Religious scholars, youth, and tribal elders in five provinces pledged to work against harmful customs and narcotics

Reform and awareness-raising sessions on combating undesirable customs and traditions, implementing the Law on the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, and combating narcotics were held by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue, Prevention of Vice, and Hearing of Complaints’ Muhtasibs in 125 central mosques across Nangarhar, Farah, Laghman, Bamyan, and Takhar provinces.
During these sessions, religious scholars, tribal elders, young people, and community representatives emphasized their shared commitment and cooperation toward reforming society, preventing customs and traditions that contradict Islamic Sharia, and combating narcotics. They also expressed their readiness to cooperate with the Muhtasibs.
During the sessions, the Ministry’s officials emphasized strengthening coordination and cooperation among religious scholars, tribal elders, young people, and community representatives. 
They called on them to take practical joint steps toward eliminating undesirable customs and traditions and combating narcotics.
The participants were also informed about the worldly and spiritual harms of narcotics and the serious consequences of their use, sale, and trafficking for individuals, families, and society. Emphasis was placed on the prohibition and reprehensibility of this phenomenon from the perspective of Islamic Sharia.
The officials (Muhtasibs) further called on religious scholars, tribal elders, and community representatives to cooperate fully with the officials (Muhtasibs) and other relevant institutions in preventing the sale, trafficking, and use of narcotics, as well as in eliminating undesirable customs and traditions, and to fulfill their religious and social responsibilities in contributing to the reform of society.
At the conclusion of the sessions, it was emphasized that reforming society, preventing wrongdoing, and promoting virtuous conduct are the shared responsibility of everyone. 
Through cooperation among religious scholars, tribal elders, and young people, conditions can be created for a healthy and reformed society free from wrongdoing and corruption.