Tell Me Again Why

[Minimalist]

we are fighting for this fuckhead?

http://apnews.excite.com/article/2012030...4FT80.html

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's president on Tuesday endorsed a "code of conduct" issued by an influential council of clerics that activists say represents a giant step backward for women's rights in the country.

President Hamid Karzai's Tuesday remarks backing the Ulema Council's document, which allows husbands to beat wives under certain circumstances and encourages segregation of the sexes, is seen as part of his outreach to insurgents like the Taliban.

Among the rules: Women should not travel without a male guardian and women should not mingle with strange men in places like schools, markets or offices. Beating one's wife is prohibited only if there is no "Shariah-compliant reason," it said, referring to the principles of Islamic law.

Yeah, girls.... rely on the religion of peace!

[Shell B]

Well, the segregation could work out well, if it was total and enforced among the male population.

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She's beautiful. What a fucking shame.

[Autumnlicious]

It took me a second to realize she had no nose, and another for horror to sink in.

Terrible, absolutely terrible.

[Shell B]

I agree. I'm no expert on photoshopping, so I can't say if this photo is real. Nonetheless, we all know this sort of thing happens.

[orogenicman]

If you haven't seen "the stoning of soraya m", I highly recommend it (though it isn't for the squeemish).

[Shell B]

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a great book about women in Afghanistan.

[kılıç_mehmet]

we are fighting for this fuckhead?

No, you're fighting for yourself.
You never did fight for that fuckhead.
Besides, it's not a new thing either.

America has a lot of partners and allies amongst Sharia countries.
Really, this is the democracy that only America can bring anywhere.
The taliban themselves were once close associates of the CIA, during the Soviet-Afghan war. I normally wouldn't say this, but I'd say that Afghanistan would have been a much better country under Soviet rule.
I only weep for my poor Uzbek and Turkmen brethren who have to live under the Pashto and Tajik yoke, and have to put up with the bullshit of the invading NATO force at the same time.

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I agree. I'm no expert on photoshopping, so I can't say if this photo is real. Nonetheless, we all know this sort of thing happens.

The Taliban is particularly brutal when it comes to enforcing their own brand of the Sharia. I can't really call it a law either, as they are like *vigilantes*, who do not seem to consult any known clerics on that matter either.
The law that has been enacted, although backwards, seems to be in complience with the Sharia.
Throwing acid on people's faces is not, however it does not have to be: the Taliban are known to kill people who refuse to join their ranks, with all of them being fellow Moslems.