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Alfredo
United States |
13/11/2008 |
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Women are equal! |
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In the case of the Taliban, woman are actually better than the men. The Taliban are pathetic subhumans that need to be defeated by the free thinking world. This story shows just how unholy the Taliban are. These brave Afghan woman need protection and deserve education more than ever. |
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Vladimir
Afghanistan |
13/11/2008 |
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What a country... |
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What a shame! |
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Paul
Canada |
13/11/2008 |
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Very disturbing |
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When any group, individual or state targets any other human being simply for their desire to have the same human rights as another, they deserve to be disbanded and prosecuted. This type of behaviour has no place in this world, religious belief or not. I am fully supportive of any different types religion or spiritual beliefs up to the point when they start to violate other people's rights. |
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Francis HG
United States |
13/11/2008 |
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"Escorts" |
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Horrible... and illogical...
A male escort is for protection both socially and from physical harm. These indicated women are very valuable. Why are these idiots throwing battery acid on innocent people? It is stated in Hadith that woman are three times more valuable than men. Perhaps someone should take these Taliban and teach them a lesson or two. |
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sayefudeen
South Africa |
13/11/2008 |
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What a shame |
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Acts committed by cowards attacking women. Come on... this is the result of misguidance and the fruits of being fanatics who use religion as a tool of power with no interest for inner reform but to feel superior to others. If they are Muslims let the Quran justify their actions, but they will never be able to justify it for these acts are done only because they are jealous in seeing women being more educated than they are. They are jealous and afraid of this. Shame on those ignorant men. |
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Saracen
Qatar |
13/11/2008 |
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I blame the US government |
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It doesn't make sense of what is happening in Afghanistan. It was much better before the US went there and it's much better if they just leave. The US force is not helping the Afghans, they are just building distrust between the people, and that has serious future consequences. |
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Bigmel1981
Malaysia |
13/11/2008 |
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Afghan girls scarred in acid attack |
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Just a damn shame. |
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Truthman
Canada |
13/11/2008 |
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Again, religion is the backbone of terror. Prehistoric beliefs in religion do not have a place here in the 21st century. |
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Tom
Canada |
14/11/2008 |
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Taliban or Hekmatyar/Northern Alliance/Jihadis? |
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The article suggests that the Taliban may be behind the attacks, but was throwing acid in the faces of women not Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's signature? Was it not the Jihadis (aka Northern Alliance) that generally performed such crimes, rather than the Taliban? |
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Brian
Afghanistan |
14/11/2008 |
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Acid attack |
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Yes, it's wrong and should be condemed, but since when is the West so concerned about Muslim women's rights? What about the women who are being raped in Afghanistant and Iraq by American soldiers in the name of freedom? Their women have no dignity and honour that's why they allow them to pose nude and sell their bodies for a few bucks. Their society has decayed and is rotten to the core and now they are trying to brainwash Muslims against those with high morals and ethics and painting them with the same brush. |
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Håkan
Sweden |
14/11/2008 |
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Terrible |
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It's terrible how innocent people suffer. And the violence against woman have been rising since the imperialists invaded. |
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Alois
Germany |
14/11/2008 |
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Not Taliban |
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Those are not Taliban fighters, they are simple, stupid criminals, falsely believing they act in the name of God. They deserve both hands chopped off in public and their teachers deserve their tongue cut off. |
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lorthenyie
United States |
14/11/2008 |
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Any dogmatic system that installs corrupt logic, that makes it okay for some people to be able to throw battery acid on another human being because they want an education, is wrong. It is wrong, immoral, and ignorant. It only sets back humanity. Get out of the old traditions that caused our ancestors to go to war. Let our society evolve into a world of peace and love. |
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Andrea
United States |
15/11/2008 |
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Latefa and Shamsia, you are both beautiful women for trying to pursue your education in the face of such extreme hardship. I pray to God this experience does not keep you from achieving your goals. Support each other, gain strength from each other, and know that you are both inspiring women all over the world. |
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Sarah Azad
United States |
15/11/2008 |
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Afghan girls scarred in acid attack |
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Real journalists, where have they all gone?
