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Gambian Supreme Court Hears Arguments For Female Mutilation

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If you’ve been a listener for a while, you know that Female Genital Mutilation is something I loath, and try to expose at every opportunity. It’s one of my arguments specifically against Islam, which seems to have taken on the practice with gusto. Those unfamiliar with FGM have no clue that it is rooted in the male fear of female desire. It’s why Islam, so terrified by the opposite sex that they cage them (read Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s book “The Caged Virgin” if you need context), embracess this disgusting and inhuman practice.

In the Republic of Gambia, where 95.7% of the population is muslim, a debate is currently being held in their Supreme court over the legality of mutilating young girls for religious reasons. On the side of wrong is what you’ve come to expect: powerful men who want even more control over others. Their arguments are enough to turn your stomach:

…one witness, a prominent Muslim leader, attempted to justify the violence against women and girls, saying that “female circumcision” is part of Islam and isn’t harmful. When asked about two babies who died from the procedure, he replied: “We are Muslims and if someone dies, it’s God’s will.” He went on to say that the practice’s benefit is reducing women’s sexual desire, “which could be a problem for men.”

Don’t you love how this is still framed as a “male” problem? “Sorry we cut off your clitoris with a seraded blade and sowed up your vagina, all without anesthesia. Hey, how come you’re not sleeping with your much older husband?”

Essentially these imams want to argue that banning this practice is unconstitutional, because their “religious freedom” is being impinged. Yep, you heard that correctly. Their freedom to ruin the lives of million of young women (estimated globally to be 240 million of them, with 4 million added each year to that list) is paramount. Why? Because one day long ago, an illiterate man claimed that the voices he heard in his head were from a divine entity, and ever since then people have not been able to stop hurting each other over his revelations.

I wish only that one of these ignorant, narcissit pieces of shit humans would experience the pain, humiliation, and life destroying ritual like the ones they force on innocent little girls. Perhaps a little trauma might clue them to the fact that all of this repugnant crap is the product of a deep seeded hatred of sex, and more specifically, female agency.

For those of you listening who are men, are you as tired as I am of being on a “team” that can’t stop hurting the other sex? Will there ever be more of us disgusted by the treatment of women than not? For the sake of boys like my nephews, I certainly hope that day will come.

Muslim Man Stabs 3 Women in Paris Knife Attack

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The accusation that religion is a mask for mental illness has never been redressed. It’s little wonder why. Every day, countless people are harmed in the name of religion. Often, the victimizers think they are on some grand higher mission, when in reality their delusion is constantly reinforced by a system of belief that confuses fantasy with reality. Virgin birth, flying horses, talking snakes, all of these idiotic beliefs belies a deeper, and fundamentally more troubling fact: that faith is a refuge for dangerously inflated egos that justify all their terrible actions with a otherworld mandate.

Today’s psycho on the loose is a yet unnamed muslim man in his 20’s. He attacked 3 women in the city of Paris with a pair of kitchen knives. Their wounds were not fatal, as a fast acting nearby witness named Mohamed-Ali Bouhadjar sprung into action, and managed to tackle the perpetrator to the ground after another witness threw their suitcase at him. An off duty police officer then held him down until backup arrived to cart him off.

Mohamed-Ali Bouhadjar, 26, who filmed the video and posted it on Snapchat, told Reuters: “When I saw him stab a woman in the back, I started shouting: ‘Come on, let’s stop him.’ Several people stepped in.

“One person threw a suitcase ‌at him. He dropped the knives. At that moment I grabbed him, swept his legs out from under him, and we pinned him ​to the ground.”

I think this incident is a perfect example of the duality of religious belief. A man stabbed random strangers, convinced that he was being commanded by god to do so. A witness, likely a muslim himself, would no doubt claim the same inspiration behind his brave actions (he could be an atheist, or another denomination, to be fair). It also shows that even when we are defended by the righteous believers, people still inevitably get hurt. Those women could have easily died, and who knows how many more could have been victims.

