‘Deeply troubling’: Zakir Naik faces backlash for defending Taliban’s girls’ education restrictions
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from news9live · united kingdom · South Asia
Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has drawn criticism after defending the Taliban’s restrictions on girls’ education as a postponement. Education activist Ziauddin Yousafzai and former Afghan MP Mariam Solaimankhil rejected his arguments about security and female teachers. UNICEF says more than 2.6 million Afghan girls have been denied secondary education since September 2021.
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