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Afghanistan
The scourge that has afflicted Muslims
2010-09-03
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It has not changed any of its outdated concepts, which are an insult to Islam and Muslims, and many of its practices are contrary to the tolerance of the religion.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

#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  

#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  

#3  There's only one scourge?
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-09-03 09:38  

#2  Islam is the scourge of muslims.
Posted by: Bunyip   2010-09-03 05:41  

#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  

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