Taliban's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice Bans Mixed Martial Arts in Afghanistan
News 18Afghanistan’s Taliban government has banned mixed martial arts, believing it to be un-Islamic, its sports authority said in a statement on Wednesday. The order was passed down by Afghanistan’s morality police in the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice after an investigation into the sport’s compliance with Islamic law, or sharia, the statement and local media said. “It was found that the sport is problematic with respect to sharia and it has many aspects which are contradictory to the teachings of Islam,” the Taliban government sports authority said in a statement sent to AFP. “That’s why this decision has been made to ban mixed martial arts in Afghanistan.” A sports authority official told local media MMA was banned in part because it was considered too violent and posed the risk of injury or death.
History of this topic
Afghanistan bans MMA, finds many aspects ‘contradictory to the teachings of Islam’
The Hindu
Afghan women athletes barred from play, fear Taliban threats
Associated Press
Afghan women athletes barred from play, fear Taliban threats
The Hindu
Afghan women athletes barred from playing sports, fear Taliban threats
India Today
IOC warns Afghanistan over women's sports and Olympics
The Hindu
Taliban has banned women's sports in Afghanistan: Report
India TV NewsDiscover Related
)
)
)
