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What questions can be created from this moment in Afghanistan?...
On April 15th the most significant protest in the world was not one consisting of Americans fighting for lower taxes, it was one in Afghanistan consisting of women fighting for freedom and rights. There are so many questions that can create a dialogue about this, what are they?
I know one should be what can we do here in the West to support these women.
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2009/04/15/afghan-shiite-cp-w6563300.jpg
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Afghan women protesting against a new law that severely undermines women's rights were pelted with stones in the country's capital Wednesday, say reports.
About 300 mostly young women gathered in Kabul to show their opposition to a recently passed law that forbids women from refusing to have sex with their husbands and requires them to get a male relative's permission to leave the house.
The demonstration, organized by women's rights activists in the country, occurred in front of a Shia mosque recently built by a cleric who helped craft the law. Critics of the law say it effectively legalizes rape within marriage and is a return to Taliban-style rule.
About 1,000 people opposed to the protest surrounded the women and threw gravel and small stones as police struggled to hold them back. The group of counter-protesters included both men and women.
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http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/15/afghan-women-protest015.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOzI4ApcAIo
I know one should be what can we do here in the West to support these women.
--quote--
Afghan women protesting against a new law that severely undermines women's rights were pelted with stones in the country's capital Wednesday, say reports.
About 300 mostly young women gathered in Kabul to show their opposition to a recently passed law that forbids women from refusing to have sex with their husbands and requires them to get a male relative's permission to leave the house.
The demonstration, organized by women's rights activists in the country, occurred in front of a Shia mosque recently built by a cleric who helped craft the law. Critics of the law say it effectively legalizes rape within marriage and is a return to Taliban-style rule.
About 1,000 people opposed to the protest surrounded the women and threw gravel and small stones as police struggled to hold them back. The group of counter-protesters included both men and women.
--/quote--
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/15/afghan-women-protest015.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOzI4ApcAIo
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Unfortunately, the cynical side of me points out that even with evidence of genocide-level atrocities being committed against women in many of the African conflicts, Americans seem content to shake our heads in disbelief and cluck our tongues. We are also quick to blame Islam, when the issue is much more complicated than a "simple" matter of religion.
What's interesting to note that the Islamic faith tells us that women and men are equal, but centuries of tradition, culture and interpretation of the Qur'an have evolved a society that subjugates them and justifies it under the guise of religious doctrine.
What we are seeing is the slow evolution of the Middle-East into a 21st-century culture, and as any student of history or religion can attest, change comes slowly and painfully to faith-based cultures.
Perhaps the question we should be asking is, "What can I do to improve my understanding of other cultures, so that I can better understand the problems they face?"
"If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. " - Isaac Asimov
What's interesting to note that the Islamic faith tells us that women and men are equal, but centuries of tradition, culture and interpretation of the Qur'an have evolved a society that subjugates them and justifies it under the guise of religious doctrine.
What we are seeing is the slow evolution of the Middle-East into a 21st-century culture, and as any student of history or religion can attest, change comes slowly and painfully to faith-based cultures.
Perhaps the question we should be asking is, "What can I do to improve my understanding of other cultures, so that I can better understand the problems they face?"
"If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. " - Isaac Asimov
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What are we doing in Afghanistan?
Who is Hamid Karzai?
Where is Dick Cheney?
Whatever happen to Paul Wolfowitz... Donald Rumsfeld..?
What was life like for Afghan women in the 80's, during the Soviet occupation?
What form of governance did Afghanistan have in the said period?
Why are we insisting on "democratizing" Afghanistan, while at the same time we support utterly oppressive regimes in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia..?
What's next?
http://news.scotsman.com/world/Men-launch-attack-on-female.5174797.jp
Who is Hamid Karzai?
Where is Dick Cheney?
Whatever happen to Paul Wolfowitz... Donald Rumsfeld..?
What was life like for Afghan women in the 80's, during the Soviet occupation?
What form of governance did Afghanistan have in the said period?
Why are we insisting on "democratizing" Afghanistan, while at the same time we support utterly oppressive regimes in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia..?
What's next?
http://news.scotsman.com/world/Men-launch-attack-on-female.5174797.jp
A law that’s recently been passed in Afghanistan that affects the 10 percent of the Shia population there. A summary of it says it negates the need for sexual consent between married couples, tacitly approves child marriage, and restricts a woman’s right to leave the home. The United Nations Development Fund for Women says this legalizes the rape of a wife by her husband.
Ayatollah Mohseni, who leads Afghanistan's Shias, said the law had been misinterpreted by politically-motivated critics.
Few gems of wisdom out of his mouth:
"Why should a man and woman get married if there is no need for a sexual relationship? Then they are like brother and sister,"
"If a woman says no, the man has the right not to feed her,"
"When men venture outside, they see lots of other women with make up, but he comes home and finds his own wife with a dirty face,"
Ayatollah Mohseni, who leads Afghanistan's Shias, said the law had been misinterpreted by politically-motivated critics.
Few gems of wisdom out of his mouth:
"Why should a man and woman get married if there is no need for a sexual relationship? Then they are like brother and sister,"
"If a woman says no, the man has the right not to feed her,"
"When men venture outside, they see lots of other women with make up, but he comes home and finds his own wife with a dirty face,"
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