:Lemar Aftaab

Lemar-Aftaab is an Afghan independent weekly magazine that focuses on the culture and politics of Afghanistan.{{cite web| url=https://www.theguardian.com/weblog/special/0,,559063,00.html |title=The Soviet influence |website=The Guardian}}{{cite journal | last=Kingsbury | first=William | title='When you find yourself keep moving': adapting to change in A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear | journal=British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies | publisher=Taylor & Francis, Ltd. | volume=45 | issue=5 | year=2018 | issn=1353-0194 | jstor=48541271 | pages=823–839 | doi=10.1080/13530194.2017.1359905 | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48541271 | access-date=2 Nov 2024| url-access=subscription }} Compared to other publications in the country, Aftaab has a secular bent and has drawn criticism from conservative Islamic scholars.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

Ban

In June 2003, the magazine was banned by the Afghan government because several articles on Islam were deemed to be sacrilegious. The editor of the magazine, Mir Hussein Mehdavi, was arrested and charged with blasphemy. He was later ordered to be released but could still face trial.{{Cite web |title=Afghanistan: Karzai Fails on Press Freedom (Human Rights Watch Press release, New York, June 24, 2003) |url=https://www.hrw.org/legacy/press/2003/06/afghan062403.htm#:~:text=Editors%20of%20Kabul%20Newspaper%20Still,of%20debating%20its%20future%20constitution. |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www.hrw.org}}

References

Category:Political magazines published in Afghanistan

Category:Cultural magazines

Category:Magazines with year of establishment missing

Category:Weekly magazines