Providing a shield for dangerous mental illness is inherant in all faiths, and as such, will always remain a threat to human civilization. What if this young man had access to a more deadly arsenal? Would he have hesitated to use it? Can the good believers protect us from the calamity some other, more equiped psycho will inevitably cause? There is a reason why in law enforcement, providing shelter to a criminal makes you complicit in their actions: you allowed this to happen by the nature of the belief, and no amount of “modernization” can purge the faith of it’s rotten core.

Pakistan Court Upholds Child Marriage

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Did you ever wonder why religious institutions are so obsessed with pedophilia? Perhaps it has something to do with the religions themselves, that at the root is a blueprint for the systematic abuse of children. How else can you explain baffling news like this:

Pakistan’s Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), presided over by Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, has recognized the validity of the marriage between Maria Bibi, a 13-year-old Christian girl, and a Muslim man named Shehryar Ahmad….In its ruling, the Court dismissed the request of Shahbaz Masih, a Christian resident of Lahore, who sought the release of his daughter, arguing that she was a minor and held illegally after contracting an invalid marriage.

In case you were wondering, there’s a common practice among certain sects of Islam of kidnapping young girls from other faiths and forcibly marrying them. It’s then simply a matter of ensuring they convert, and suddenly everything is nice and legal.

Her parents have tried to petition the governments higher courts to end child marriage, and setup legal protection for children forced into these marriages. One has to wonder why they ever would. Pakistan is incredibly religious, and Islam’s inventor had a 9 year old wife, and so, it sits well within their framework of belief. Sure, some sects reject this practice, but they do so because of modern social pressures, not because they disagree with what their “boy” did.

It’s another day of religion getting away with atrocities and abuse, or as we call it in the secular world, just another Tuesday.

Gay Imam Murdered in South Africa

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There are time when I worry that my rhetoric against Islam might be a little harsh. In the past, I have made some pretty strong claims. I’ve said that the vast Majority of Muslims view the West, and the subsequent moral progress we’ve made, as anathema to them. While there are those who preach forgiveness and love, in truth they are the minority. For every Imam that teaches about love, there are 10 who espouse hate. If you don’t believe me, simply type “Imam sermon”, and behold, countless stories about the horrible things these religious leaders say. For instance, in Victoria, one leader said that Jews spread corruption through the land. If that sounds familiar, it should. These sentiments are perfect echoes of the Nazi regime.

There are still those deluded fools who think they can reform this perverse religion from the inside. One such person went by the name of Muhsin Hendricks. Hendricks was the first openly gay imam, who was operating out of South Africa. He was killed a few weeks ago by an as yet unidentified gunman. My guess is people in the Muslim community are aware of who the guilty party is, and they will absolutely keep his identity a secret, as I’m sure many consider him a hero.

Senior lecturer in Islamic Studies at South Africa’s University of the Western Cape, Dr Fatima Essop, reflected on the “distressing” vitriolic content circulating on social media in the wake of Hendricks’ killing.

“I just find that completely shocking and so far removed from our… Islamic tradition, which is all about compassion and mercy and preservation of human life,” she told the BBC.

Compassion you say? I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but a few people preaching love does not negate the far more numerous imams that preach hatred. In fact, I would venture to say that there are more violent and hateful rhetoric these days than calls for compassion and empathy. There’s something sinister about the way in which religions condone violence and hatred that boggles the mind of those that are not in these death cults.

I find it even more outrageous that there are still groups in the West that support Muslims no matter what they preach. Gays for Palestine, or other such groups, fail to understand that the very heart of Islam is one of profound animosity towards people of different sexual orientation. You simply cannot trust those who are naturally good and compassionate to protect you against those who are not. They often go to the same mosques, and sit side by side. When push comes to shove, they will choose to stand next to these monsters rather than face the wrath of their own community. It should tell you everything you need to know about what side they are really on.

I would hope that this is a wakeup call for people of the LGBT community, but my guess is that it will be ignored, like so many other disgusting abuses. Politically, it’s too inconvenient to point out the fact that Islam is still stuck in the 15th century, with no hope of ever reforming towards something more compatible with modern society. Until we all realize the danger this horrid religion poses, the people we love and support are in danger, just like Hendricks was by simply existing.

