TimboDec 22, 2022
Qasim Rashid, Esq.

I am truly horrified & outraged that the Taliban has banned women in Afghanistan from attaining education. The founder of Islam, Prophet Muhammad (sa), loudly condemned such barbarity when he declared, "Education is obligatory upon every Muslim male & female."

In fact Prophet Muhammad (sa) cherished both spiritual & secular education, & encouraged reading & writing for all people—not just Muslims. We stand with Afghan women. Indeed, Taliban terrorists are the antithesis of Islam & all humanity.

Dec 22, 2022 at 3:27amWeb
Show threadLexy3000Dec 22, 2022
@QasimRashid Heartbreaking.
Show threadLassielmrDec 22, 2022
@QasimRashid bizarrely many schools in Northern Afghanistan, particularly in the Jowzjan province are still teaching high school girls.
Show thread✊🏾WiseGuyEddieDec 22, 2022
@QasimRashid THIS!
Show threadVeadaDec 22, 2022
@QasimRashid Well said.
Show threadDayneKniteDec 22, 2022

@QasimRashid

The only way to get beyond today's philosophy of keeping your constituents angry, scared, and stupid is education.

For all.

It will take 2-3 generations, I will probably not be alive to see it. But educated youth knowing how to think, not being told what to think... To turn this world around

Support all youth

Support all teachers

Show threadCatMom916Dec 22, 2022
@QasimRashid My Muslim friends taught me about Muhammad's wife, who had a thriving business when he married her. She was intelligent and accomplished. These Taliban leaders have never followed the example of the Prophet.
Show threadgarpuDec 22, 2022
@QasimRashid Sad thing is, there's a lot of people in the US (Christian) who'd want to do the same thing, if they could.
Show threadSocialistStanDec 22, 2022
@QasimRashid This is what Texas and Florida will look like if christian fundamentalists win there.
Show threadBrian D.Dec 22, 2022
@QasimRashid can your say where in the Koran is says that? It could be helpful one day when someone tries to equate the Taliban with Islam.
Show threadWndlBDec 22, 2022
@Singlepayer1978 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khadija_bint_Khuwaylid?wprov=sfti1
Khadija bint Khuwaylid - Wikipedia

Show threadBrian D.Dec 24, 2022
@wndlb I'm not sure what a wiki link to his first wife had to do with what I asked.
Show threadWndlBDec 24, 2022
@Singlepayer1978 The Prophet’s (sa) actual actions are not a thing of significance??
Show threadBrian D.Dec 24, 2022
@wndlb maybe but I asked a specific question and you gave me a big long wiki page for his wife when asked when he Muhammad stated it. Maybe that's somewhere in that wiki article but I'm not going to go read the whole thing.
Show threadWndlBDec 24, 2022
@Singlepayer1978 A pretty good case can be made for the proposition that she ran him.
Show threadBrian D.Dec 24, 2022
@wndlb ok... Sure
Show threadKevin Karhan Dec 22, 2022
@QasimRashid #Funfact: The only reason we can nowadays read greco-roman philosophers and chronists these days was because islamic scolars archived their works whilst christians destroyed most...
Show threadMary M. RedouteyDec 22, 2022
@QasimRashid I was happy to see your share on this subject.
It seems there is a conflict between a verse saying that women should stay home and a verse saying that women and men both should be educated. As a woman who is not Muslim and who is educated you don't have to guess hard to state which verse I would agree with most.
Someone asked about texts and I found this. It seems relevant:
https://onwardforafghanwomen.org/policy/girls-education-and-islam-a-divine-command-with-historical-precedent/
Girls' Education and Islam: A Divine Command with Historical Precedent - Onward for Afghan Women

POLICY WHITE PAPER Girls’ Education and Islam: A Divine Command with Historical Precedent Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security March 29, 2022 Without question, education for women and girls is an integral…

Onward for Afghan Women
Show threadZZ BottomDec 22, 2022
@QasimRashid 
Show threadChristine DonaldsonDec 22, 2022
@QasimRashid it’s so sad that it has gone back to this. Truly barbaric
Show threadChris MingusDec 22, 2022
@QasimRashid Friendly reminder that religious radicals rarely incorporate the actual teachings of their religion.
Show threadsailingbikerukDec 22, 2022
@QasimRashid what reasoning (if any) do the Taliban use to justify this oppression? I do not know much about Islam but your quotes from your prophet seem to be quite clear, how can this be (mis)interpreted in such a poor way?
Show threadQasim Rashid, Esq.Dec 22, 2022
@sailingbikeruk They don't have any reasoning. It's patriarchy through and through. Indeed in 859 an African Muslim woman named Princes Fatima al-Fihri founded al-Qarawiyyin, the world's oldest existing university. Taliban are ignorant, violent, insecure men. They're a scourge on humanity.
Show threadWndlBDec 22, 2022
@QasimRashid Has anyone ever asked them to explain this person? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khadija_bint_Khuwaylid?wprov=sfti1
Khadija bint Khuwaylid - Wikipedia

Show threadAdder JackDec 23, 2022
@QasimRashid there will always be those that just use religion to obtain and abuse power. We do it here in the west, too.