Riche Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 The girl is a beacon. The Taliban are not representative of any religion or legitimate group. They are nutters. Education liberates that is why the taliban tried to silence the girl. Hope she makes a full recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 I don't think the Pope is the single spiritual leader of British Christians. A lot of people in the Ibrox area of Glasgow may take exception to that. A surprising number of progressive Catholics too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Web Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 A surprising number of progressive Catholics too... And a suprising number of progressive Muslims wouldn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 And a suprising number of progressive Muslims wouldn't... Wouldn't what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenRivers Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 The girl is a beacon. The Taliban are not representative of any religion or legitimate group. They are nutters. Education liberates that is why the taliban tried to silence the girl. Hope she makes a full recovery. Taliban are quoting Sharia to justify their actions....not for us to say whether they are true Muslims or not, the fact is that's the colour of the flag nailed to the mast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Taliban are quoting Sharia to justify their actions....not for us to say whether they are true Muslims or not, the fact is that's the colour of the flag nailed to the mast. Are they quoting it? Which bits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenRivers Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Are they quoting it? Which bits? Take a look: http://dawn.com/2012/10/10/taliban-use-islamic-shariah-to-defend-malala-attack/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Take a look: http://dawn.com/2012/10/10/taliban-use-islamic-shariah-to-defend-malala-attack/ Was she leading a campaign against sharia though or just their interpretation of it? She was campaigning for women to be educated, I don't believe sharia law forbids it. From your link. The statement says that it is “not just allowed … but obligatory in Islam” to kill such a person involved “in leading a campaign against Shariah and (who) tries to involve whole community in such campaign, and that personality becomes a symbol of anti-Shariah campaign.” In any event, it seems the Taliban are at odds with Islamic clerics as they're issued a fatwa against them...someone in the Taliban's going to get a rocket for deliberately misunderstanding sharia law "A group of 50 Islamic clerics in Pakistan have issued a fatwa against the Taliban gunmen who tried to kill a 14-year-old girl, famous for campaigning for the right of young females to an education. The Islamic scholars from the Sunni Ittehad Council publicly denounced attempts by the Pakistani Taliban to mount religious justifications for the shooting of Malala Yousafzai and two of her classmates as they sat inside a school bus on Tuesday.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/12/malala-yousafzai-fatwa-gunmen-pakistan?newsfeed=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenRivers Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 ^ I'm not trying to validate whatever it is they're saying BoyFriday, just relaying it. The fact is they are using Shaia/Islam/versus from the Koran etc to justify their actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 ^ I'm not trying to validate whatever it is they're saying BoyFriday, just relaying it. The fact is they are using Shaia/Islam/versus from the Koran etc to justify their actions. Yes, no problem. But it doesn't represent a failure of sharia law if the Taliban can't read or write properly. They've made a habit of going around killing people saying it's because they didn't behave according to sharia, without telling anyone which bits of the code they've broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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