By EXISTANCE
Updated: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:14:00 UTC

I was reading an article on the BBC news website about women in Afghanistan who are in prison for so-called moral crimes: such objectionable behaviour as having the audacity to refuse to marry the individual who has raped you. In any case, the article makes the point that this is still happening 10 years after the overthrow of the Taliban.

My main question to people is do you, like me, believe this is ignoring the main issue, namely, that most of the population follow a kind of 12th century Islam? And, given the privileged position religion enjoys in the world in general, can anyone ever foresee a time when this won't be happening in Afghanistan? Personally I can't, but I'm not happy with that situation, even if it never directly affects me.

Anyway, here's the article.

Apologies if this topic, or something like it has been done over and over, I'm new to the site.

It's interesting that the EU thought that they couldn't release the report for fear of retribution against the victims mentioned. Assuming they protected their identities, that would imply they thought some kind of blanket one-size-fits-all retaliation against women in prison was at least possible, and that in itself is shameful.

TAGGED: HUMAN RIGHTS, ISLAM