Representatives of a number of affluent nations, including the US, are meeting in Japan in order to discuss aid to Afghanistan. It is likely that tomorrow will see the the war-torn nation receive pledges of $4 billion dollars over the next few years, despite concerns over corruption.
Corruption aside, what about the countless women that are being abused in the name of Allah? Schools that dare offer education to girls, for instance, are under constant threat, while women are being publicly executed for adultery, to the cheers of murderous peasants, oblivious to the sacredness of life and the fact that it "takes two to tango".
Bamiyan:the smaller of the two sculptures, before its destructionThe ruins of the gigantic and magnificent 6th century Buddhas of Bamiyan, blown up on orders from leader Mullah Mohammed Omar in 2001 for being too pagan, are scars on the nation's administration, as is the blood of all these innocent victims of bigotry.
As long as President Hamid Karzai panders to these bigots, there will be no hope for Afghanistan.
Even more guilty are the religious leaders from every denomination who are always so reluctant to condemn violence. They must assert that religion is in no way compatible with the desecration of life and make it clear that using the name of any god as the pretext for murder is the greatest blasphemy imaginable.
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