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Forget Montecito and Cape Cod. The left’s next playground could very well be the hitherto overlooked paradise of Kabul, Afghanistan.
Crazy thought, you say? Not really. If it weren’t clear enough already, the Randy Fine controversy has placed it absolutely beyond question: the left loves Islam with a passion that it usually reserves only for men who think they’re women (yes, and women who think they’re men) and anti-cop violence. When a Muslim in New York City crowed that “finally, NYC is coming to Islam” because a couple of grocery stores banned dogs, Rep. Fine (R-Fla.) quipped: “If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one.”
For that, he has faced a cascade of leftist hysteria, calls for his resignation, and now an effort to get the House to censure him. It is apparently terribly, terribly wrong to say that Americans should not sacrifice their love of dogs on the altar of multiculturalism. If it comes down to choosing mass migration of Muslims into the West and giving up their dogs (which are forbidden in Islam except for hunting dogs), leftists are apparently fully on board.
And so if it’s Islam that they want, Kabul is the place to get it, and the perfect destination for the next gathering of glitterati and the politicians whom they carry around in their pockets like so many nickels and dimes. The Taliban have just instituted two new measures to make Afghanistan, already known for little else besides its fanatical commitment to Islam, even more Islamic — that is, even more lovable to the left.
NDTV reported Thursday that “a new penal code introduced by the Taliban ‘legalises’ domestic violence against women by allowing husbands to physically punish their wives and children as long as it does not cause ‘broken bones or open wounds.’” The same new penal code, which has the authorization of the Taliban’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, stipulates that “the man will only be convicted if the woman can successfully prove the abuse in court. The woman is expected to show her wounds to the judge while remaining fully covered. Her husband or a male chaperone is also required to accompany her to the court.”
This is an “extremist” misinterpretation of Islam on the part of the Taliban (a name that means “students,” that is, students of Islam), right? Wrong. The Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them.” (Qur’an 4:34)
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࿗Infidel࿘ says
An unusually lot of Afghan coverage today?
Cynthia says
The religion of peace, tolerance and human rights exposed again. Pass this along to college campuses. I’m sure they’ll be protesting for women’s rights in Islamic countries!
Wellington says
An anticipatory photo of the modern Democratic leadership in America twenty years from now?
Brian Ozzy says
Sadly prescient Wellington. By then England and probably France will be well and truly under the complete sway of islam as well. I’m actually glad I’ll be lucky to make another decade as the future looks grim indeed. I’ve been lucky enough to live through the best years this planet has ever had. All downhill from here.
Andrew Blackadder says
Not only England as Scotland even had their own muslim First Minister so its Britain that is truly under the sway of islam and not just England which is a part of Britain.
Jerry Smith says
I can just imagine Zohran sitting in the front row!
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Don’t the city halls of Hamtramck and Dearborn look like that already?
gravenimage says
The Taliban Are Working Hard to Make Afghanistan More Islamic, and Leftists Are Gonna Love It
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Insanely, all too many seem to…
Westman says
China is learning its lesson about investing anywhere Muslim militants dwell. The gold mine investments in Afghanistan are blowing up in their faces as the Taliban are unable to control other warlords from killing the Chinese workers.
The Taliban are likely to learn that they will remain poor if they can’t become stable and fundamental Islamic rule has never brought stability – it was designed for expansion through war.
One notices that the Saudis have head-removing devices for anyone who threatens their oil. For them, nothing is like the smell of freshly-cut flowers in the morning, provided by servants financed from the sale of oil, drilled, pumped, and processed by foreigners who know stepping out of line has fatal consequences.
The Taliban cannot duplicate this, even with their resources. They have been made too stupid for modern life by dogma while the huge Saudi family jets off for fun and games.
WPM says
The Saudis follow that old Anglo Saxon expression you do not shit where you eat. They know that without oil they would be as poor as there cavemen Islamic “brothers” in Afghanistan. The mineral wealth can not be harvested if “warlords” are killing foreigners who have the knowledge skill ,training and equipment to get it out. There is mineral wealth in Afghanistan will the Chinese make the same mistake of the British 19th century ,Soviets 20th century ,Americans 21th century thinking you can tame, teach ,use the native Afghanistan to work with them to get out of the 10 century warlord rule ?Every great empire has try to tame, teach ,work with this caveman extreme jihad cult of Afghanistan has gotten burned .This could be a costly long war for China ,one that America would be smart to stay out of .
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Yeah, there is no reason that we have to compete w/ China everywhere in the world. Places like dar ul islam – I’m perfectly happy to let them have it – whether it’s Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey, Iraq, et al. Let them bleed a death by a thousand cuts, especially when they are too stupid not to let locals in those countries do the work they want, like Western companies do
WPM says
Right let China reap the benefits of losing money ,time, equipment, workers and soldiers trying to tame this beast of Islam. The less the west has to do with these cavemen ,aid, trade ,”protecting them”, and letting them immigrate to our countries to wage jihad on our soil the better. There are plenty of non-Moslem majority countries to trade with ,to work out trade deals ,and possible build things in .There are no level playing fields with Islam any cheap goods or service can be provided by non-Moslem majority countries that do not want us dead or enslaved. I personal have Islamic fatigued ,we now have a smiling Jihadist the stupid brain dead free stuff people elected to mayor in NYC. Three empires under three different kinds of governments in three different centuries have failed with the jihads cavemen of Afghanistan .Why does China think it can win them over ,what in the Chinese cultural do you think would appeal to these cavemen? Why would they respect them or obey their laws ?After all according to allah these flea bitten, unwashed ,inbreed ,illiterate cavemen are the best of people
Alex Lund says
How does a woman show a wound while fully covered?
This is an oxymoron, e.g. contradiction.
Either she is fully covered or she shows her wound.
Or does it mean she is allowed to make a small cut in her burqua to show just the wound?
I suspect that means that as soon as the woman shows her wound the judge will say that she is not fully covered, therefore she is a prostitute and that means the death penalty for her.
Sister Alberti says
I was wondering the same thing.
OLD GUY says
So what, Islam is working hard to make the whole world Islamic and no one is paying attention.