Posted by Iranian on April 8, 2008, 8:50 pm
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Monday, 31 March 2008 17:51
"Anti-Islamic" broadcast ends in vote in favour of banning television's female dancers
MEMBERS of Parliament have voted in favour of banning women from dancing on television after a national TV station broadcast “offensive” images of unveiled Afghan women gyrating on stage alongside Afghan actors on Friday.
During a secret meeting in Parliament today (Monday), MPs voted to pass a bill forbidding television stations from broadcasting images of foreign and Afghan women dancing.
The decision comes after national television station Tolo TV broadcast images of a mixed-sex, all-Afghan dance act during its coverage of the country’s film awards on Friday night (March 28).
The programme provoked outcry in Herat, where Islamic scholars threatened to burn down the television station’s offices.
But others say the government should focus on more important issues
Kabul MP Shukria Barakzai said: "“The government should do something to stop people in power from raping girls and boys, and commanders from keeping little boys, before banning these programmes on television.”
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