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Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai condemned the Taliban’s treatment of women at a Pakistan summit on girls’ education in Muslim communities, stating, "The Taliban do not see women as human beings."

She criticized their policies banning Afghan girls from education and work as "gender apartheid" and un-Islamic.

Afghanistan is the only country banning education for girls beyond grade six, affecting 1.5 million girls.

Malala urged Muslim leaders to challenge these practices and advocate for girls' education globally.

The Taliban declined to attend or comment.

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 4 months ago (5 children)

ahhh the wonders of religion. humanity's self-induced blight

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Why do you jump to religion and not simply conclude that the Talibans are massive incels? You do realize that out of two billion Muslims only the Taliban are doing this shit right? Malala is calling them un-Islamic for a reason.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 months ago (3 children)

religion is in itself a ridiculous premise, and the type is largely irrelevant (islam/christianity).

they are a disease that should be eradicated. humanity will never move forward with such archaic ideas.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Because their religion literally teaches them to treat women like shit?

And it’s not only them doing this. They all have shit women’s rights records.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

They all have shit women’s rights records.

I'm sure this is a well-researched claim and not something you just made up, but let's not get into that.

And it’s not only them doing this.

Literally no Muslim country in the world is as insane about oppressing women as Taliban Afghanistan. And that includes even the notorious ones like Iran. Nothing in Islamic beliefs or the behavior of Muslim countries resembles the ridiculousness of Taliban policies, and you should learn at least that before you shit on other people's cultures.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

She criticized their policies banning Afghan girls from education and work as "gender apartheid" and un-Islamic.

Says right there it is opposite of what the religion teaches?!

At least wait until there is an article that confirms your bias to spit your poison, dude.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Religion is not what religion teaches.

Look what they do, not what they say.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I can assure you that misogyny is not a result of religion, religion is just used to excuse it.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 4 months ago (2 children)

When incels have complete control, basically.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

It's probably good they have basic religious differences or Republicans and the Taliban would have joined forces by now.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Lore accurate abrahamic religions are peak incelcore. They remove the incel stuff to make it more appealing for the less hardcore fanbase.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Hey according to some that's okay, because at least they know what a woman is:

That's okay I'm sure her fellow "women's rights" defenders wouldn't do something awful like make fun of Malala's experiences:

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago (10 children)

Ofcourse JK Rowling likes that first tweet. What a vile piece of excrement

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

Jfc people are gross

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

She isn't wrong. Imagine not seeing half of the population as human, even though they carried you and everyone who has ever been born in the womb for 9 months and gave birth to you.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I live in the United States. I don't have to imagine, I can see it up close.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Imagine comparing the situation in the united States, where women have favorable hiring and scholarship status, to the Taliban state where women are literally property and not allowed to get a job or education under threat of death. Like actual death, not someone online telling you something rude.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

We just elected in a man and party that want us to be the Christian version of the taliban.

There's also many areas where women are treated the same in the USA.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

What part of the USA disallows women the right to go to high school or to speak in public?

I hate the direction the U.S. is going as much as any sane person but it’s a disservice to everyone to say that women in Afghanistan and women in the U.S. are treated the same.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Nah fam. I'm a woman living in Texas and I'll take fighting for abortion rights and closing the wage gap here in the US over living in Afghanistan any day of the week.

Our situations are not even close, and I think you know that.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

JFC can you guys stop acting like your country is the worst place to ever exist? The situation for American women is nowhere as bad as it is for Afgan women. (yet)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Literally can't be more wrong

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago

"The Taliban declined to attend or comment."

Well yeah, they don't think a person was talking.

Really how is this news? The Taliban don't think woman are people, and water is wet.

We armed the wrong sex in Afghanistan.....

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago

Religious bigots in power, what to expect?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The f'n MAGAts and the Taliban share a lot in common.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

There's a reason they call 'em "Ya'll-Qaeda" lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Capitalists are more efficient than both.

They don't see almost anyone as human.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (3 children)

If the US had not invaded Afghanistan and done such a shitjob the Taliban would have been overthrown by now. The Taliban was highly unpopular in 2001, but thanks to the US fucking everything up, they regained more land than they had otherwise by 2017 or so.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Nothing's certain with alternate scenarios. Perhaps Taliban would have eventually fallen, perhaps not. In the meanwhile, countless people will suffer under those goat fuckers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

But it was very profitable for weapons dealers so that makes everything OK.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Sometimes the smartest person in the room is a woman. By refusing to educated women, they are limiting the intellectual growth and capabilities of their own culture. Cultures with fair, balanced rules, and systems of living, for everyone regardless of race, gender, or any other thing people imagine matters, will have a stronger society in almost all aspects from that alone. Because most of the things people imagine matter. Don't. In fact, what matters, is the actual intellectual capabilities of the individual, not how you or anyone else perceives them.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

She's fearless and relentless... I really hope nothing happens to her.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

She isn't wrong to say this.

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