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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: average joe who wrote (4692)	12/12/2000 9:04:13 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

I really doubt E hates Muslims. The Taliban in Afghanistan practices a very different sort of Muslim religion than many Muslims practice in America. I am sure E knows this. I have read horrible things about the Taliban- and if even 1/4 of those things are true, Afghanistan is a very bad place to be born female. Most religions tend to be patriarchal and most societies have tended to be crappy to women, because MEN have run most societies.

To: average joe who wrote (4692)	12/12/2000 1:32:32 PM
From: E	Respond to of 28931

Not a Democrat. Not a liberal. Not Christian. Not a Muslim-hater. Not a minority. But hey, keep trying. I mention the part about not being a minority because "reverse racism" is a term used commonly to describe racial bias by minorities toward majorities, so your use of it is...unusual. Care to explain? You won't be able to. But what does race have to do with the Taliban situation anyway?, she asked hopefully. About Muslims and Me: I have nothing against Muslims any more than I do against Christians or Jews. It's only the behavior of extremist, zealot, fundamentalist fringe of any religious grouping toward those who don't share their beliefs of which I am, shall we say, disapproving. My next post will tell you something about the Taliban.

To: average joe who wrote (4692)	12/12/2000 1:35:57 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

Here are some things you should know about the Taliban and what they are doing to Muslim women (and men and non-Muslims) before you decide to be so approving of them. It is outrageous of you to attribute Taliban attitudes to the great majority of Muslim believers. ~~~~~~~~~ Women have been ordered to stay indoors, only to be allowed out in the company of a close male relative and wearing the all-enveloping burqa robe. They are not allowed to work. Most education for women and girls is discontinued. Women and girls have continued to be barred from attending schools and universities in Taleban controlled areas. Men have been ordered to grow beards. Women are severely punished for clothing violations, for example. They can be rounded up and lashed. A woman Khayr-Khana area of Kabul had the end of her thumb chopped off for wearing nail varnish. The punishment for adultery by a woman is death by stoning. Women are not allowed to be visible even within the confines of their homes. In March 1997 the Taleban ordered Kabul residents to screen windows in their homes at ground and first floor levels to ensure that women could not be seen from the street: "The face of a woman is a source of corruption for men who are not related to them." ... the Taliban enforced its laws ... with weekly public executions, floggings, and amputations in Kabul stadium and other cities under its control. Several men accused of sodomy were punished by having walls pushed on them by a tank. In one case, a man who survived the ordeal after being left under the rubble for two hours was reportedly allowed to go free. ... the Taliban issued new decrees aimed at non-Muslims that forbade them from building places of worship but allowed them to worship at existing holy sites, banned non-Muslims from criticizing Muslims, ordered non-Muslims to identify their houses by placing a yellow cloth on their rooftops, forbade non-Muslims from living in the same residence as Muslims, and required that non-Muslim women wear a yellow dress with a special mark so that Muslims could keep their distance. web.amnesty.org hrw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Average joe, which of these Taliban policies and acts do you consider good Muslim practice?