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WtdNEsdAy, OcTobER 17, 2001
Opinion
Opinion Editor
'victims
le attacks of Sept 11,2001.
heir oppression didn’t begin there
or will it end in the shadows as
Iwig’as the Taliban forces dreams
from their minds and their lives from
this earth.',
The Taliban have been forcing
the Afghanistan women to. beg,
borrow and steal for their livelihood
and their children. Tliey must de
pend on a man for their survival.
Those who have no male counter
part to look after them find diem
publication. Letters to the Editor are subject to editing. We reserve the
right to not publish any letter.
DAN MERYS
may attain success.” [An-Nur,
2431]
The f
he treatment of Muslim
women in Islamic regions Islamic
their religion without
over the past2000 years has
;tpwearflieh//a&,butthe
raised quite a storm, because of the
religion.
perception that they are treated as flijw.
Should Christians be made to re
second-class citizens.
move pictures of a crucified Jesus
As Westerners we cannot cl
because it. shows a man dying,
to know what’s best for a
s- . nailed to a cross? No. It’s as much
who have lived in a
tern for thousands of years;• The a part of Christianity as the Ayai
view is that women are onlyjifft-g is apart of Maim.
hind the veil was no life at all.
According to Shah, there was a
woman sitting in a cab with her, who
was violently ill and could not re-
move her veil for fear of arrest. If
^he were to trip and fall and her,
were shown as a result, she
»risladarrest.
The way I see it, by going under
cover, Shah may have been re
stricted txi> much, but thanks to her
others can see the truth.
. ByAWAa'olunteers risk their lives
everydaylas representatives for
tyjpmeri'i Id show the Taliban that
theirspit cannot be crushed. The
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Taliban in take their televisions,
their riO to look pretty and their
right to ®e care of their children,
but they whl NEVER break their
. spirit For they are women, they are
humans and their voice can be si- ■
fenced, buttheir TO
resolve
"' will NEVER
selves in the streets, eyes cast
down, hands outstretched, hoping
and praying for a land stranger to
ease their pain.
Everyday, in Afghanistan,
women suffer untold amounts of
Tie the voice for die
pain and degradation j ust for being ...Join me
a woman. They have.children.they women wh< annot speak out, the
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who
have been si-
care for who are on the verge of •voiceifor tri
death for the lack of medical treat fenced but still persevere.
Foe ^information send e-mails
ment and food. Revolutionary As
sociation of the Afghanistan ' - to rawa awa.org or send dona-
Women (RAWA) have tried help tionsto:
ing with aid, but their lack of funds
and volunteers gives little rdief to HHHHHKr Refugees
The Afghan Women's Mission
the many effected. ■
' Reporter Saira Shah did an un 260 S. Lake Ave.
dercover report of the life under PMB165
neath the Imrqa, which is the veil Pasadena, CA 91101
Afghan women are forced to wear,
Questions or comments about
Inside Afghanistan Behind
the. VeiL eindcm BBC News, June this article or others, e-mail me at
27,2001, and found that the life be- cccprint@clackamas.cc.or.us.
considered for publication if submitted by 1 p.m. the Friday prior to
Their rules, their religion
Speaking out for those silenced
SALENA DE LA CRUZ
All signed letters to the editor should be SOO words or less and will be
Staff Writer
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Graphic provided from RA WA ’s
website.
evated status in the west and that , We have based our reactions
ining: and feelings toward the treatment
as time goes on they are
more and more rights while amen of women in the Islamic religion
on our experience in our own cul-
in the Islamic world are tre
'
ture. Very few'of us know the
second-class citizens.
s< mindset of a Muslim woman and
The Shari ’ah (Divine La
must \ ¿whether or notthey live in a con-
lam stipulates that worn
> states slant state of fear. The Islamic re-
dress a certain way. It
the acceptable behaviorffi&tilSS
-^^^‘ jljgion, like most religions, is cen-
bers of both sexes, prom'qtirigpri- ; tered around the. worship of its
vacy for females and prohibiting deity, and anything that interferes
loose intermingling betw^^^^^H with that is to be cast aside, in
and females. Islamic law, believes -, cluding a woman who has dishon
this promotes modesty! decency,;' ored her family, and in turn dis
chastity and most important, re-*""' honored Allah. While the Qu’ran
spect, love and worship orAllaKg states <that_dne,mustlpve.one's
A Muslim woman's clothing is fellow man, it also states that any-
called a hijab and it must cover thing that is an affront to Allah is
om one’s life,
the entire woman’s body
s of years the Is-
exceptions based on the
s flourished, and
verse. “And tell the believing lamicreligio
women to lower their gaze and though Westerners may find
guard their private parts from sin..., some of the things that occur in
and draw their headcovers over that culture contemptible, we
their necks and bosoms and not cannot be so arrogant as to force
reveal their adornment except to them to change their religious
their [husbands and relatives...] O practices simply be
you Believers, in order that you don’t approve.
hat are your views on the
treatment of Afghanistan women?
W
Jennifer Boyd
Mike Lukenovich
”1 think they're shunned and not
allowed to be how they want to
be."
"I think it's wrong because
they're not treated equal.
They're just as human as we
are."
Photos and quotes compiled by
Liesl Muggli and Maggie
Jirasek
Ta^lorJohnson
Ken Ketchum
"It's their religion so I don't
think it's that bad."
"I hate to say it I don't know
what the actual views are. As for
the Taliban's treatment it's not
good. The treatment can be
better over all."
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