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The scourge that has afflicted Muslims
Osman Mirghani

[Al Arabiya] The legacy of the Afghan Taliban movement regarding the education of girls is well known and has been reinforced, through the Fatwas issued by the movement when it ruled during the period of 1996 to 2001, prohibiting the education of girls after age 9. It seems that the Taliban did not learn anything from its experiences, after its exclusion from governance.
"Exclusion from governance." What a quaint way to say, "lost the war."
It has not changed any of its outdated concepts, which are an insult to Islam and Muslims, and many of its practices are contrary to the tolerance of the religion. If they return to power, they will restore the same characteristics which made their reign a model of violence, oppression and backwardness.

Posted by: Fred 2010-09-03
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