Taliban Bans Female Education in NW Pakistan

[babylonsister]

http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/taliban-bans-female-education-nw-paki

Taliban Bans Female Education in NW Pakistan
By Susie Madrak Monday Jan 19, 2009 5:30am

There goes Bush's last alleged achievement:

Taliban militants have banned female education in the northwest Pakistan valley of Swat, depriving more than 40,000 girls of schooling, officials said on Saturday.

"My daughters are sitting at home," said Mohammad Ayub, father of two girls whose school was blown up by militants in October. "Their future looks bleak because they will stay uneducated."

There has been fighting in the valley for more than a year, but residents say the military is losing control to militants who aim to impose a severe form of Islamic law.

Swat is just one front the militants have opened up as violence has spread across Northwest Frontier province from adjoining semi-autonomous tribal areas that border Afghanistan.

[Ilsa]

1. This is horrible. A friend of mine from Pakistan

is a very bright doctor practicing in the US with her husband. She told me about how the kids learn several languages in school, including English.

This is a big blow to one of Pickles' pet issues.

[Kali]

2. Fundies suck, no matter the persuasion.

and they should NEVER have control or influence in government or non-fundies.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

6. There are degrees of fundiehood. Taliban are some of the worst

but overall some regions believers at a macro level are clearly less tolerant than others. The Anglicans/Episcopalians have gay clergy, though this is some rancor. Muslims stone gays to death.

[Catshrink]

7. Anglicans/Episcopalians are not fundies...

There is a very conversative branch but even so I wouldn't call them fundies.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

8. But there is no branch of xtians that stone gays

Its a matter of degree

[Kali]

9. there are some that are damn close

and individuals influenced by them that have no problem harming or even killing gays. And lets not forget the anti-abortion terrorists.

[LeftishBrit]

3. Urgh

I hate these horrible far-right fundie extremists.

It was such a wonderful idea for Reagan to build their forerunners up, just because they were opposed to the Soviet Union. :sarcasm: The enemy of my enemy is NOT always my friend.

[AngryAmish]

4. Way to go, Bush!

[lonestarnot]

5. FUCK YOU TALIBAN!