Muslim Ire
Violent anti-American protests in the wake of a very amplified self-serving plan to broadcast the intention of an evangelical pastor representing an obscure church in Florida to burn copies of the Koran continue in Afghanistan, while the country is preparing to go to the polls. To elect deserving candidates to sit in the 249 seats of the lower house.Thousands of protesters have rallied to the cause of defending and protecting Islam and its sacred text from desecration. And for that purpose, in defending the religion of love and peace, the crowds chant in unison, "Death to America!", "Death to Christians!", and "Death to Karzai", in the country's capital city, Kabul.
This is the country that the international community is anxious to civilize. To assist in the gargantuan task of bringing the population into the 20th Century from its comfortable perch in the 14th Century. Where its disparate tribes know their representative places and abide by tribal and Islamist rules. And where capable female candidates running for office know better than to appear in public.
Informed onlookers and the head of the crime investigation department for the Kabul police feel certain that the threatened burning of the Koran was a useful tool for the Taliban insurgents, enabling them to enlist the virulent fury of the populace in defence of their holy book and religion. "This was a very violent protest. And the Taliban were in the crowd." Yes on both counts.
While NATO's troops are busy detaining lead insurgents whose purpose is to destroy the capacity for a reliable and uncorrupted election proceeding, thereby placing themselves in danger, the terrorists whom foreign troops are protecting the populace from, are able to enjoin those whom they prey upon to threaten death to those same foreign troops.
Is this a rational society? Is this a manifestation of religious and cultural enrichment that teaches adherents the sanctity of life?
Labels: Afghanistan, Political Realities, Religion
posted by Pieface @ Thursday, September 16, 2010
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