suitable environment" had been established at universities and promised that it would provide such a setting soon. However, BBC News pointed out that the Taliban had previously reneged on similar promises to reopen secondary education. Some Taliban leaders told BBC News that they disagreed with restrictions on female education. The Taliban decision was also widely condemned internationally. The education ban was condemned by Islamic scholars inside Afghanistan, such as Sheikh Faqirullah Faiq. A group of Islamic scholars also issued a joint statement, writing that in Islam women have the right to education and work. The ban was also condemned by the Muslim World League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and by Muslim-majority countries including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. The Wall Street Journal reported that the following day, the Taliban banned all women and girls from attending all schools, including primary schools, and further banned all women from working in schools, including teachers. They also said adult women could no longer attend religious seminaries or visit mosques. In February 2023, The Guardian reported that the Taliban began restricting contraceptive access. They ordered pharmacies to clear their stocks of birth control medicine and threatened midwives. Taliban fighters in Kabul stated that "contraceptive use and family planning is a western agenda". See also Domestic violence in Pakistan Family law in Sharia Women in Islam Women in Afghanistan Women's rights in Afghanistan Women's rights in Saudi Arabia Women in Pakistan References Further reading Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) War of Ideals: A woman, a school and a tragically complex relationship. Human rights abuses in Afghanistan Sexual slavery Women Women's rights in Islam