நடனம் போன்ற இஸ்லாமுக்கு ஒவ்வாத விஷயங்கள் ஆப்கானிஸ்தானில் சட்டபூர்வ தடை

நடனம் போன்ற இஸ்லாமுக்கு ஒவ்வாத விஷயங்கள் ஆப்கானிஸ்தானில் சட்டபூர்வ தடை

Afghan bill may ban dancing, other un-Islamic TV scenes
By Associated Press
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - Added 6h ago

KABUL - TV programs that show dancing and other un-Islamic practices would be banned under a resolution passed by Afghanistan’s lower house of Parliament.

The decision came after the Tolo TV channel showed a dance routine on an Afghan film awards program. The Information and Culture Ministry condemned the scene: “Dancing by men and women together was completely against the culture of the Afghan, Muslim society.”

The parliamentary resolution said dancers should not be shown on TV, and un-Islamic scenes should be cut from Indian TV series broadcast in Afghanistan, said lawmaker Din Mohammad Azimi.

The resolution will go before the upper house of Parliament. It would have to be approved by the president before becoming law.

Afghanistan’s media boomed after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. But officials and warlords have pressured broadcasters over programming. Last year gunmen shot radio station owner Zakia Zaki to death in front of her 8-year-old son, in a dispute with warlords over programming.

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