Shakira’s Dance Sparks row

Senior Muslim clerics and the Culture Ministry have reportedly warned the TV station of serious consequence.

The incident is said to be the latest sign of a growing retaliation by the country’s powerful conservative establishment against the tide of Western-backed liberal reforms, ever since the fall of the Taliban government in 2001.

A pro-government newspaper described the airing of the concert as the broadcast of a “naked US pop singer and dancer”, claiming it provided inspiration to suicide bombers.

“We believe Shakira’s song will be shown with channel’s exclusive logo at the training camps for suicide attackers to urge our immature young people to leave a number of our mothers bereaved,” reported the Weesa newspaper, as saying.

However, the channel owner said that the broadcast was not as provocative as it was being proclaimed. “This was not that provocative and Shakira was pixillated. The government are looking for an excuse to have a go at us,” he said. “When we give airtime to the Taliban we are ‘talking to terrorists’, when we air people criticising the government we are told we are ‘opposing peace and reconciliation’,” he added.

The new law will give the Government greater powers to limit broadcasts that are deemed damaging to Afghanistan and its culture.

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