{"id":12604,"date":"2012-03-07T12:55:19","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T17:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=12604"},"modified":"2012-03-07T12:55:19","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T17:55:19","slug":"this-is-not-something-america-should-be-supporting-in-any-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=12604","title":{"rendered":"This Is Not Something America Should Be Supporting In Any Way"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I probably would not qualify as a feminist by today’s standards. I believe women should be able to do any job they are qualified for and should be paid equally for their work, but the current definition of feminism has left that concept far behind. However, I have very strong ideas about how women should be treated. Some of those ideas come from spending part of my childhood in the American south, where chivalry and manners can still be found. Thus, I was very disturbed when I read the following article.<\/p>\n

The Toronto Star<\/a>\u00a0posted an article today about recent comments by President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

In remarks made Tuesday, Karzai backed a \u201ccode of conduct\u201d written by the Ulema Council of 150 leading Muslim clerics. It could dramatically restrict women\u2019s daily lives and threaten a return to the dark days of Taliban rule.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMen are fundamental and women are secondary,\u201d the council said in its statement released last week, and later published on Karzai\u2019s own website.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…It says women should not travel without a male guardian or mingle with men in public places such as schools, offices or markets. It also allows wife-beating in the case of a \u201csharia-compliant\u201d reason, although it rejects forced marriage and the bartering of women to settle disputes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Kabul, Karzai said that the council had not put \u201cany limitations\u201d on women, and that it was only stating \u201cthe sharia law of all Muslims and all Afghans.\u201d But some Muslim scholars have disputed the clerics\u2019 strict interpretation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was what Afghanistan was like under the Taliban. I remember the joy when people took out their radios and danced when the American troops arrived. Have the people of Afghanistan forgotten their own recent past?<\/p>\n

The article further reports:<\/p>\n

Before the 2001 invasion, Afghan women were confined to their homes and forced to wear burkas. Girls were not allowed to go to school, and females could not get medical attention from male doctors.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since then women have made large strides, returning to work and school, starting businesses and taking part in the political process. But their lives are frequently at risk, and have become more difficult as security has frayed in recent months.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSixty-five per cent of the population is under the age of 25, and young women are not prepared to take it any more,\u201d says Toronto author and journalist Sally Armstrong, who has written on Afghan women\u2019s rights. \u201cThey are brave, and they march in the street. The message is \u2018Karzai must go.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Karzai has been backtracking on women\u2019s rights in recent years, as Western countries began to roll up their military operations. By 2014, most will have left the country, although they have pledged to continue support for its development.<\/strong><\/p>\n

President Karzai is hedging his bets\u00a0because foreign forces\u00a0are leaving\u00a0his country, and he is faced with making friends with the Taliban or being\u00a0literally left hanging. The mistake made early in our dealings with Afghanistan was allowing Sharia Law to be written into the country’s constitution. Until\u00a0their constitution\u00a0changes, Afghanistan will never truly be a free country.<\/p>\n

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