When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan by strict Shariah, girls were forbidden from going to school. Since their overthrow, the Taliban have carried out brutal revenge attacks on female students… KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) — Two men on a motorcycle used water pistols to spray acid on girls walking to school Wednesday in the southern Afghan […]
Subject: Fwd: Support An SPME Petition- October 27, 2008 To: The Governments of Afghanistan and Iran and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights <http://www.spme.net/admin/images/blnk.gif> We, the undersigned academics from all disciplines from around the world do hereby call upon and demand that the governments of Afghanistan release student Sayed Perwiz […]
Lawyer demands release of reporter on death rowwww.britishblogs.uk KABUL: The lawyer of an Afghan reporter sentenced to death on blasphemy charges accused authorities yesterday of holding his client beyond a legal deadline. The appeal of Perwiz Kambakhsh — arrested last October and sentenced to death by a primary court in January — has been repeatedly […]
Tom Blackwell , Canwest News Servicephoto of another woman being murdered by the Taliban. go to www.rawa.org to read about other human rights abuses. Published: Sunday, September 28, 2008 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – As Afghanistan’s most senior and most famous female police officer, based in the country’s ultra-conservative south, Lieut.-Col. Malalai Kakar knew she was a […]
20 years’ jail for errors in Koran translation From correspondents in Kabulwww.freewebs.com September 13, 2008 06:34am Article from: Agence France-Presse AN Afghan court has sentenced an ex-journalist and a mullah to 20 years in prison each for publishing a translation of the Koran alleged to contain errors, friends and media rights groups said today. […]
Wajid Shamsul Hasan www.prideofpakistan.com Richard Edwards, London September 16, 2008 THE unprecedented raids by the US inside Pakistan could provoke terrorist attacks in London, Pakistan’s high commissioner to Britain has warned. Wajid Shamsul Hasan said the attacks on Taliban and al-Qaeda suspects were making the streets of Britain less safe and that resentment was […]
www.freeweb.com AN Afghan court has sentenced an ex-journalist and a mullah to 20 years in prison each for publishing a translation of the Koran alleged to contain errors, friends and media rights groups said today. Afghan and international media rights organisations condemned the sentences handed down yesterday and called on President Hamid Karzai to […]
Blasphemy case shows Afghan divide Alastair Leithead BBC News, Kabul Sayed Pervez Kambaksh’s sentence has generated much controversy In Kabul’s grim and crowded central prison, a 23-year-old student from northern Afghanistan spends each day wondering if and when he will be put to death. Sayed Pervez Kambaksh was sentenced in January, in five minutes, at […]
Posted by: T2M – http://www.the-two-malcontents.com Click here to see video of the execution. Warning: graphic images. Perhaps it’s the camera lens that distorts the colors of the hijabs and time of day and the women apparently changed positions but, does something seem out of place here? Via FOX news: The Afghan journalist who filmed and photographed […]
http://pogger.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/clip-image0031.jpg These are photos from one of the most virulent of the Arabic Forums Al Ekhlass. They are supposedly of two prostitutes who have been friendly to the Cross Severs. Which in Afghanistan could mean they merely spoke to NATO or American troops, worked for our Military as translators or were accused by someone in […]
Are we Losing the War against Militancy? By Zahid Hussain The Price of Peace For almost two days, Jandola – a dusty small town on the main road into South Waziristan – was at the mercy of armed followers of Baitullah Mehsud. They pulled out members of rival tribes from their […]
RUNNING FOR HER LIFE Afghan Athlete Seeks Asylum in Europe Mehboba Ahdyar was to be the poster-child for the Olympics but the 19-year-old Afghan runner ran away from an Italian training camp last week. She has since told her parents she is too scared of reprisals and plans to seek asylum in Europe. Mehboba Ahdyar […]
In March we introduced you to Mehbooba Ahadyar, a 19-year-old runner who was expected to be the only female on Afghanistan’s Olympic team. She has qualified in the 1500 meters and the 3000 meters, and she was a source of great pride to many Afghan women, who were not permitted to participate in sports under […]
This is what the women of Afghanistan look like. Nothing. The following list offers only an abbreviated glimpse of the hellish lives Afghan women are forced to lead under the Taliban, and can not begin to reflect the depth of female deprivations and sufferings. Taliban treat women worse than they treat animals. In […]
Independent.co.uk Hat tip-Hope W. Malalai Joya: My country is using Islamic law to erode the rights of women Our country is being run by a mafia, and while it is in power there is no hope for freedom for the people of Afghanistan. How can anyone, man or woman, enjoy basic freedoms when living under […]
Misguided elements behind schools’ destruction Gillani vows to rebuild girls schools Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD:Photo of a girls school that was destroyed by Shariah Laws inflicted by the Taliban. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, strongly condemning the recent destruction of two dozen of girls schools by the misguided elements in the name of Islam, on […]
