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In response to "Is that a valid argument?" by ty97

The Buddha statues stood for over 1000 years until the Taliban took over. -- nm

Posted by Dano (aka dano) Jul 29 '10, 12:52

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So women were treated well then? -- nm - ty97 Jul 29, 12:54 11
- communists are secular that lowers the level of religious radicals a bit -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 29, 13:03
- They were allowed to go to school and hold positions in the government and have professional jobs. All of that stopped under the Taliban. -- nm - jnine Jul 29, 12:59
- (better) -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 12:55 8
  - Do we know this, or just assume it? -- nm - ty97 Jul 29, 12:56 6
    - The Taliban was particularly systematically brutal towards women when they took over in 1996. -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 13:00 3
      - and that has changed?????? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 29, 13:01 2
        
        Yes. The current government does not believe in Sharia law. -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 13:03 1
        
        well sure but in the area the Taleban controls or tryes to it is bad or even vorse - Danedukenuuk Jul 29, 13:04
    - there are non-fiction books written about this. -- nm - Andie Jul 29, 13:00
    - bad things happened, but it wasn't organised at a country-wide level -- nm - Roger More Jul 29, 12:57
  - right. -- nm - Andie Jul 29, 12:55

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