Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (6784)	10/9/2001 9:01:44 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Respond to of 27716

Actually the Taleban are an extremist sect of the Sunni branch of Islam, not the Shia (Shi'ite) branch. The Taleban use religious intolerance as one of their weapons, and I do not think we should stoop to the same. For one, its not humane, secondly, its unconstitutional to do so. Joke or not. Further info: The Taliban are Sunni Muslims and mostly Pashtun -- the majority ethnic group of Afghanistan, while the opposition alliance comprises religious and ethnic minorities, including Shia (Shiites), Tajiks, Hazaras and Uzbeks. "... [the Taleban are] extremists [and] they consider the Shiites heretics and strongly oppose Iran's increasing influence in the region." Saddam Hussein is Sunni and this relationship explains in part why the Taleban and Iraq come up together in conversation frequently.