re: #241 FabioC.

Of course it would be. Knowledge is power, and an unbound study on the origins and text of the Koran would help a lot - to my knowledge, the text of the Bible has been anlyzed in depth, for example.

My point was more localized, tho. In short, the culture of Afghanistan is too close and backward for any hopes of renovation in the short term. Iraq and other states seem to be, instead.

See, I disagree.
Sure Afghanistan IS backward.
And sure other Muslim countries are not as backward.
BUT it only takes one thug marrying one daughter in an extended family and very quickly the whole family is repressed.
All the females are covered and out of school.
All the males are stuck in five prayers a day and have to ”act” all macho over their women or else look like ”apostates.”
If you read the book of compilations by Ibn Warriq called “Leaving Islam” you will see this play out over and over all over dar al Islam.
Only a few escapees live to tell about it, like those in that book.
Most of the folks just shut their mouths and play along, even willingly going to public executions of people who were doing what they, themselves had freely been doing a few months before the marriage brought the one thug into the family.