Muslims Arrested for Eating on Ramadan in Nigeria

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I am not a fan of religious customs for multiple reasons. The main ones are as follows: religious traditions are just an excuse to force people to behave in specific ways. It’s always been a form of cohesive control. These religious zombies will counter that they are not obliged to follow customs, and that they do it out of love for their faith. Just think about how many women wearing a Hijab say this kind of bullshit. You know that if anyone of them defied their custom, there would be hell to pay.

In Nigeria, religious police are on the march, looking for Muslims daring to eat and drink on their pointless and stupid Ramadan. In a country where it can get as hot as 103 degree (or almost 40 Celsius) in the months of February to April, there is apparently no exceptions for the ban on drinking water and eating. The not eating food part is fine. It’s the dangerous idea of not drinking that is dangerous. Not only does it cause spikes in blood pressure, it can impact people with heart conditions, as well as lead to kidney failure. In short, the practice of not drinking water is a particularly dumb one, but you can’t convince a billion idiot believers to stop the dangerous practice.

Not only can you not convince them to stop, but so far over two dozen people have been arrested for having the temerity to defy a religious custom. Now they face a Sharia court, which is another way of saying that a bunch of religious zealot get to dictate the lives of others.

“We do get calls from people who are enraged after seeing people eating in public and we act fast by going to the area to make arrests.” [A Hisbah official] also confirmed the arrest of other people who were seen with “inappropriate haircuts”, wearing shorts above the knee and tricycle drivers mixing male and female passengers.

Can you see the priorities for these morons? They will send you to court for having the wrong haircut, or wearing the wrong kind of shorts. Do you know of any other religion this insecure and petty? Forget about spending time and effort improving the lives of ordinary Nigerians. It’s far more important to make sure that boys and girls are not on the same tricycles!

Egyptian Attacks 12 Year Old Atheist

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The religion of peace has a problem. Islam seems incapable of living in harmony with other beliefs. In countries where the faith is the majority, religious minorities live in constant fear of retaliation over the slightest provocation. It’s not unlike the situation in Mediaeval Europe during the time of the Jewish pogroms. Now that Christians have taken a back seat to physically attacking people for not sharing their beliefs (which I’m sure there are many in America who feel it’s time for a violent comeback), it’s up to Islam to bully people for being different, old school style.

In Italy, a 12 year old boy was attacked when an Egyptian man overheard him tell his friend that he was an atheist. It was then that this coward decided that it would be a good idea to punch a young child in the face. Luckily, after he tried to escape, he was stopped by a brave woman until the authorities arrived.

It’s almost impossible to learn more about what happened, since the only news outlets to cover this incidents are both Italian, and seemingly uninterested in the details of the assault. The boy is fine, physically, but who knows what kind of lasting damage this random assault will have on him. This kind of behavior has become the norm for Muslims. Every other day, someone is assaulted, shot, or mutilated simply because the world’s most insecure faith chooses violence on a regular basis.

Just imagine the outrage if a 12 year old Muslim child had been randomly punched in the face simply because they told their friend they were a believer. There would be massive protest on the streets. Consulates would be on fire, and Italian flags would be burning. Instead, we sweep this under the rug, call it a day, and pretend that these types of incidents are rare. They are not, and we are fools for continuing to bury our heads in the sand.

Australian Muslims Double Down on Antisemitism

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It can sometimes appear, to the very naïve, as though differing religions have a great deal in common. Islam and Christianity are offshoots of Judaism, and despite the occasional proclamation that they all have high regards for one another (saying they are all “People of the Book”), in truth these are all lies meant to draw focus away from the daily conflict the intersection of these faiths create. While it would be fair to say that the recent conflict in Gaza has only worsened the situation, only a fool believes that the so-called “Great Monotheistic Faiths” have anything but murderous intent for the other.

In Australia, authorities are investigating two Muslim nurses who posted a video online claiming they had purposefully killed Jewish babies in hospitals. This comes on the heel of multiple acts of vandalism at schools and synagogues, capping in a record year for anti-Semitic crimes in the country. The death of countless Palestinians is a perfect opportunity for vengeful theists to recruit more soldiers in their relentless sectarian crusade, and it seems as though there are plenty of believers willing to take things very seriously indeed.

