{"id":104343,"date":"2021-10-01T19:25:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T13:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=104343"},"modified":"2021-10-01T19:40:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T14:10:36","slug":"intl-and-indian-media-fall-for-fake-twitter-account-in-kabul-uni-chancellors-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/intl-and-indian-media-fall-for-fake-twitter-account-in-kabul-uni-chancellors-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Int’l and Indian media fall for fake Twitter account in Kabul Uni chancellor’s name"},"content":{"rendered":"

A piece of news that made headlines on September 27 around the world claimed that the chancellor of Kabul University Mohammad Ashraf Ghairat said in a tweet, \u201cAs long as a real Islamic environment is not provided for all, women will not be allowed to come to universities or work. Islam first.\u201d<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/a> reported on the alleged tweet, based on which Pakistan-based The News<\/a> also carried a report.<\/p>\n

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Below is the tweet in question.<\/p>\n

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Folks!
\nI give you my words as the chancellor of Kabul University:<\/p>\n

as long as real Islamic environment is not provided for all, women will not be allowed to come to universities or work. Islam first.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mohammad Ashraf Ghairat \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0627\u0634\u0631\u0641 \u063a\u06cc\u0631\u062a (@MAshrafGhairat) September 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The tweet seemed to suggest that the Islamist extremist organisation has taken a reversal from its earlier stand on women’s education stated by the Taliban education minister Abdul Baqi Haqqani. He had said that women will be allowed to study in gender-segregated classrooms and Islamic dress.<\/p>\n

ABC News<\/a> and NPR<\/a> furthered on the story claiming that Ghairat issued a second tweet, criticising The New York Times for what he described as a “bad misunderstanding” of his comments.<\/p>\n