Muslim World League expressed denunciation and regret at the decision of the Afghan caretaker government to deny Afghan women and girls the right to university education.

This came in a statement by the MWL General Secretariat, in which its Secretary-General, who is also the President of Organization of Muslim Scholars, Sheikh Dr. Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa denounced this decision that contradicts the guidance of Islam and the consensus of the scholars of the Islamic nation, and violates international and human values, depriving Afghan women and girls of their legitimate right to education, and the Afghan people in general of their female competencies to contribute to their prosperity and development.

Dr. Al-Issa also expressed, on behalf of the MWL and its global academies, bodies and councils, full solidarity with Afghan women and girls and the Afghan people as a whole in the important issue of education as a basic priority by Islamic law.

He called the Afghan caretaker government to reverse this decision, and then take the path of unanimity of Islamic scholars of their various sects in this important matter.