Now, with such a dreadful admission, you would think that the Muslim community would distance themselves from such an obviously deranged person. They did the opposite, of course, claiming that the nurses who maid the sick comment are the real victims in the situation, since they have been placed on a leave of absence pending the investigation.

You could pretend that these are just bad eggs. I believe it is only the tip of this shit iceberg. Religious folks are perfectly fine lying to the faces of infidels, as there is no obligation in their belief system that they need to be truthful with the rest of us. I believe this sentiment is felt by the majority of Muslims, who think they have been humiliated and “wronged” for hundreds of years. They want the demise of western democracies, whom they see as being allied with their mortal enemy, and think that living under a theocracy is the best way to live.

The tragedy in all of this is that there will probably be soft headed idiots trying to defend the very people who despise them. All they see is a marginalized group, rather than a sick death cult that is secretly trying to destroy the foundations of their government to claim power for themselves. My advise to them is this: stop seeing only the color of their skin, and start listening to what they preach about. You will be shocked, to say the least.

Bangladeshi Muslims Attack Christians and Hindus

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If you ever see people of different faiths getting along, you can be sure that this is only happening in the West. Because of our tradition of secularism, faiths that are deeply incompatible with one another are able to live in relative peace. In countries where sectarianism rules, however, is a different story. Religious minorities are often victims of pogroms over perceived incidents of “blasphemy”. The latest news comes out of Bangladesh, where Christians and Hindus were attacked during a protest they organized wanting equal treatment. The response from the Muslim majority was violent and swift. Within minutes the groups were attacked in broad daylight.

The catalyst for this was a pogrom that occurred in mid December. a young man was accused of posting negative things about the Koran on social media, and word quickly spread around the community, who gathered weapons and began destroying the homes of religious minorities.

A young Hindu man, Akash Das, had allegedly posted an insulting comment about the Quran on Facebook. The comment quickly spread across social media, igniting protests and escalating tensions, particularly in the predominantly Muslim community of Dowarabazar, about 270km (168 miles) from the national capital Dhaka.

Religious representatives were quick to downplay the violence, claiming that randomly attacking innocent people is really no big deal:

…Meher Nigar Tanu, the top bureaucrat for the subdistrict in which Monglargaon falls, downplayed the scale of the violence, arguing that “only a few homes and shops had been slightly damaged”.

Don’t worry folks, it was just a run of the mill mob attack. Nothing to see here, folks! What a load of horseshit! It didn’t take much for people to turn to violence, and then pretend that it was just a silly misunderstanding. This is what happens when you allow religious assholes to have power: they abuse it, and then pretend that they have God on their side. It’s the kind of shit straight out of the Inquisition, and it’s happening on a constant basis in religious countries.

This did little to reassure these religious minorities, who went to the streets to protest how they are being treated. The response? Another Muslim mob formed, and began to attack peaceful protesters in the open. There are videos of the attacks circulating, and it’s not a pretty sight. It’s just yet another example of the religion of peace demonstrating the kind of tolerance that awaits anyone who dares to question them. If you aren’t disgusted and convinced that this faith is a bane on mankind, then I just have to ask: what would it take for you to see the light?

Why Religions Are Winning

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Before I try and explain why I think that religions are currently kicking our butts, I’d like to make one thing abundantly clear: one does not need to be right to win an argument. It’s becoming evident that facts are dead, and the only thing that matters now is how loudly you can say something. Is there anyone that yells more loudly than religion?

Take the insane situation in England. There is a significant Muslim population that lives there. Like all Western nations, the birthrates are in massive decline, which means that they must look to immigration for help. The influx of large groups of foreigners has fundamentally shifted the population, which means that any politician that wishes to keep their jobs have to appeal to a demographic that has its own customs, and more importantly, its own beliefs about how the country should be run. It’s why when the scandal of rape gangs broke out, the response was to try and broom it under the rug, lest the facts “offend” a religious community. This will have serious future implications for the country. Once I am not sure most Brits are ready for.

