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Educating women?
What part of the Koran or the Taliban interpretation of it makes it a bad thing to educate women? For example, apparently in Taliban controlled Afghanistan it was illegal for a male doctor to treat a women and illegal for a woman to become a doctor, work that one out! Can someone explain? thanks
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As we have several exceedingly good Muslim women doctors at the hospital I work at, I am assuming that it is down to the Taliban's interpretation of the Koran. As with any religion, people can adjust it to suit their own interests. A more 'Westernised' version encourages the education of both sexes.
My understanding of it is that the Taliban found their members primarily from the Pashtun clans, but, their ideology was from an extreme sect within it's Pathan minority.
Abused people tend to abuse other people to feel better and empowered.
The world's a better place without the Taliban, in time (a long time) their ideas will be shown for the falsehood that they are.
The Taliban came to power as a unifying force (as in a centralised government), due to the corruption and violence as well as the various splintered factions of the Northern Alliance, their narrow power base left them unable to understand the HUGE cultural diversities within Afghanistan.
Abused people tend to abuse other people to feel better and empowered.
The world's a better place without the Taliban, in time (a long time) their ideas will be shown for the falsehood that they are.
The Taliban came to power as a unifying force (as in a centralised government), due to the corruption and violence as well as the various splintered factions of the Northern Alliance, their narrow power base left them unable to understand the HUGE cultural diversities within Afghanistan.
Confucious was against educating women, Mencius (alledgedly) wanted a divorce because because his wife didn't greet him properly.
I feel these attitudes are more culturally based, women upon marriage left their family to join the husband's family, as such the males were required to maintain the parent's wealth and provide for their old age, it's a cynical piece of economics which has become engrained and enlarged.
Similarly daughters were useful for forming family allegiances (a bit like medieval monarchies) this is because (not just in Afghanistan, but throughout the Balkans, Caucas and Trans-Caucas) rural communities are more inclined to a local relativism than any national conciousness, this also explains the divisive fights within many of these regions due to blood feuds.
The answer to the problem is to present an idea, to announce what it means to be an Afghan, that the Waziris and the Pashtuns etc are brothers with a common cause, to give Afghanistan a place in the world, with a world view.
It will take time to change the attitudes within this region, sadly, the first step is to say that an educated daughter can find a better, richer husband, and with that hopefully increase the aspirations of the following generations.
It mightn't be music to the ears of many but you have to start somewhere, and saying Islam is s h i t will not inspire success I fear.
I feel these attitudes are more culturally based, women upon marriage left their family to join the husband's family, as such the males were required to maintain the parent's wealth and provide for their old age, it's a cynical piece of economics which has become engrained and enlarged.
Similarly daughters were useful for forming family allegiances (a bit like medieval monarchies) this is because (not just in Afghanistan, but throughout the Balkans, Caucas and Trans-Caucas) rural communities are more inclined to a local relativism than any national conciousness, this also explains the divisive fights within many of these regions due to blood feuds.
The answer to the problem is to present an idea, to announce what it means to be an Afghan, that the Waziris and the Pashtuns etc are brothers with a common cause, to give Afghanistan a place in the world, with a world view.
It will take time to change the attitudes within this region, sadly, the first step is to say that an educated daughter can find a better, richer husband, and with that hopefully increase the aspirations of the following generations.
It mightn't be music to the ears of many but you have to start somewhere, and saying Islam is s h i t will not inspire success I fear.
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Afghanistan is not a typical muslim country.
Let's look at Saudi - they haven't a great history of Women's education but they've made great improvements in recent years about 47% of secondary education students are now girls for example.
This is not to to with Islam this is to do with the cultures of some of the countries in which it is praticed.
One might as well point at the Armish and ask what part of the Bible forbids the use of cars
Let's look at Saudi - they haven't a great history of Women's education but they've made great improvements in recent years about 47% of secondary education students are now girls for example.
This is not to to with Islam this is to do with the cultures of some of the countries in which it is praticed.
One might as well point at the Armish and ask what part of the Bible forbids the use of cars
