Hi all!!
In case you're curious......
Mavis Leno's testimony regarding the Taliban is on the Feminist Majority
Website
(www.feminist.org) and I encourage everyone to take a look. The AP
article (below) in my opionion tends to misrepresent some of the arguments
Leno makes, particularly in terms of Islam - Leno seems to try to
make the point in her testmony that this situation (Afghanistan) has less
to do with Islam and much
more to do with the Taliban's appropriation of Islam to further thier
political agenda. In other words, she does not "blame Islam" or represent
Islam as "the other" as I think the AP article below tends to do (at least
not to the same degree).
Jessica
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Kimberly & Brett wrote:
> Jay Leno, wife seek money for Afghan women
>
> LOS ANGELES (AP) - Talk show host Jay Leno and his wife, Mavis, are among
> the celebrities hoping to raise money Monday to alleviate the plight of
> women living under strict religious rules in Afghanistan. Mrs. Leno is on
> the board of the Feminist Majority, which is leading a campaign to denounce
> oppression by the Taliban militia. The Taliban controls about 90% of the
> Central Asian country, where it has imposed its strict interpretation of
> Islam that forces women to wear the veil and bars girls from attending
> school. The fund-raiser will also serve as an educational session, with
> celebrities reading edicts of the Taliban and Afghan refugees describing
> their ordeals. See full story
> <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558982154-99a>
>
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