We’ve all seen this kind of thing before. It used to be the Catholic Church burying information regarding their chronic abuses. They were a sheltered group once. Now, the protected minorities are those of a religious denomination that views the secular world as its enemy, primarily because their adherents have a darker shade of skin color. Their allies are naïve young people willing to fight racism in any form, real or perceived. They react as though revealing the truth about how Islam views women is an abhorrent act. To call this kind of behavior suicidal would be an understatement.

The tradition of liberalism is now at risk, because the experiment of tolerance is now being truly tested. Once, it had the advantage of a relative homogenous society. The paradox of toleration wasn’t apparent until now. What is to be done when newcomers to their nations do not share the values of the society that harbors them? What makes matters even worse is the fact that religious fundamentalists use laws meant for victims of oppression as a shield to spew hatred and lies, and they do so with increasing belligerence. They push the very limits of our own values of free speech without consequence. Then, as soon as there is any pushback to what they say, accusations of racism and hurt feelings quickly arise, which instantly attracts soft minded people, who want to believe in the good intentions of everyone, to their defense. It is a losing battle we are ill prepared to fight.

The inability to see the truth of how Islam is undermining our societies because of political biases is what has given the Christian right so much power. Most people are apolitical, and I would argue areligious as well. They are swayed by whatever side offers them reassurance and safety. The left has proven itself unable to properly deal with the threat that Islam poses to the West and its institutions. Christianity has declared itself as the only panacea against the threat, while the remnants of the tradition of the Enlightenment argue about whether something is racist or not.

This is not dissimilar to the fight Germany had between Communists and Fascists in the 1930’s. Fascists offered themselves as the only solution to Communism, and the Center folded to the Right thinking they were the lesser of two evils. The same thing is occurring now. The Left, having used up all of it’s political capital trying to argue about the definition of a woman, the center is now ready to fold to the right and their supposed “solutions”. To say this is a disaster for reason is an understatement. This is the death of truth, which will soon be ushering a new Dark Age, where facts are hidden under a mountain of falsehoods, and truths are indiscernible from lies.

Malala Yousafzai is Confused About Islam

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If you don’t remember Malala Yousafzai, she was the young woman who was shot in the head by a Taliban extremist while she was on her way to school. She survived, and was the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for her activism in promoting education for young women.

Now, there’s no doubt that she is brave: she continually receives threats on her life, and despite this, she continues to fight for what she believes in. The problem, however, is that she is lacking in self awareness, as many religious adherents are. While she rightly criticizes the Taliban for its treatment of women, she is in complete denial that the second class status of the fairer sex is not an aberration of her faith, but rather the expression of it. Just listen to her latest criticism of what’s going on in Afghanistan:

“In Afghanistan, an entire generation of girls will be robbed of its future,” she said. “As Muslim leaders, now is the time to raise your voice, use your power.”

They are using their voices, and the message is clear: if you’re a woman, get your asses home, and shut your fucking mouths. It seems as though barefoot and preggers is the only future they see for the opposite sex.

It’s not only the Taliban that hates to see little girls learning to read. Just look at countries like Iran, or Yemen, where every day women are losing more and more rights. The solutiuon is not to ask Muslim leaders to step up. They already have, and the results are not good. Gender apartheid is a not simply a religious problem of extremists. It is symptomatic of the entire faith. Malala is unknowingly promoting the very thing she despises. She’s simply too caught up in her faith to realize that it’s the fundamental issue at hand.

Taliban Bans Women From Talking to each other

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the Taliban has been busy. Just a few weeks ago, they had just finished banning images of living creatures. When that genius plan was done, they moved on to Ban music and dancing. With all the joy gone in their lives, they have now moved on to banning women from talking to each other.

Feeling abandoned and alone, many women are now so desperate that they have begun to kill themselves in protest.

“I feel depressed. The world is advancing in technology and having fun with their lives, but here we cannot even hear each other’s voices… They want us not to exist at all, and there’s nothing we can do about it,” another woman in western Herat province said.

Things are getting so crazy that Moderate Taliban Leaders (whatever that means) are worried that the citizens would eventually rebel against these extreme restrictions. They think that these unpopular decisions are bound to have the reverse effect. How many dead women will it take for everyone to wake up from this religious fever dream?

