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Lucern · 03-13-2005, 01:53 PM

This is really taking hold in part of the country.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2958316.stm

And I agree, Sir Degrader. From an outside perspective it's got backwards written all over it, from a universal human rights standpoint anyway.

One of the quotes had a woman saying that the woman's rights issues were being blown out of proportion, and that they would be "given their full rights under Islamic law". That doesn't sound very comforting, to be assured all the same rights afforded to a minority group a couple of thousand years ago.

Ironically, I've read that it was the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in the first place that gave these groups in Pakistan an upsurge in support. They apparently didn't have this kind of power before that.

03-13-2005, 01:53 PM	#3
Lucern Quintesson Join Date: August 28, 2004 Location: the middle of Michigan Age: 43 Posts: 1,011	This is really taking hold in part of the country. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2958316.stm And I agree, Sir Degrader. From an outside perspective it's got backwards written all over it, from a universal human rights standpoint anyway. One of the quotes had a woman saying that the woman's rights issues were being blown out of proportion, and that they would be "given their full rights under Islamic law". That doesn't sound very comforting, to be assured all the same rights afforded to a minority group a couple of thousand years ago. Ironically, I've read that it was the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in the first place that gave these groups in Pakistan an upsurge in support. They apparently didn't have this kind of power before that.