Merry Xmas From T R O P......

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64086682

[wolf63]

I was speaking to another AB person about this last night (my wee brother Andrew) and neither of us could put into words just how angered and disgusted we each were over such a retrograde move.

He has three teenagers, two daughters and a son and he couldn't imagine treated any of them different because of their gender.

And don't get me started on the logic of Honour Killings ...

[barry1010]

I need to sign in to read the link, what is it about?

[ToraToraTora]

you don't have to sign in to the BBC.

[ToraToraTora]

Here's the sky version....
https://news.sky.com/story/taliban-bans-afghan-women-from-working-at-ngos-12774178

[barry1010]

On this iPad I have to sign in.

[barry1010]

The taliban is an extremist, hardline regime that treats women disgracefully, it does not reflect the majority of Muslims.
Afghanistan was a very different country in the 1950s and 60s before the coup and was relatively westernised, women could have careers, drive, dress fashionably in mini skirts if they chose to.
I feel for the people enduring the current situation

[daveinscotland]

Better than being outraged at the US weather coverage by the BBC I suppose?

[daveinscotland]

But on the subject of religious fanatics….

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Phrases-and-Sayings/Jokes/Question1821562.html

[Gromit]

But the Aid organisations still spend money and resources in Afghanistan, thereby supporting the Taliban.

[ToraToraTora]

Fatti + Gromit, an interesting combination.

[Peter Pedant]

and he couldn't imagine treated any of them different
oh come on
the boys arent allowed to wear skirts and the girls can drink beer in a pub and smack glasses in each others faces

I was gonna say gender linguistics ( it is ever so easy is not often found on a man's llips) but this is gender sociology

so gurlz are treated differently to boys in our society BUT I agree the "no work rule" seems a bit harsh

First leddy doctor is only 1850 you know
Florence Nightingale refounded nursing as a respectable profession 1850

( previously a drunk 'nurse ' had been indiced for putting a baby on the fire mistaking it for a log )

[Peter Pedant]

AND as we splutter disapproval
note there has been a retreat from
"as is dictated by the-holy-book-the-Quran"
( as one word)
and a move to
'their interpretation of the ...... " - no change in their beliefs - but a change in reportage ( which we all know is a social construct).

thsi coincides with Saudi and Turkey ( NOT a leading nation in quran studies - they dont even speak Arabic) saying - oh come on - it doesnt say that

[Peter Pedant]

As Naomi, who is the only person on AB to have actually read the quran, says so often

" the relevant section 26;31 I think, just says covering or modesty. The word Hijab DOES occur in the Quran - but it means separation ( or modesty)
whether or not the modern word mean black cloth pillar box"

well there's a word of sense on this thread !

[naomi24]

PP, stop saying I’ve said things I haven’t said.

[ToraToraTora]

just delete them Naomi. Most of his posts should be deleted anyway.

[naomi24]

Where's #MeToo when you need them?