Hundreds of musicians have fled Afghanistan to escape the Taliban's restrictions on music. Image: Afghanistan's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice/AFP
BBC: Afghanistan: Taliban burn ‘immoral’ musical instruments
The Taliban have burned musical instruments in Afghanistan, claiming music "causes moral corruption".
Thousands of dollars worth of musical equipment went up in smoke on a bonfire on Saturday in western Herat province. Since taking power in 2021, the Taliban have imposed numerous restrictions, including on playing music in public.
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Update #1: Afghanistan: Taliban burn musical instruments (DW)
Update #2: Instruments thrown on fire as Taliban declares music immoral in Afghanistan (SKY News)
WNU editor: Cannot say that I am surprised.
3 comments:
I hope they burn all "Rap" music. We should do the same in the USA.
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music is a funny thing. Many of us like a certain type of music, ie big band, jazz. But as we age and newer types of music come about, we dislike the new stuff and are hung up on that which we loved at an earlier time. I dislike rap. But I would not ban it etc because others like it and my view is simply my view. Hip Hop has been popular for years now. Dislike it? do not listen to it. I miss the protest music of the 60s. It made political statements via music. Perhaps that would be a nice change now instead of rallies filled with screaming people.
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