Abdul Rahman Vs. The Women Of Afghanistan
You know, I’ve been thinking the last couple of days about Abdul Rahman, the Afghan man who converted to Christianity from Islam. The Muslims in Afghanistan, that country we freed from the restrictive Taliban, want to kill him for this “crime” against Islam.
Apparently, while we were cheering about all of those changes we brought to the country, no one was paying attention to the fact that there weren’t any real changes being brought to the country. We ousted the Taliban and we’ve had those nifty elections where we forced the Afghan men to let the Afghan women vote for our PR cameras, but as I’ve written here before, almost nothing has changed for women in Afghanistan — they still have to wear burqu, they are still held hostage in their own homes, they still find it next to impossible to get a divorce, even from an abusive husband, etc.
The fact is that the Afghan people built their Constitution on Islamic law. Imagine that. So much for Freedom and Democracy being on the march.
But what really got me thinking about Abdul Rahman is the outcry on both the right and the left. I mean, I’m glad that we could come together on this and join in the outrage over a man’s right to practice his religion of choice, but it pisses me off to no end that there’s no outcry over the fact that the women of Afghanistan still aren’t free after four years after President Bush told us, “The mothers and daughters of Afghanistan were captives in their own homes, forbidden from working or going to school – today women are free.” They aren’t free! Where is Michelle Malkin’s outcry posts and articles over their rights? Where is the pressure from the leaders of the world’s nations to release the women imprisoned for running away from their abusive husbands? Where is President Bush’s condemnation over their loss of freedom?
Why is Abdul Rahman so much more important than all the women in Afghanistan?
Tags: Abdul Rahman, Afghanistan, Women's Rights, George W. Bush