I rely on you for good journalism? Why no comment on "who" might do such a thing: other warlords, random crazy people (common in wartorn places), US special forces (we have such a history-hint: South America). |
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Susannah
Afghanistan |
15/11/2008 |
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Latefa and Shamsia |
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Dear Latefa and Shamsia - God is with you in your suffering - have courage. No matter how many of the female gender our enemies try to enslave, kill, silence etc., none of them can destroy all three billion of us - we know how to survive and endure - and we will not give up the last freedom - freedom of thought, whatever our opressors try and force upon us. Many blessings upon you - I sincerely hope that you will both return to school when you can. Education leads to freedom. Blessings and courage! |
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Miguel
Afghanistan |
16/11/2008 |
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Discrmination in part of aljaeera news |
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sometimes bad people will do this then blame it andTaleban.This was done in the 1960 by pinoches people to make socialist look bad |
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ASH
Afghanistan |
16/11/2008 |
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Acid Attack |
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These attacks have nothing to do with Islam or religion in general. But are down to ignorant cultural practices of some Afghan men which treat women as Medieval Chattels (property of men) These people use religion as a stick to justify there cultural practice which is a shame and as soon as these people are defeated then the innocent people in Afghanistan can start to live in peace and start rebuilding their country after decades of conflict. |
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Lee
United States |
13/11/2008 |
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Taliban |
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I get that people disagree on what to call the Taliban… I call them cowardly terrorists as they are afraid to stand and give battle. Others have a different opinion. That's fine.
But to call them fighters as they put acid on little girls?
Cowardly terrorists. Heartless criminals. Come up with something. I don't exactly know how the language works on that side of the world, but when [people] speak of fighters, they are usually "fighting" something. |
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MikeM
United States |
13/11/2008 |
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Sick b******* |
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What can you say about the sick people who would stoop to such an act? It's almost unfathomable. Are girls going to school that much a threat to their male egos? What are they afraid of? My prayers go out to these brave children. Who cannot see the lunacy of this? |
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reza santorini
United States |
13/11/2008 |
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Acid in the face of girls |
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Let's hear it for those who think these girls should have freedom to go to school. Let's hear it from those who think Taliban is terrorism in the name of religion. |
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burkagirl
Afghanistan |
13/11/2008 |
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Girls' uniforms |
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Girls' school uniforms in Kandahar are white trousers, black shirts, and white head scarfs. |
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Mohammed
United States |
13/11/2008 |
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Shame on you! |
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This has no place in Islam. These idiots should look for the true meaning of Islam. Where do they get such acts and justify them, there is no such act in Islam. Shame on you. There has always been people like this in the past, adjusting one's religion to their own means and say this is for God. Shame on you. |
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Wicky
Thailand |
13/11/2008 |
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Afghan girls scarred. |
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They will be scarred for the rest of their lives and many more horrific acts will befall the Afghan people. Because people like those who commented above only see sickness, criminals etc. But they never care or relate the act of their government to be responsible. I hope Obama will succeed in his policy to clean up Afghanistan and leave Iraq. That would help save the women and men in Afghanistan from an anarchist rule by the Taliban. |
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S
Morocco |
13/11/2008 |
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Sad. I highly doubt this was an act by the actual Taliban. Typical, uneducated Afghani men are most likely the culprits.
Paul above. You said: "This type of behaviour has no place in this world, religious belief or not. I am fully supportive of any different types religion or spiritual beliefs up to the point when they start to violate other people's rights."