Taliban use swords to slit the throats of Afghan ‘traitors’ in public executions before thousands By Daily Mail Reporter http://tinyurl.com/6okyw9 hat tip-LGF In a shocking display of hardline violence, Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan publicly slit the throats of two Afghans today after they were accused of spying for US forces suspected of launching a […]
Afghan mullahs have misused money they received from Norwegian forces for mosque renovations. The Norwegian forces in Maimana in Afghanistan’s Faryab province gave local mullahs 120,000 kroner (~$23,000) last year for repairs to local mosques. The money was sent through the Afghan authorities, but only one of the mullahs used it for its […]
Confusion and anger as judge orders indefinite postponement in blasphemy trial of Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh. http://www.iwpr.net/?p=arr&s=f&o=344909&apc_state=henh By Jean MacKenzie in Kabul (ARR No. 291, 02-Jun-08) Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh in court, June 1, 2008. The mood was almost festive at the start of the latest appeal hearing in the case of Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh, who […]
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gR83BLmZB2D3Ui9EoEaqhxgmi-Cg 5 hours ago Afghan journalist Sayed Parwiz Kambakhsh at a Kabul court KABUL (AFP) — Afghanistan’s appeal court referred Sunday a reporter sentenced to death on blasphemy charges to hospital for medical tests after he said he was tortured by security forces who fractured his nose. Perwiz Kambakhsh, arrested late October and sentenced to […]
Thursday, May 29, 2008Women in Afghanistan-Faceless,Hidden,Abused [mukto-mona] The Rule of Law in Afghanistan SAN-Feature Service SOUTH ASIAN NEWS-FEATURE SERVICE May 29,2009 The Rule of Law in Afghanistan Michael Nienhaus One tough question remains, however: can the rule of law and the separation of powers be introduced in Afghanistan? The international community has […]
May 27th, 2008 Hat tip: Tom Heneghan Is Henry Kissinger trying to update the domino theory to fit what he fears in 2008? He had a “Lunch with the FT” interview in Saturday’s Financial Times and surprised his interviewer, historian Stephen Graubard, by linking the war in Iraq and Muslims in India. As Graubard wrote: […]
Afghan reporter facing death sentence denies blasphemy 20 hours agoPhoto courtesy Muslims against Shariah http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ipo0Wl_RbR4zapGGIze3nI35YFmw KABUL (AFP) — An Afghan journalist sentenced to death on blasphemy charges pleaded not guilty during his appeal hearing that started in capital Kabul on Sunday. The court hearing Parwiz Kambakhsh’s appeal gave him until next Sunday to […]
Afghan ban on soap operas recalls bad old Taliban days TheStar.com – comment – Afghan ban on soap operas recalls bad old Taliban days Conservatives assail foreign programs as un-Islamic and counter to Afghan values May 02, 2008 http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/420543 Harry Sterling Almost no one in Canada has the slightest idea who Jahid Mohseni is. Until […]
RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN AND THE DRUG TRADE Alarmed by the rise of opium cultivation in Afghanistan, Russia’s Federal Drug Enforcement Service has opened a permanent office in Kabul, Afghanistan. Federal Drug Enforcement Service Director Alexei Milovanov said of the move, “Russia advances cooperation and interaction with Afghanistan in the war on drug production and proliferation…As for […]
7- Nose and ear of Nafisa was cut off by her husband (with photos) RAWA: Nafisa is hospitalized with her child in a local hospital in Herat province in Western Afghanistan. She says her husband attacked her like a hungry tiger and bat her nose and then cut off her ear by a knife. She […]
Dutch to ban burkas… – Somali woman stabs two pilots on New Zealand flight, claims bombs on plane – Egypt’s Muslims know how to deal with their Pali-’brothers’ – Clerics defend Afghan reporter’s death sentence – UK: Archbishop backs sharia law for British Muslims – Muslims in Spain appeal to UNESCO for shared use of […]
Independent.co.uk Afghan government official says that student will not be executed By Jerome Starkey in Kabul and Kim Sengupta Wednesday, 6 February 2008 A ministerial aide, Najib Manalai, insisted: “I am not worried for his life. I’m sure Afghanistan’s justice system will find the best way to avoid this sentence.” It was the clearest indication […]
Sentenced to death: Afghan who dared to read about women’s rights Reuters Click here to sign our petition. More than 53,000 people have already Click here to Have Your Say A victim of Karzai’s diplomatic game Malalai Joya: My country is using Islamic law to erode the rights of women Leading article: The price of […]
ABC Radio Australia Radio Australia – Asia Pacific – AFGHANISTAN: Journalist sentenced to death for blasphemy [This is the print version of story http://www.abc.net.au/ra/asiapac/programs/s2148136.htm] AFGHANISTAN: Journalist sentenced to death for blasphemy – 28/01/2008 In Afghanistan, a young journalism student has been sentenced to death for blasphemy, after allegedly distributing an article on why Muslim women […]
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