(Asghar Ali Mubarak)
ISLAMABAD (TNS) Pakistan has successfully proven that Pakistan is capable of leading the entire Muslim Ummah at the global level. The recent government has successfully organized two international conferences like the SCO Summit Islamabad, which shows that Pakistan is a very important country in the Muslim world.
A 2-day International Education Conference was held in Islamabad to promote girls’ education.
Muslim leaders from all over the world participated in the two-day education conference held in Islamabad under the chairmanship of international leader Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif.
World Muslim League Secretary General Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa and OIC Secretary General Hussain Ibrahim Taha came to Islamabad to participate in the International Education Conference on Girls’ Education.
The title of the conference was “Girls’ Education in Muslim Communities, Channels and Opportunities”. The conference was attended by 150 educationists, religious scholars, diplomats and important political figures from 47 countries. The aim of the conference was to share achievements in girls’ education, exchange information and identify problems faced in the field of education and discuss actionable steps to solve them.
Delegates, education experts and ministers from many countries participated in the World Education Conference.
The conference discussed the problems faced by women in the field of education and measures to solve them.
OIC Secretary General Hussain Ibrahim Taha and World Muslim League Secretary General Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa are distinguished figures in the fields of religion and philanthropy.
As Secretary General of the Muslim World League and Chairman of the Council of Muslim Scholars, Dr. Al-Issa has long been a pioneer in promoting a more inclusive and tolerant understanding of Islam. In 2019, he led a major dialogue between Muslim and non-Muslim scholars, which resulted in the signing of the “Makkah Charter,” a testament to his commitment to promoting understanding and mutual respect.
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai also attended the conference on women’s education in Islamabad. Malala Yousafzai says that for a decade, the Taliban have deprived women of their right to education. The Taliban have enacted more than 100 laws to take away women’s rights. The Taliban do not consider women human. Addressing the World Education Conference, Malala Yousafzai said that I started my journey from Pakistan and my heart will always be in Pakistan. Every girl has the right to go to school for 12 years. Women’s education is very close to my heart. Learning is part of our Islamic teachings. She said that women like Hazrat Aisha (RA) and Fatima Jinnah are beacons for us. Fatima Jinnah did a lot for the struggle for freedom and justice. The role of women in improving the economy is as important as that of men. Malala Yousafzai said that it is a fact that most governments ignore girls’ education. Despite being ignored, the issue of girls’ education looks different today. If we ignore the crises, we will not be able to achieve the basic education of Islam. She said that Israel has destroyed schools in Gaza. 90% of universities in Gaza have also been destroyed. A Palestinian girl cannot build her future if she cannot go to school. She said that the Taliban justify their crimes with culture and religion. We present it, we must make it very clear that there is nothing Islamic in this, these policies do not reflect the teachings of Islam, Taliban policies are human rights violations. It should be remembered that Malala Yousafzai was transferred abroad after being injured by Pakistani Taliban gunfire in 2012, some people in Pakistan were outraged by her activism. As the host, Pakistan has invited Afghanistan to participate in the International Girls Education Conference. Afghanistan is the only country in the world where there are restrictions on women’s education. Pakistan’s Education Minister Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has said that neighboring Afghanistan was invited to a two-day international conference on girls’ education to be held in Islamabad, but the Taliban government refused to participate. The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF says that more than 1 million girls have been affected by the ban. However, according to the agency’s estimates, 5 million girls were out of school before the Taliban took over, due to lack of facilities and other problems. The ban on girls’ education has been condemned internationally and is one of the obstacles to the Taliban’s recognition as the legitimate rulers of Afghanistan.
The Taliban banned girls from attending school after the sixth grade because they said it was not in accordance with Islamic law, or Sharia. They did not ban boys from attending school. The Taliban have made no progress in the past three years in creating the conditions they say are necessary for girls to attend classes.
The Taliban leadership believes that women should not participate in any kind of social or public life, and in particular, they should be kept out of education.
The Taliban banned girls’ education in the late 1990s, when they took control of Afghanistan.
According to UN data, Afghan girls aged 15 to 19 have a high fertility rate and do not have secondary or higher education.
Aid groups say that the hardships faced by families mean that girls are more vulnerable to child labor and early marriage if they are not in school.
The Taliban have waged a decades-long jihad to enforce their view of Sharia law, and they are not backing down easily.
