Madrasas and recruitment of child soldiers: the scenario in Afghanistan

-This study focuses on the role of religious seminaries known as madrassas in Afghanistan in recruitment and use of child soldiers, since there is significant amount of credible research indicating the correlation between madrassas and child soldiering. The study also delves into the legal posit...

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Main Author: Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
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spelling iium-739642020-02-27T03:54:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/73964/ Madrasas and recruitment of child soldiers: the scenario in Afghanistan Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib K Law (General) KZ Law of Nations -This study focuses on the role of religious seminaries known as madrassas in Afghanistan in recruitment and use of child soldiers, since there is significant amount of credible research indicating the correlation between madrassas and child soldiering. The study also delves into the legal position of international and national legal regimes as well as Islamic legal standards on the issue of child soldiering. The research primarily relies on doctrinal method in sections where main sources of the national and international legislations are studied, and non-doctrinal, qualitative analysis of primary and secondary sources relevant to the topic. In addition to this, textual analysis of primary sources of Islamic law and legal rulings and justification for legal rulings by the authoritative figures of armed groups involved in recruitment of underage combatants for combat in Afghanistan is utilized. The research uses comparison between the international and national legal regimes on the one side and Islamic legal standards on the other side to ascertain similarities and differences. The study has found the three legal regimes under investigation have almost identical view pertaining to the lower age limit for the conscription of soldiers. As a result, the study has also established that many more underage students were recruited and used in hostilities in the armed conflict in Afghanistan during the last twenty years of the 20th century than it has been the case in the 21st century up to the present. Keywords: Madrasa; Recruitment of Child Soldier; Use of Child Soldier; Taliban; Islamic State in Khorasan; Shariah Law; Jihad; International law; Afghan law International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) 2019-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73964/1/MY%20ARTICLE%202.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73964/7/73964_Madrasas%20and%20recruitment%20of%20child%20soldiers-%20The%20scenario%20in%20Afghanistan_Scopus.pdf Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib (2019) Madrasas and recruitment of child soldiers: the scenario in Afghanistan. Madrasas and Recruitment of Child Soldiers: The Scenario in Afghanistan, 8 (1C2). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2277-3878 https://www.ijrte.org/wp-content/uploads/papers/v8i1C2/A10590581C219.pdf
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Madrasas and recruitment of child soldiers: the scenario in Afghanistan
description -This study focuses on the role of religious seminaries known as madrassas in Afghanistan in recruitment and use of child soldiers, since there is significant amount of credible research indicating the correlation between madrassas and child soldiering. The study also delves into the legal position of international and national legal regimes as well as Islamic legal standards on the issue of child soldiering. The research primarily relies on doctrinal method in sections where main sources of the national and international legislations are studied, and non-doctrinal, qualitative analysis of primary and secondary sources relevant to the topic. In addition to this, textual analysis of primary sources of Islamic law and legal rulings and justification for legal rulings by the authoritative figures of armed groups involved in recruitment of underage combatants for combat in Afghanistan is utilized. The research uses comparison between the international and national legal regimes on the one side and Islamic legal standards on the other side to ascertain similarities and differences. The study has found the three legal regimes under investigation have almost identical view pertaining to the lower age limit for the conscription of soldiers. As a result, the study has also established that many more underage students were recruited and used in hostilities in the armed conflict in Afghanistan during the last twenty years of the 20th century than it has been the case in the 21st century up to the present. Keywords: Madrasa; Recruitment of Child Soldier; Use of Child Soldier; Taliban; Islamic State in Khorasan; Shariah Law; Jihad; International law; Afghan law
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author Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
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title Madrasas and recruitment of child soldiers: the scenario in Afghanistan
title_short Madrasas and recruitment of child soldiers: the scenario in Afghanistan
title_full Madrasas and recruitment of child soldiers: the scenario in Afghanistan
title_fullStr Madrasas and recruitment of child soldiers: the scenario in Afghanistan
title_full_unstemmed Madrasas and recruitment of child soldiers: the scenario in Afghanistan
title_sort madrasas and recruitment of child soldiers: the scenario in afghanistan
publisher International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE)
publishDate 2019
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/73964/7/73964_Madrasas%20and%20recruitment%20of%20child%20soldiers-%20The%20scenario%20in%20Afghanistan_Scopus.pdf
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