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2010-09-03 Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred 2010-09-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 The Taliban still considers the criticism of its practices as "an attack Islam itself".

You know, they have a point. Look in the mirror Islam.

Posted by Mike Ramsey 2010-09-03 00:11|| 2010-09-03 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Islam is the scourge of muslims.

Posted by Bunyip 2010-09-03 05:41|| 2010-09-03 05:41|| Front Page Top

#3 There's only one scourge?

Posted by JohnQC 2010-09-03 09:38|| 2010-09-03 09:38|| Front Page Top

#4 A big way around this problem is to set up a "national girls school", an enormous boarding school in the safest part of the country, surrounded by a military base, that all girls in the worst part of the country must attend by law.

Not impossible, and if done properly would create a schism, of girls who are educated and independent, who are free to *not* choose Taliban boys as husbands.

And if by being a Taliban, boys are deprived of wives, there will be a marked decrease in the number of Taliban. Of course they will try to kidnap wives, which is why vigorous self-defense is an essential part of the girls schooling.

"You can kill me, but I'm not going to make babies for you", is a major turn-off. As is, "As soon as you go to sleep, I'm going to bash your head in with a big rock."

All the teachers at the school would be women educators, likely from other countries. The girls could only be visited by their mothers, under close supervision, at intervals.

Their religious instruction would be Sufi, not Wahabbi, and with a heavy dose of secularism.

Once they graduate from school, employment awaits them as bureaucrats for the government.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-09-03 11:03|| 2010-09-03 11:03|| Front Page Top

#5 I like that Anon. Maybe not the whole thing, but it's definitely headed in the right direction.

Posted by Secret Master 2010-09-03 14:44|| 2010-09-03 14:44|| Front Page Top

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