and soulless world that nobody who’s gratefully listened and forever enjoyed music and other wonderful things will never ever wish.
Another shitty propaganda cause they know instinctively how great does music affect everyone’s minds to realize wider and better and never worse I believe. Annihilating music is as same as burning the books and suppressing any media.Is there any flights to Afghanistan?
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That’ll teach them, stoopid noise makin tings
Hey at least we’ll get some more dank nasheeds on YouTube out of this
Idiots
Assholes
Someone should really defeat those guys in a war and teach them a lesson.
We did. As soon as we left they went right back to their old ways.
Kick yo ass den we gonna come home
Somebody’s brought a Yamaha cp80 to Afghanistan only to have it burned. I suppose this somehow helps allah
Maybe he made them do that, so he can finally fulfil his dream of leading his own big band.
Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice
Better known as the Anti-Fun Police.
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American evangelicals would like to have a word with you. I mean fuck the Taliban they’re horrible. But they’re not all that special or unique. Nor are they representative of Islam as a whole. And even there we should be admonishing Christians as much as we seem to want to admonish islamists.
like all religions taken to their core extremism
