Taliban Government will ban music in public in Afghanistan

Zabihullah Mujahid

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# 27 August 2021 13:40 (UTC +04:00)

Taliban leaders have confirmed the government will ban music in public in Afghanistan, APA reports citing Digital Music News.
Speaking in an interview with The New York Times, Zabihullah Mujahid spoke about how the group plans to govern Afghanistan. Music in public in the country was banned from 1996 to 2001 – while the Taliban was in power.

“Music is forbidden in Islam,” Mujahid told The New York Times. “Bet we’re hoping that we can persuade people not to do such things instead of pressuring them.” The only exception to the music ban during the Taliban’s original stint in Afghanistan was for some vocal religious pieces, with no musical accompaniment.

Afghan radio and TV stations have been playing only Islamic songs since the Taliban takeover. It’s unclear whether the Taliban ordered the change, or if the stations made the change to avoid conflict with the new regime.

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