You seem to imply that this is part of Islam. It is not part of Islam and not allowed in Islam. |
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Fuad
Ethiopia |
13/11/2008 |
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It is a very barbaric act |
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I was very sad when I read the news about the acid attack. In Ethiopia, this type of incident has occurred sometimes before and the man behind this inhuman act was tried and imprisoned for 20 years. Such type of act should be condemned. |
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Nite Owl
Canada |
13/11/2008 |
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Convenient double standards |
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In the Canadian papers there's a lot of people screaming about this being a reason to justify our invasion of Afghanistan. What they conveniently forget is that right here at home we have men on motorcycles who [allegedly] force our daughters into stripping, pornography and prostitution. They're called The Hells Angels and The Outlaws. Our governments can't seem to find either the resources or the resolve to do anything about that. |
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yerbaluisa
Spain |
13/11/2008 |
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Afghan girls subjected to (acid) attack |
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And in entering Afghanistan, the international forces, one of their main goals with which they justified their arguments, was to put an end to social, cultural and political domination of Afghan women and girls. Quite a good job so far... |
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Jim Lopey
Afghanistan |
14/11/2008 |
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Acid attack is result of extremism |
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This sort of activity is exactly why Afghanistan and countries like it will never truly thrive. Whenever extremists single out a portion of a population with the goal of treating them differently than others there will be conflict. The other person who indicated this attack was the fault of the US is burying his head in the sand. The problem here isn't mainstream religion as much as the extremist views embraced by a few (it could apply to any religion or political system). Jim |
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Cal Mueller
Afghanistan |
14/11/2008 |
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Afghan girls scarred in acid attack |
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Wow, I didn't think Al Jazeera would publish such an article, let alone on its front pages. |
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Quin Harris
United States |
14/11/2008 |
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Cowards of all nations |
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It is more cowardly to throw acid in the faces of school girls than to bomb weddings from 30,000 ft. but not much more. |
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Rick
Afghanistan |
14/11/2008 |
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Acid attacks |
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There is no excuse for this action whatsoever. Here in the US our morals are not so good either but we try to clean up what we can here. Whether the US or anywhere else it is always a very small percentage of the people who cause all the problems. Thank goodness for Al Jazeera for always showing the world all the truth. Not just what the network chooses. We need more of Al Jazeera to keep the world informed. The US sees nothing of these things as we are so liberal as a news network we seem to be censored. |
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JabZ
Canada |
15/11/2008 |
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Acid thrown at faces of Afghan schoolgirls? |
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Let me see - aren't there a variety of whackjobs in the US gunning down innocent students on college campuses, and knifing students in the high schools on a recurring basis? Just because images of the bloody bodies of women and men, boys and girls aren't splashed all over the media doesn't make it any less horrific! What's the difference - guns or acid?
The difference is that we don't build up isolated incidents like this to be the whole culture of a nation or the spirit of a religion. |
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Greg in America
Afghanistan |
15/11/2008 |
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Blaming the US for scarring girls |
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Saracen in Qatar - how dare you blame the US for what has happened to those girls in Afghanistan. Violence on fellow countrymen was going on long before we arrived. Here are some facts published by the British-based women's rights group Womankind. So before you blame the US for everything, please check the facts: Around 80% of women are affected by domestic violence, over 60% of marriages are forced, some of them between elderly men and girls as young as eight. |
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James Staples
United States |
16/11/2008 |
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Fear Not, We Can Make That Difference |
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This is, of course, horrible and I hear your criticisms loud and clear - as do many other 'more-astute-than-our-Dear-Leader' Americans.
That IS why so many of us gave Obama the White House. Some of us DO undertstand both the things that we have in common, AND the things that make us different and we feel Obama does too. He, after all, has attended Malaysian Schools with largely Muslim Clasmates, while being encouraged to adsorb the available Buddhist Wisdom at the same time.
Not a Hick! |
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Dawoud
Afghanistan |
16/11/2008 |
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Jihad |
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Honestly,
This is a cause I would go to Jihad against. These pathetic people are destroying Islam and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). This is nuts! |
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Krakowiak
Poland |
18/11/2008 |
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True Islam? |
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Shame on Taliban! It's no Islam. |
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Basheer
South Africa |
18/11/2008 |
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Acid attacks on Afghan girls |
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What proof is there that this is the work of the Taliban, they have denied involvement.
This is the work of the Americans and Nato as they have no regard for civilian life and are bent on discrediting the Taliban. Just look at the civilian deaths and massacres with American bombs in Iraq, Afghanistan, Hiroshima, Nagasaki. |
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Efendi
Afghanistan |
25/11/2008 |
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ACID on Girls |
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ACID was thrown into the Faces of SCHOOLGIRLS, like they had been doubtful or thought to be Prostitutes (but known on Schoolclothes)
or whatever People might THINK, there is NOTHING like this to be known from ISLAM or Islamic History.
When Fatimah, the Daughter of Muhammad ( sas) was disobedient, to put on HIJAB / Veil he threatened her NOT to be buried with Muslims, means to outlaw her from Islam. No Beating , nor Force, NO Acid.
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Zarina
Singapore |
12/12/2008 |
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Acid attack on Afghan girls |
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When a man attacks a woman, he forgets that his mother is a woman. While in Islam he is supposed to protect all women in his life, what right does he have in attacking another woman or other women?
While a man may have more strength than a woman, do not forget that Allah does not allow him to enter paradise without his mothers (who is a WOMAN)blessing.
A man has no right in looking down on a woman as he has no right in looking down on any of Allahs creations. |
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