BALKH (TOLOnews): Officials of the department of Vice and Virtue in Balkh province said that they have been able to increase the numbers of worshipers in the mosque and the number of women who are observing Hijab in public.
However, the residents reacted and said they have been observing Hijab in the past as it is part of their Islamic obligations.
On Wednesday, the officials from department of Vice and Virtue in Balkh briefed the media about their annual activities.
A spokesman for the department, Nasrullah Hotak, said that 80 percent of women have now been interested in wearing hijab in the province.
“The females compare to before, are now wearing hijab based on Sharia laws,” he said.
But the women and girls in Balkh said they have been observing Hijab already as it is obligatory in Islam.
“It is not one or two days that we are wearing Hijab but we were observing Hijab from the past years. Our mothers wore Hijab and told us to wear Hjab. We are now telling our children to wear Hijab,” said Bibi Atifa, a resident of Mazar-e-Sharif.
“I don’t think there will be very many changes because Hijab is an order of God and we were observing it before,” said Halima Rahmani, a resident of Mazar-e-Sharif.
The residents of Mazar-e-Sharif also called on the employees of the department of Vice and Virtue to treat the people with good conduct.
“Our request from the Vice and Virtue department is to not use severe treatment with the people,” said Angar, a resident of Mazar-e-Sharif.
The officials said that they have addressed 100 complaint filed by residents in Balkh.
Observation of Hijab in Balkh increased
