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Kabul – 28 May 2025
1. Various women studying inside madrassa
2. Various Zahid Ur Rahman Sahibi teaching women Quran studies
3. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Zahid-ur-Rehman Sahibi, teacher:
“We have more students than other places because this centre is more famous than other places. Because the schools are closed for our sisters, most of them use this as an opportunity to learn Quran studies.”
4. Various women studying inside madrassa
5. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Zahid-ur-Rehman Sahibi, teacher:
“The sisters that are above the sixth grade can continue their studies here. The doors of the madrassas are open for them.”
6. Various women studying inside madrassa
7. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Zahid-ur-Rehman Sahibi, Teacher:
"I think for the sisters, for the mothers, for the men, but especially for the women, both studies (religious and science) are very important. Because modern studies are needed in society and the Islam also advises to learn modern studies, because it’s a necessity. And besides that, the religious studies are also important and both studies should continue at the same time."
8. Women studying in madrassa
9. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Faiza, Student:
"There are many differences between school and madrassa. School and madrassa have different subjects. Here, the focus is on Quranic sciences."
10. Various young girls studying the Quran in madrassa
11. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Faiza, Student:
"When my family sees that I am learning Quranic sciences and that I am practicing all the teachings of the Quran in my life, of the Quran, they will allow us to go to university.”
Kabul – 26 May 2025
12. Exterior of Abdullah ibn Masood madrassa
13. Various boys studying Quran in madrassa
14. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Mullah Mohammed Jan Mukhtar, Teacher:
"We opened this madrassa five years ago. At the start we had one room and then we constructed more and currently we have seven rooms.”
15. Various boys studying the Quran inside a madrassa
16. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Mullah Mohammed Jan Mukhtar, Teacher:
"In these remote areas, there are no suitable places for education and it is essential that learning takes place both religious studies and other forms of education as well.”
17. Various boys studying the Quran in madrassa
STORYLINE:
Roughly 400 students at the the Tasnim Nasrat Islamic Sciences Educational Centre in Kabul range in age from about three to 60 – and 90% of them are female.
They study the Quran, Islamic jurisprudence, the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, and Arabic – the language of the Quran.
Three years ago, the country’s Taliban government banned girls from secondary schools and universities.
Afghanistan is the only country in the world to bar girls from education beyond primary school.
Now, the only way girls can continue some kind of education is through religious schools, known as madrassas.
Last September, Deputy Minister of Education Karamatullah Akhundzada said at least 1 million students had enrolled in madrassas over the past year alone, bringing the total to over 3 million.
The teachings in the madrassas focus on the Quran and the prophet Muhammad.
Before the Taliban returned to power in 2021, Faiza had completed the 12th grade. Her goal was to become a doctor.
She says religion is important to her and in her society, she does hope to return to university one day and fulfil her dream of becoming a doctor.
Mullah Mohammed Jan Mukhtar runs a boys’ madrassa north of Kabul.
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