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Use IT to counter western propaganda, says Durrani
 NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has stressed the use of information technology to counter anti-Islam propaganda in the West and announced that the controversial Hasbah Bill was near presentation. "We should use the technology to show the real face of Islam," Durrani said at the inauguration of a two-day exhibition on information technology in Peshawar.
| Egg jelly, I think most of us really are getting our picture of the real face of Islam using that technology... |
The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal government would make Peshawar Pakistan's Bangalore, said Mr Durrani, without elaborating how exactly the religious alliance planned to achieve this. He said that his government would leave no stone unturned in order to produce the Taliban of information technology.
| Pardon me. My head just spun around 360 degrees and I'm a little dizzy now... |
"The Hasbah Bill will protect women's rights," he claimed and disclosed that under the proposed law, a husband could be punished if he divorced his wife against Islamic teachings. Similarly, the Hasbah Bill would protect women's inheritance rights. Durrani said that the Hasbah Bill would also protect animals' rights.
| "Cures neuritis, neuralgia, spavins, galls, and ladies' complaints..." |
| Notice how they put womens' rights and animal rights in the same bill ... |
He brushed aside civil society and opposition parties' objections, saying they had criticised the bill for purporting to introduce Taliban-style vice and virtue department to promote a selective interpretation of Islam.
| "Pshaw! Nothin' to worry about there! Youse know youse can trust us!" |
Earlier, exhibition organiser Zafarullah Khan said that the aim of the event was to tell the world that the NWFP did not necessarily mean the Taliban and that the people in the province had the potential to excel in information technology. "We want to change the world's perception about Pushtoons," he added.
| I don't think I've ever seen anybody write a computer program while wearing a turban with an AK slung over his shoulder. For one thing you need to be able to follow the if... then... else... style of logic. |
| I don't think the Islamic version of C+ has 'cause' and 'effect' commands ... |
| We could start with the idea of encapsulation ..... |
He asked the provincial government to contribute land for the proposed IT city. "We want to make Peshawar the hub of IT technology," he declared.
| I'm feeling faint. I think that vein just popped in my temple... |
Singapore-based E-Commerce Gateway President Khursheed Nizam also spoke at the occasion and offered his organisation's support for NWFP's cause.
Posted by: Fred 2005-05-29 |
