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Tom in Austin Jan 22, 2023

Qasim Rashid, Esq.

Taliban has banned women from seeing male doctors AND banned women from seeking medical education to become doctors. This is a sure fire way to kill women. It’s beyond barbaric.

Moreover, Prophet Muhammad (sa) declared education incumbent upon women AND declared medical knowledge as the most worthwhile knowledge. Taliban extremists ignore that entirely—because they fear truth, justice, and empowered women.

Taliban are enemies of all humanity.

Geoffrey Hoytsman Esq Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid you could switch Taliban for evangelicals and it would read the same.

John Deans Jan 21, 2023

@courtjezter @QasimRashid no, it wouldn't. It's just not ok to use horrific crimes being committed elsewhere in the world as though they were simply a lens through which to view America's troubles.

Hellpasoian Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid and who’s going to stop them? The Afghans were aaremed & “trained” for years, yet the makorof them did nothing when it mattered most.

@QasimRashid The Taliban has as much to do with Mohammad as the Southern Baptist Convention has to do with Jesus.

Shaman Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid so why have the Afghan people not resisted more? Why have Afghan men and women not rebelled and kicked them out of the country when they had the chance? How could a bunch of illiterate teenagers on mopeds defeat an army that had helicopters and tanks was it not for broad support of the population? Would a rerun of the invasion change the outcome now that the people experience the disaster first hand? Where is the revolt inside of Afghanistan?

@RulesBuster @QasimRashid We’re seeing a similar thing in Iran right now—people do protest, but they’re promptly executed. The lack of mass uprisings isn’t the same thing as citizens loving the Taliban.

Shaman Jan 22, 2023

@n1zyy @QasimRashid so there is no hope for ever changing oppressive regimes? Neither invasion nor rebellion will ever succeed toppling the oppressors? This sounds exactly like the message dictators like to send ...

@RulesBuster @QasimRashid Of course there’s hope. It’s just not easy, and it sounded like you were blaming the Afghan people for supporting the Taliban, which I don’t think is a particularly accurate characterization.

Shaman Jan 22, 2023

@n1zyy @QasimRashid I just do not understanding how the Taliban could get support from the population in the first place. Worse even now, as the country turns into a hellhole with religious fanatics meddling with every aspect of civilian life, half the population's basic human rights are taken away, where's the rebellion? From the outside Afghanistan looks like a patient who stubbornly refuses modern medicines even so they know that the traditional healer cannot cure their ills ...

JamieDavies Jan 22, 2023

@RulesBuster @QasimRashid No harder enemy for a well-equipped fighting force to handle than a bunch of teenagers on mopeds

I know you were using that term exaggeratedly. But for real - even a well-equipped military will struggle against an unofficial, personally-motivated guerrilla force that easily blends into a local populace

And yeah, it'd be great for Afghans to rise up. Would you, though? Put yourself in the shoes of one single Afghan person. How would you even start? Fear is powerful

Shaman Jan 22, 2023

@JamieDavies @QasimRashid true - all easy to say for someone living in security in a relatively progressive society. However, why did and apparently do large portions of the Afghan population support the Taliban?

Earthling Jan 21, 2023

Taliban are the worst bulwark of patriarchy. Opium production gives them the money to undermine Western sanctions. In addition, they get support from "less radical" macho bulwarks, like Saudi-Arabia, Pakistan, etc.
For women it is a very, very desparate and life threatening situation. For the time being, the only hope are NGOs if they are allowed to work. Women who are in great danger should be brought out of the country,
Solidarity with Afghane women! 🥷

RichardOntario Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid Maybe they heard from on- high that all those guys now dead have depleted the cache of 70 virgins for each and are looking for ways to top up the inventory??

La Négresse Jan 21, 2023

Religious extremism has no place in civil societies. Functioning governments resist all strains of religious fundamentalism through inoculations of strong educational and legal systems rooted in intellectual inquiry and evidence based reason. The Taliban are US creations, for their social ideologies and fundamentalist doctrines mirror religious fanaticism that occupied high places in US governance.

La Négresse Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid
Denouncing all association with non Christian sociocultural groups has become the litmus test for non whites to gain credibility with the dominant society while playing the game of respectability politics. Whether it's the Taliban or Council of Arab and Islamic Relations, scapegoating by any other name remains the same in hard Fascism.

ProjectFearlessness Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid As if it could get any worse, it gets worse. The Taliban are also refusing to allow qualified female doctors to take up any offers of employment.

Meryem Fuat Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid I absolutely agree with you. Taliban are toxic masculinity & ignorance personified. But we had the same conversation in 1995. Friends who were refugees in 1980 - their families are suffering yet again. What can we do about it? Making Afghanistan a permanent protectorate (i.e., a colony) of the US isn't possible. The only lasting good from 20 years of that is the deep friendships formed between Americans serving there & the Afghani people they worked with. The situation is so sad.

Mangey Octopus Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid
This is what happens when you follow cults/religions.

Suz Korbel Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid a country without women can't last long.

Catweazle Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid , and on top of that, they can now participate in Twitter, along with other previously banned human trash, thanks to Musk.

DavePerrino ✅Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid …funny, they sound a lot like republicans to me. 🤷‍♂️

SanityNow Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid
So in a generation or two, the Taliban will do what foreign powers were unable to do: wipe itself out.
Got it.

Mr. Murphy Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid take note, the GOP will try this next.

Margarete Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid I have repeatedly suggest to grant Afghan women asylum, all Western nations should. At the same time, all Afghan men should be banned from entering EU, USA, Australia and so on. If they do not like the Taliban, they can fight them.

Csepp 🌢Jan 22, 2023

@globalnomad @QasimRashid That would probably just force even more of them to join the Taliban.

Cat Food Casserole Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid
This makes me sad and sick.

Linda Collins Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid I think they are using the same playbook as the GOP

Luupilotti Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid Taliban could sure write a book: "Shortcut back to stone age for Dummies", though I suspect women in fact had better chances during the stone age ...

Jcmacomber Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid
That is just crazy and plain illogical.

Yosa Beam ✅🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid I'm sure the "Christians" in the US are taking notes

Lilian Edwards Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid jesus god. ( appropriate huh)

Antonio Jan 21, 2023

@[email protected] Taliban is a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other parts of the world. It was founded in 1994 and is known for its extreme interpretation of Islamic law. The group has been involved in a number of military conflicts, most notably the Afghanistan War. Where does the word origin come from? #taliban

Wade Wainio Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid They are brain-washed to hate and attack women and humanity.

robin Jan 21, 2023

@QasimRashid
So what *is* the Taliban's reasoning?