Islamic Terrorists Kill 150 in Burkina Faso

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There is a war of ideologies happening all over the continent of Africa. The conflict between faiths mimics the conflicts of old. It is the final parting “gift” of colonialism, with the added tragedy of local superstition to add to the misery. Countries like Mali, Nigeria, Kenya and Somalia are all regularly home to sectarian conflicts, and now, Burkina Faso is anxious to top that list. Over the years, both Islamic and Christian group have been regularly attacking each other periodically. Just in April 2023, a group of militants (suspected to actually be the armed forces) attacked a mosque in the village of Karma, killing the imam and a suspected 160 others. This had been a retaliatory attack of 40 soldiers that had been killed during a Jihadist attack.

Now, yet another tragedy has occurred, all part of the endless cycle of violence that plagues the country. The town of Manni was attacked, and over 150 people are dead.

Local sources told ACN that the terrorists first cut off all telephone communications before attacking the market, where many people had gathered after attending Sunday Mass. They then fired indiscriminately, looted shops, and set fire to several buildings, burning some victims alive.

The next day, the terrorists returned to attack medical staff and kill the wounded who were being treated. Then, on Oct. 8, they returned to the village again, this time killing all the men they could find.

There’s something very familiar about all of this violence, isn’t there. It’s exactly the kind of behavior that the Bible and the Koran encourage: crush your enemies, and kill all the men in the village, leaving the women who have not yet “known” a man alive to take for yourselves. They aren’t violating any laws in their holy book. They are in fact following them. This is why religion is so terrifying. It openly encourages people to kill each other over their imaginary friend. How many more will die before we finally stop listening to the life advice of Bronze Age morons?

Taliban Bans All Images of Living Things

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If there’s one thing that religious fundies love to do, it’s to ban things. Books, music, and television shows, you name it, they’ll forbid it. The most egregious of religious nutjobs come to you courtesy of Afghanistan, where the Taliban is busy making everyone’s life miserable. When they aren’t busy banning music, dancing, and anything that’s fun, it’s now on to the really important stuff: banning images of living things.

It’s all in the name, folks. “Tal-i-BAN” Banning things is in their DNA so bad, they just had to put it at the end of their names! In all seriousness, all of this would be hilariously stupid if it wasn’t so tragic.

Afghanistan’s Taliban morality ministry pledged on Monday to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with journalists told the rule will be gradually enforced.

Now, you might be wondering how journalists would be able to report the news. Luckily, the Taliban has them covered:

They advised visual journalists to take photos from further away and film fewer events “to get in the habit”, a journalist who did not want to give his name for fear of reprisal told AFP.

You see? They just need to get in the habit of filming, and by extension reporting, fewer and fewer things, until all news is basically a feed from the local mosque. If there had ever been a more miserable and loveless government, I would love to hear it. This is medieval level of ignorance, and as is typical, this stupidity is brought to you by religion: Yes religion: still making the world a worst place since time immemorial.

The Good Atheist Podcast: EP 361

After a long Summer break, TGA is back, baby! This episode, we have more drama coming out of America, the tragic death of a young woman in a forced marriage, and Iran trying to legalize child brides! It’s an episode you won’t want to miss.

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Taliban Denies Human Rights Abuses

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No one ever wants to look like the bad guy. In Afghanistan, the Taliban rules, which means that women and young girls are living in a distopian hell, where they can’t even leave their house without a male family member having to escort them.

The Taliban’s deputy spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat said human rights were protected in Afghanistan and that nobody faces discrimination.

“Unfortunately, an attempt is being made to spread propaganda against Afghanistan through the mouths of several fugitive (Afghan) women and misrepresent the situation,” he said on social media platform X.

“It is absurd to accuse the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan of violating human rights and gender discrimination,” he added.

Yeah, it’s totally ridiculous! Sure, women are being stoned to death for adultery, but that’s in the Koran, so obviously it’s not abuse!

What I find interesting is the endless hypocrisy of religion. The Taliban loves to use the language of peace in their official responses to the media, but we know that behind closed doors, what they have to say is very different. Their contempt for women and girls has been on full display for a thousand years. We need not distrust our own instincts simply because their response to “are you abusing women?” amounts to: not according to this book written countless ages ago.