What is your idea of responding to Taliban atrocities?

[oldbadger]

Would you say that to all the women in that country?

Muslim women follow Allah as well, and if any don't then they should try to get out.
I don't think that American women are all content, either.

 

[oldbadger]

But women's lives under the Taliban are being disrupted.
If you saw a woman being abused by a bullying man in your local shop would you ignore it?

Go in to your city centre on a Saturday night and you can see women being nicked and chucked in cop cars. To many it can look like abuse . Want to go to war?

 

[oldbadger]

What the Taliban or the bullying man in my local shop?

No...
A cop arresting a woman who is struggling. What are you going to do?

 

[Friend of Mara]

Muslim women follow Allah as well, and if any don't then they should try to get out.
I don't think that American women are all content, either.

There are more Muslim women outside of Islamic Fundamentalist states that enjoy the ability to work, be educated, ect. They don't see that as contrast to their beliefs. The *specific* beliefs of the Taliban is harmful to women. While I am not thrilled with the track record of any Abrahamic religion with respect to women I am at least not willing to paint the nearly 2 billion practitioners of Islam with the same brush as the few extremists.

 

[oldbadger]

There are more Muslim women outside of Islamic Fundamentalist states that enjoy the ability to work, be educated, ect. They don't see that as contrast to their beliefs. The *specific* beliefs of the Taliban is harmful to women. While I am not thrilled with the track record of any Abrahamic religion with respect to women I am at least not willing to paint the nearly 2 billion practitioners of Islam with the same brush as the few extremists.

It looks as if you know more about these things...... how do Taliban beliefs about women differ from say, Shia (Iran) or, say, Mujahedeen?

 

[Kelly of the Phoenix]

When they are not taking place in your country, is there a point where the free world should intervene?

I don’t believe that we should fight unless asked by the country involved. We can help with refugees because without victims, terrorists have no power.

 

[Aštra’el]

CNN reporter in Afghanistan: “The Taliban is right behind me chanting Death to America, but they seem like such nice people”.

That dude on the right, I wonder what’s on his mind.

 

[Jeremiah Ames]

Bingo!
Absolutely!
When will we ever learn?

Umm, probably never.
Sadly.

 

[Friend of Mara]

It looks as if you know more about these things...... how do Taliban beliefs about women differ from say, Shia (Iran) or, say, Mujahedeen?

I'm not an expert by any means. Shia and Sunni are the two major Islamic religious factions and historically Shia has had more favorable tendencies for women while Sunni tends to be more regressive. Now within the same framework of Islamic extremism we have the Taliban or the Mujahedeen. Though I am unclear on if the Taliban don't consider themselves at least connected to the Mujahedeen. The Mujahedeen is a looser term that has been used as far as I can tell means "one who enacts Jihad"

But again it is important to separate the theology of Islam regardless of its sub classing with the largely political organizations like the Taliban or Al Qaeda. People can worship Allah and be fully practicing Muslims without being part of or even remotely agreeing with the actions and cultural beliefs of these groups. In Asia, Europe, Africa and the America's there are thriving Muslim communities where their daughters are given all the same rights as their sons under the law. Yes there are specific rules for women to follow in Islam but being allowed an education, the ability to be self sufficient economically and to have self autonomy do not seem to be counter to the core beliefs of their religion.

The cultures of Middle Eastern Nations, the political beliefs and goals of organizations and the faith in their theology is interconnected to some degree but not one in the same.