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Former Muslim Man Escapes From Afghanistan

yessir — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 08:12:17 +0000

Run For Your Life

45-year-old Musa Sayed is on the run. Six years ago, Musa Sayed converted to Christianity. He was jailed for nine months without trial, for converting to Christianity. Apostasy is controversial in Muslim country Afghanistan, where the convert can be punished by death.

Now In Europe

So where is Musa Sayed now? According to reliable [...]

What Will Happen To Afgan Women When Western Allies Leave?

nuryn — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:12:33 +0000

Reason For Anxiety Among Afghan Women

When the USA and the UK invaded Afghanistan in 2001 and toppled the Taliban, life for many Afghan women improved. It became easier for them to go to school and to work; some 24% of health-sector workers and 10% of the judiciary are female. However, this year is the 10th anniversary [...]

Taliban No Longer Oppose Education For Afghan Women?

nuryn — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:12:37 +0000

Afghan Education Minister’s Claim About Change In Taliban Attitude

Can it be true? That the Taliban have ended their opposition to education for Afghan women? Well, that’s what Afghanistan’s education minister Farooq Wardak told the UK’s Times Educational Supplement at an interview during the World Education Forum held in London earlier this month.

Education For Girls In Afghanistan Under [...]

Laura Bush Urges Afghanistan To Embrace Women’s Rights

nuryn — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:12:12 +0000

Laura Bush’s Call

In a commentary in the Washington Post, Laura Bush, a former US first lady, calls on Afghanistan’s leaders to defend women’s rights “with action and policy, not just lofty rhetoric”. She says that though some Afghan leaders have condemned the violence against the women there and have defended the rights of women, others have [...]

Bacha Posh – When Afghan Girls Become “Boys”

yasna — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:12:34 +0000

A Practice Still Practised in Afghanistan

There is an enduring practice in Afghanistan that seems rather odd to outsiders. This practice started because boys are more prized and valued than girls in Afghan society. It is the practice of dressing up young girls as boys.

Bacha Posh – “Dressed Up as a Boy”

Like most cultures in Asia, Afghan [...]

Remembering 9/11 – By Burning Korans?

yessir — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:52:41 +0000

”You Burn Quran You Burn In Hell”

September 11 this year is the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center Towers in New York City and on the Pentagon. At a time when tension is running high over the controversial plan to build a mosque near Ground Zero, along came the Dove World Outreach Center’s [...]

Afghanistan – Death By Stoning For Couple In Illicit Sex

yasna — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:16:49 +0000

Executed Without Trial

A couple in Afghanistan was stoned to death last week by the Taliban for allegedly having an illicit sexual relationship. The couple was stoned in the village of Mullah Qali of the Dasht-e-Archi district in Taliban-dominated Kunduz province. The duo was detained after their families turned them in to the Taliban after they tried [...]

Child Marriages In Afghanistan

nuryn — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:40:59 +0000

Lashings for Child Brides Trying To Escape From Their Marriages

Two adolescent Afghan girls who had been forced into marriages with elderly men ran away disguised as boys because their husbands beat them when they tried to resist consummation of their marriages. However, after two days of fleeing across rough roads and mountain passes, Khadija Rasoul, aged [...]

UK – Baroness Warsi Pelted For Not Being A Proper Muslim

yessir — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:26:11 +0000

There used to be a time long ago when men don’t attack girls. But in this upside down world, that no longer holds. Recently Britain’s best known Muslim woman, Baroness Warsi, the Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion and Social Action was out campaigning at Luton when her skills in community cohesion and social action were put to [...]