Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), says that the world is trying to make people see Sharia law in a negative light as they push democracy.

He said however that this will not impact the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA).

The leader of the Islamic Emirate, who was in Kandahar on Wednesday, addressed the special security forces via an audio recording, and said that negative propaganda against the government of the Islamic Emirate should be stopped.

“Someone protests our laws, some people protest in the clothes of science, and some people protest in other clothes, and they try to destroy the unity among you and destroy this system. If this system ends, it will only be possible on the basis of division and difference,” said IEA’s Supreme leader.

In this audio tape, the leader of the Islamic Emirate claimed that with his orders, he secured the rights of Afghan women, which he said had been denied to them in the past.

In this audio tape, the leader of the Islamic Emirate mentioned the right of women’s inheritance as one of the issues that have been dealt with under his administration.

He has also claimed that: “None of the previous governments of Afghanistan have ensured the rights of women like the Islamic Emirate has.”

Akhundzada noted the status of women under the rule of the Islamic Emirate and said: “These decrees have ensured women’s rights in all sectors.”

With the return of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to power in August 2021, a series of restrictions have been imposed on women and girls in Afghanistan, including the exclusion of girls above the sixth grade from schools, closing the gates of universities to girls and women, banning women from working in Domestic and foreign non-governmental administrations, banning women from going to parks, public baths and stadiums, and compulsory hijab.

In his speech, the leader of the Islamic Emirate did not say anything about the reopening of schools above the sixth grade and universities to Afghan girls and women, but emphasized that criticism of the Islamic Emirate authorities should be stopped.

The international community has called the provision of human rights, especially the rights of women and girls, as one of the preconditions for recognizing the government of the Islamic Emirate.