ISLAMABAD 12 (DPA/EP)
The authorities of the Taliban government in Afghanistan have ordered the managers and owners of wedding halls in the city of Kabul to refrain from playing music or allowing activities and festivities that are not considered permitted by Islamic law.
In a statement from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, the Ombudsman has transferred this new prohibition after having held a meeting on Sunday with the owners of the banquet halls in the Afghan capital in which they were has called for the rules to be applied in full.
The new demands of the fundamentalists are also known after they criticized the United Nations for a recent report that described them as “repressive” and “highly exclusive”.
As part of coming to power in August 2021, the Taliban have since been imposing restrictions and regulations to curb what they see as a Westernization of Afghanistan. Putting an end to music in this type of establishment was one of them, although the rule was not applied everywhere.
Wedding halls are not popular with many people, because they supposedly put pressure on families to organize very expensive weddings. Although many young couples would like to get married in a wedding hall, they cannot because of the cost.
“If there is no music at a wedding, what is the difference between a wedding ceremony and a funeral?” the manager of a luxury salon in Kabul asked, on condition of anonymity, for the DPA agency.
