Where were we…. Afghanistan?
Here’s a story from Afghanistan that makes me feel a bit better. From Insight Magazine, Internet sister to the Washington Times, a conservative-leaning newspaper: Dramatic new development in Afghanistan offers hope for entire region.
In a dramatic show of support for democratic efforts by President Hamid Karzai, the highest religious body in Afghanistan has issued a 13-point declaration of support for free elections, called for protection of women’s rights, and strongly condemned illegal drug trafficking and terrorist acts, both in Afghanistan and throughout the Muslim world. The declaration of the Ulema Council of Afghanistan, which is to Afghanistan what the College of Cardinals is at the Vatican, also denounced the practice of forced marriage, including the so-called feud marriages in which children are married to end family disputes.
A most reassuring sign.
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