Posted by sweetmarie on September 15, 2001, at 6:01:25
In reply to Re: Nuke the Bastards (redirect from P-B) » Elizabeth, posted by Elizabeth on September 14, 2001, at 8:05:14
The Taliban are extreme Islam rulers. Much of their legislation is (amongst other things) what we would see as anti-women. This means that, for example, women are required to cover themselves up completely, or face very harsh punishment (e.g. public humiliation, ostracism and/or much worse). They are also not allowed to do other things such as singing in public, and violence against women, both within marriage and outside, is seen as pretty much O.K. They are also violently `anti-West`. Frankly, the whole set-up is - to me - obscene and unacceptable.
However, although this kind of fundamentalism is at the `core` of the recent terrorist attacks, the blame for the attacks cannot be automatically levelled at the rulers of Afganistan, however horrific their regime is.
Someone - a politician or religious leader perhaps - should make some kind of `statement` about where the blame actually lies, or more to the point, where it DOESN`T lie. Ignorance and prejudice will create huge hostility towards people whose only connection with these attacks is that they are Muslim/come from the Middle East etc. This issue NEEDS to be confronted before hated and racism becomes a major problem.
I really think that this issue needs to be straightened out before anything else is done.
Anna.
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