Afghan cleric upholds oppressive sharia law »
Posted By tehranchik 7 months, 2 weeks ago in Political NewsTop Afghan Shiite cleric Mohammad Asif Mohseni speaks during a press conference in Kabul on April 11, 2009. Afghanistan's top Shiite cleric defended a new law said to oppress women and accused Western critics of the controversial legislation of 'cultural invasion' and violating the democracy they introduced. Mohammad Asif Mohseni also rejected a ministry of justice review of the law ordered by President Hamid Karzai, saying any changes would violate a constitutional provision for Shiites to have their own jurisprudence.
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Well, I'm from and live in the Pacific Northwest. I did live in the middle east during the late 70's and early 80 ...
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tehranchik7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Candida7 months, 2 weeks ago
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As much as I abhor the subjugation of any group, in a sense he is right. The US goes around the world forcing "democracy" down people's throats, but then it wants to dictate what kind of democracy it should be. It cannot be the election of Hamas, and it cannot legislate sharia law.
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Democracy means that the people themselves, living in the country, decide what kind of government and what kinds of laws they want, and outsiders stay out of it.
Do I support the subjugation of women? Absolutely not. Do I condemn it? Yes, I do. Do I want to dictate to Afghans how to live? No, I don't. -
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That is absurd, people around the world have a basic right to freedoms and laws ,what these a-holes are doing is from the stone age and should not be tolerated at all,how can these nations progress with barbarians imposing rules of slavery and torture!
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