The government of Afghanistan, with the support of President Karzai, passes a law that makes it just peachy-keen-OK for a husband to rape his wife. The law also makes it illegal for Shia Muslim women in the country to refuse to have sex with their husbands and restricts their rights outside the home as well.
Hey, they’re just chattel to these misogynists, aren’t they?
And protesters who marched against this law are pelted by cowardly men with stones.
Of course, not all Afghans are living in the Stone Age, right? Right?
In search of a life together, Abdul Aziz and Gul Pecha fled their remote Afghan village, hoping to leave behind their ultraconservative families and the sharia law of the Taliban-controlled region.
Their marriage hadn’t been arranged, and their parents didn’t approve. To try to elope in the remote Khash Rod district, where women face strict rules about appearing outdoors, was a risk for Mr. Aziz, 21, and Ms. Pecha, 19.
This is a country where tribal rivalries and honour killings are accepted as the norm. Furthermore, many of these despicable practices and beliefs are being codified as law under the watch of a government installed by the West – further ensuring this region’s place as one of the world’s most backward and crude.
So my question is:
Why is my nation still sending soldiers to this basket case of a country where the rule of law means nothing. Lives are cheap and guns even cheaper. And men hold onto the perch of power using any means available to them – moral or not.
Can someone tell me why wonderful young Canadians are still dying there?
This country is not going to change its ways in a few years or a few decades.
It is time we politely but firmly gave our notice.
Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario
Trashy in China.2, Day 7 & 8
