As I recall he did not entirely ignore the treatment of women. He mentioned
that they could not receive an education as I recall...
Cheers, Ken Hanly
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From: Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 2:54 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:17501] Re: Re: beards ..etc.
> Lou Proyect on his list made the point that he ignored the treatment of
> women, concentrating on beards for fear of offending the leaders of the
> good muslim states.
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 11:03:59AM -0700, Jim Devine wrote:
> > At 11:04 AM 9/21/01 -0500, you wrote:
> > >I noticed that Bush made particularl reference to the Taliban
requirements
> > >that beards must be at least a certain length. Sikhs are not allowed to
cut
> > >any body hair as I understand it. They all have beards don't they? I
wonder
> > >how the Sikhs must feel about such a reference.
> >
> > Dubya was trying to build up support for a war against Afghanistan.
Though
> > I don't support such a war, you've got to admit that the Taliban is
really
> > disgusting. We have to be very conscious of that.
> >
> > The Sikhs don't push their beard law using state power the way Taliban
> > does. I didn't hear the whole of Dubya's speech, but based on the
fragments
> > I did hear, I think it was pretty clear that he was referring to the
> > state-imposed rule.
> >
> > > Religious restrictions particularly upon women are just about as
strict
> > >in Saudi Arabia it would seem as in Afghanistan. I wonder how Bush's
> > >references to fundamentalist religious practices will go over there..
> >
> > He does -- or rather the people who make decisions for him do -- have to
be
> > conscious of that, especially in his previous use of the word "crusade"
> > (which was withdrawn because it offended the officially-defined "good
> > Muslims").
> >
> > Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
> >
>
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