Afghanistan divided once again

dafin0 · **Posted:** April 16th, 2009, 6:49 pm

I just whatched this on SBS yesterday. It seems that the afghan laws have had a turned in the favour of men. Nw i'm not trying to step on anybody's toes here Or be sexist, But i think that this new law is ridiculous. Women should have rights during marriage. And it made me sick when i read this news article. And I'm sure, it will raise questions about marriage ethics.

Afghanistan divided as new law opens the door to 'Talebanisation'

A controversial law that reintroduces many Taleban-era restrictions on women has provoked a rare public protest from liberals in Afghanistan’s increasingly divided Establishment.

Five Cabinet ministers were among nearly 200 Afghan officials and intellectuals who issued a petition opposing the law yesterday, claiming that it “violates the essence of the Afghan Constitution and principle of selfautonomy of citizens, [and] permits women to be dealt with not as human beings . . . but rather as an object”.

The petition calls on Afghans to oppose the “Talebanisation” of their society. A total of 22 MPs signed — although this is a small minority of the 249 MPs who might have added their names to the document.

The law appears to condone marital rape and child marriage. It forbids women to leave home without their husband’s permission and removes the right to inherit their husband’s wealth.

The international community reacted with horror to the law, with President Obama calling it “abhorrent”.

The Afghan Government of President Karzai, bowing to international pressure, announced on Monday that the law was to be reviewed and had not yet come into force.

Read the entire thing fully before commenting on this, seeing as this is a very sensitive topic.

taken from:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6062601.ece

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Cheers, dafin0 :lol:

Adbot · **Posted:** April 16th, 2009, 6:49 pm

trekkie · **Posted:** April 16th, 2009, 7:18 pm

well Saudi Arabia is not any better. they still have stricked laws over women. that won't change without some major reforms

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** April 17th, 2009, 5:21 am

Afghanistan was never united. We wanted them to be independent and capable of managing on their own and that's what their now doing.

Makes you wonder if it was all a waste of bloody time.

blethorskite · **Posted:** April 17th, 2009, 8:43 am

CreepyPirate wrote:

Afghanistan was never united. We wanted them to be independent and capable of managing on their own and that's what their now doing.

Makes you wonder if it was all a waste of bloody time.

Very true. Only positive slant on the whole of the situation is it makes some people appreciate the freedom they have in the West.

colinsoccer123 · **Posted:** April 17th, 2009, 1:55 pm

I'm not trying to sound sexist but in Afghanistan women have had very few rights for thousands of years, don't expect it to change overnight since it's in their culture. People in the west see this law as really bad but in reality it won't change much.