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| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 05-22-2001 @ 9:11 AM |    | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00  | Hindus to Be Required to Wear Label By AMIR SHAH, Associated Press Writer KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers - already isolated by their harsh brand of Islam and poor treatment of women - announced plans to make Hindus wear an identity label on their clothing to distinguish them from Muslims. The hardline Taliban regime that controls 95 percent of this poor Central Asian state plans to enforce the edict soon, Mohammed Wali, religious police minister, told The Associated Press on Tuesday. An exact date was not set, he said. The law will also make it mandatory for Hindu women to veil themselves - just like Muslim women of Afghanistan, Wali said. The edict - reminiscent of the yellow Star of David that Jews were forced to wear in Nazi Germany - prompted an angry statement from Hindu-dominated India. ``We absolutely deplore such orders which patently discriminate against minorities,'' Raminder Singh Jassal, an Indian foreign ministry spokesman, told reporters in New Delhi. ``It is further evidence of the backward and unacceptable ideological underpinning of the Taliban.'' Archbishop Oswald Gracias, the secretary-general of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India, said the Taliban move ``must be opposed by all those who believe in protection of human rights and dignity.'' ``No religion teaches discrimination against people of other religions,'' he said. The decision could further isolate the orthodox Islamic militia, already under fire from the West for alleged discriminatory policies toward ethnic and religious minorities, human rights abuses and poor treatment of women. In recent years, many Hindus and other members of religious minorities have left Afghanistan because of Taliban policies. Wali said the latest Taliban edict is in line with Islam. ``Religious minorities living in an Islamic state must be identified,'' the minister said. The Taliban have not yet decided what sort of an identity label Hindus will have to wear, he added. There are at least 5,000 Hindus living in Kabul. Thousands of other Hindus live in other Afghan cities, but there are no reliable figures on exactly how many. The new law will be meant for only Hindus because there are no Christians or Jews in Afghanistan and Sikhs can be easily recognized by their turbans, Wali said. However, at least one Jew is known to live in the Afghan capital of Kabul and there may also be some Christians. It was unclear whether foreigners living in Afghanistan would be required to wear the identity label. Anar, an Afghan Hindu in Kabul who uses just one name, said he does not want to wear a label identifying him as Hindu. ``It will make us vulnerable and degrade our position in the society,'' he said. But Munawaar Hasan, general secretary of a major Islamic political party in neighboring Pakistan called Jamaat-e-Islami, or Islamic Party, said the move seems aimed to give protection to Hindus. ``The Taliban should win praise for this step,'' he said. ``Providing protection to religious minorities is a must in any Islamic country and this step seems in line with this concept.'' The Taliban follow a harsh version of Islam that bars women from most jobs and education, and makes it mandatory for men to wear beards and pray five times a day. All forms of light entertainment, including television and music, are outlawed. The Taliban drew worldwide criticism when in March they destroyed two ancient statues of Buddha in central Bamiyan, calling it their religious duty. Most of the Islamic world, including pro-Taliban Pakistan, differ with the Taliban regime's narrow interpretation of Islam and say that it is tarnishing Islam's image. The Taliban face U.N. sanctions for giving protection to Saudi billionaire Osama bin Laden, wanted by Washington for allegedly running a global terrorist network. The Taliban deny the charge and say the United States has no evidence against him for terrorism.  Eliza Dushku- Hotter Than Britney Read my column at Foundry Or go to my O&A sound site | ||||
| Dan | posted on 05-22-2001 @ 9:17 AM | | |||
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| Arthur Dent | posted on 05-23-2001 @ 9:41 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Nov. 00 | Alright, this is a first. When I left yesterday there were over a dozen replies, 50 views, and a pretty good discussion going on. What's up? We're having creative differences. I'm creative, you're different. I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public. You sound reasonable...Time to up my medication. You couldn't get a clue during the clue mating season in a field full of horny clues if you smeared your body with clue musk and did the clue mating dance. -Just adding to the NEW new kinder and gentler board | ||||
| GrkqtOandAfan Claim staked by FTL. | posted on 05-23-2001 @ 9:42 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: Damnit Dan took the words right out of my mouth  Adopted cuties: Two slots open...call me now | ||||
| King f-tard | posted on 05-23-2001 @ 10:57 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | What did I say yesterday, Oh yes. THey should wear a bigger dot.  | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 05-23-2001 @ 2:26 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | I just noticed that too Arthur, weird Eliza Dushku- Hotter Than Britney Read my column at Foundry Or go to my O&A sound site | ||||
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