Anti-Tobacco Reform in Afghanistan

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 26, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 25.

Anti-Tobacco Reform in Afghanistan

THERE are now anti-tobacco reformers even in the East. Afghanistan has a bold Mohammedan theologian who has just announced that the use of tobacco is contrary to the law of the Prophet. This has created such a stir that Abd-er-Rahman, the Ameer, has ordered a council of theologians to assemble and vote on the question. Should the council declare smoking lawful, the reformer will be sent to prison for adding to the law of the Prophet; should the use of tobacco be declared unlawful, smoking will be prohibited in Afghanistan.—Sel.