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Taliban minister ‘forced to flee Afghanistan’ after speech in support of girls’ education (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban’s deputy foreign minister, reportedly fled to the UAE after criticizing the Taliban’s ban on girls’ education.

In a January 20 speech, he condemned the restrictions as unjust and contrary to Islamic teachings.

Following his remarks, Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada allegedly ordered his arrest and imposed a travel ban. Stanikzai claims he left for health reasons.

This comes amid increasing international pressure, with the ICC seeking arrest warrants against Taliban leaders for crimes against humanity over their treatment of women.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, is it? I think you assume too much about the value they place on rigorous intellectual debate.

Their thing is that the established, local version of Islam is perfect, handed down from god and miraculously transmitted flawlessly by whatever mullah is in charge today. Having a different take, besides presenting a very personal health and safety threat to the guys in charge, is non-figuratively heresy.

As for the edit, it's worth noting that autocracies can become very flexible, in their own way, as soon as they stop bothering with the ideology. North Korea has gone on paper from communist to a mystical bloodline monarchy in what, a few decades? Of course, with the ideology goes any incentive to have a strong economy or technological base, let alone human rights, because it's a bad tradeoff for less control of the peasants...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There is no Islamic rule preventing girls education, which is what the foreign minister was arguing for. It is the Pashtun tribal traditions hardliners which are banning it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah, I said the "established, local" version of Islam very deliberately. Like every other religion it's flexible to whatever religious leaders find convenient.

On top of that, the idea that the teachings of Islam are limited to the Quran is not accepted by the mainstream at all, so you can't even nail them, the way you can nail evangelicals on all the non or anti-biblical stuff they do.