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| Afghanistan |
| Women's equal participation in Loya Jirga 'contravenes Islam' |
| 2002-05-31 |
| The Imam of the Afghan capital’s main mosque has said that the participation of women in the upcoming Loya Jirga, on a par with men, contravenes the rules of Islam and could undermine the system. Qari Ubaidurahman Qarizada, Imam of the main Pulikheshti mosque in central Kabul, argued that the votes of women delegates to the Afghan grand assembly should not carry the same weight as those of men. He also said that Koranic teachings dictated that the assembly, which is due to select a new transitional government for Afghanistan when it convenes from June 10, could not choose a woman as the war-torn country’s leader. Oh, good points. Obviously he's put a lot of thought into this. As good multiculturalists, we can certainly listen to his point of view, so nobody go distorting his positions, dangit! "The views of women have to be heard by others (men) to see whether or not they are rational," he said. "Men’s views have to be accepted because they are higher than women," he said, adding that controversial issues should settled by the votes of men if there was a split decision. Well, that's pretty simple, isn't it? Well thought out, too. Men are higher than women, and some men are higher than a kite... "The future system can be dangerous if equal rights are given to women," he said while stressing that Islam did not deny women’s rights. "That's 'cause they have those bosoms. And hips. And they can do things to a man with their eyes. An'... An'... An' sometimes you can see their ankles, maybe even their legs!... An' under those burkas, they're naked! That's right! Naked and lascivious, with mounds of pleasure and hollows of delight! With the smooth curve of buttocks, with silken thighs... Oh, Allah! Where's my gun? I need to... I need to... I need to shoot!" "What it has denied is their preference over men. From Islam’s point of view, a woman cannot be elected the leader of an Islamic country because women are unintelligent and their election as leader endangers the country," he said. The imam, on the other hand, is an absolutely towering intellect, as is immediately obvious. His sisters are all stupid, though. And his mother was dumbest of all. She was a first-class dullard, barely sentient... Surrounded by a group of religious students, ...basking in his intellect... Qarizada, wearing a white flowing outfit with matching turban, said that a female ruler in an Islamic country could not "militarily resist the enemy. Their understanding is not equal to men’s." So there you have it. Now, none of you women readers comment on this, 'cuz obviously it's over your heads. Only good, pious men, men with turbans and automatic weapons, can understand the finer points of Islamic law. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 What does he mean? I don't understand -- I'm just a girl! The man used those big words like "rational" and "the." Best solution to this guy's problem? A crowd of women pointing and laughing at him. He'd probably pop an artery and keel over. |
| Posted by: Andrea Harris 2002-05-31 21:06:30 |
| #1 Anybody want to set this guy up with Hillary Clinton? |
| Posted by: Old Grouch 2002-05-31 19:05:17 |