Ok fellas… time out.
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It is highly unfashionable to take Taliban’s side on any forum. So how can we have any sort of interesting discussion, without anyone willing to play their side… Watcher bhai…let me borrow your custom and be “The Devil’s Advocate” for a while, s’il vous plait!
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Ok, the incidence quoted by Sheraz is absolutely correct, but its a bit old. Let me give you a low down on the latest…
Afghan Club is a famous football club/team in Peshawar. They went to Kabul to play a friendly football match. Mind you, football is a very popular sport in Afghanistan. Anyway, so they went there and the Islamic guards (or police) in Kabul raided the stadium in the middle of the match to point out that the Peshawar team is not fully covered. The minimum dress/hijab for muslim men is from waist to knee. And so the match was abandoned, and the Pakistani players were sent back.
Now don’t give up. Our Pakistan team was much more determined than you are, folks. They went back! The same club again went back to Afghanistan after a few weeks, this time wearing a longer version of the shorts. Lo and behold! this time the match was again interrupted by the Islamic guards…“Why, what now?” you would say… Well, “Its Elementary, Dear Watson”… it was time for Asr prayers…
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Anyway, to put the perspective back, the Afghan football team was all bearded (required of all muslim men) but the guests from Pakistan were exempt from such mandatory requirements… They just played the match (won it!) and got back safely.
If you feel that Taliban did something very unislamic in the above incident, please share…
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PS. Needless to say, the Taliban government, has also banned another sport…well, I am not too keen a supporter of boxing anyway, but I really liked the reason why Taliban banned it. They say that as per Islamic traditions and values, it is against the human dignity to hit another person on the face in the form of punches…! Wow, man, I must say I am speechless. Can you have a more perfect interpretation of Islam…?
You ‘religious maestros’… this is a challenge to all of you
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Take care… Ta ta!
Don’t Blame me…
C’est La Vie 