People and statues may be mutually exclusive, but your priorities regarding them dont seem to be. The underlying impression being passed around is that the taleban, afghanis and their kids are dispensable. The statues are not...and that sad thinking is whats the most appalling.
I am getting the underlying impression that u are happy that they have destroyed the Statues. This has nothing to do with Kids which u keep bring. Afganis should take care of their kids like all of us do...it is not world's responisibility to look after them or their kids.
Your concept regarding women in Afghanistan is erroneous, and based on personal hatred for Islam, and blind following of the propaganda thats initiated in tabloid papers.
You may or may not want to believe it, but women in Afghanistan do study, do go to school, do work, and do go out for whats essential. And mind you, thats the attitude of Muslim women around the world. As far as hijab is concerned, I am sure you have seen muslim women covered from head to toe in the USA or Canada, or any other western country that you may have visited. They dont cover because someones pointing a gun to their head. They cover because they want to, and because it speaks of modesty and inner beauty, which is far more important in Islam than physical beauty.
I guess you have no sympathy for women, whole world knows how badly they are treated in Afganistan. I have not seen anybody covered head to toe in North America. Covering is religious sactioned and implemented with great zeal...it is not left on an individual to decide. Women in Afganistan and in many other muslim countries will be stoned to death if they try to walk on the street in normal attire. Try walking around covered from head to toe for one day u will realize how punitive and hard it is.
Just because women wear skimpy outfits makes them civilized? Funny.
To respect other people's choice is civilized to impose your will on others is controlling and uncivilized. You seems to think everybody who is not covered from head to toe wears skimpy clothes. Most of us wear suitable clothes, just as men do and we don't need anybody to tell us how to dress up. Most women have enough common sense to do that they are not slaves.
**And yes, the taleban dont care about the world opinion. And yes, the world has the right to shun them, if the world wants to. The problem is, the world DOESNT want to. Its only a handful of selfishly motivated countries that want to do that, and have basically forced the entire world to do it alongside them by making the sanctions mandated via the UN.
I can guarantee you, if this was an individual decision, the US would be standing alongside UK in the sanctions department. So dont make it sound like the whole world is in it.**
All non-muslims world hates the way Taliban treats women, minorities and their own people. We don't want to legitimize that by dealing with them.
Pakistan has only helped Afghanistan. You can cast the blame on Pakistan as much as you want, but the fact of the matter is, your hatred is religiously motivated, and has nothing to do with the facts. The fact that both Afghanistan and Pakistan are Muslim countries, and that Pakistan has accepted the Taleban govt are more disturbing than anything else to the world.
Pakistan wants to take over Afganistan and keep it as a colony that is why it is forcing Taliban government on the people of Afganistan.
As for accusing me, most muslims hate non-muslims, read the posts on this forum regarding Hinduism, Indians and Americans etc. Every non-muslim is your enemy therefore should be hated. You have often stated that you will help muslim first and foremost, a great example of your equal treament and respect for others. Talk about double standards.
Thats the same mantra that muslim haters of the world sang centuries ago when Islam initially emerged as the true way of life. And that was followed by the 'children of those same uneducated mothers who were helpless victims' growing up to be the most advanced in every scientific field. Perhaps you havent read Muslim history, or even world history. It will tell u a lot about many of the things that are being taught in schools today in the field of mathematics and science. These advancements were made by kids of supposedly uneducated mothers who wore veils and were good muslims, just like the women of taleban today.
One just have to see where muslim countries are now...all that control of people and women and intense preoccupation with religion has sapped their energy, they have not produced any great scientist or thinker for centuries.