Afghan president gives women basic civil rights. In response, Afghan college men riot
So the Afghanistan President put forth a decree, banning or otherwise making illegal:
- Child Marriage
- Forced Marriage
- Domestic Violence
- "Women as Chattel" (Giving a daughter or sister away to settle a debt)
- Murdering Rape Victims as Adulterers
Which puts the country at least one baby step closer to being actually sane.
So of course there’s a riot about it:
More than 200 male students protested in Kabul yesterday against women’s rights, calling for the repeal of a presidential decree on the ‘Elimination of Violence Against Women’, which they say is un-Islamic.
Every time I try and defend Muslims against the venom I hear going towards them from the ultra-far right here in the states, I’m reminded of stuff like this. Of course, if the ultra-far right had their way, our country would look suspiciously like the Middle East in a few years.