Originally posted by inFlight
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However Iran had much better schools due to their oil money; Sharif University in Iran was an INTERNATIONALLY ACCREDITED Engineering School. This claim you're making is just typical Afghan exaggeration.
The Taliban are afraid of everything non-Islam, thus burn books; and forbade girls to go to school, that - 'cause and effect' - caused "ignorance".
If you take away Islam; the problems of Pashtun culture with it's Walwar, Blood Feuds and Woman trading to settle disputes will be there.
"When they see rich non Muslims ...
Not only Muslim oil-Arabs swim in "richness".
and they love promisquity, immorality and hedonism. Thus they become apostates.
Many become christians - thus have read the New Testament and Bible - a lot of study, others become atheist - one you may know is Ayaan Hirsi Ali; and in respect to her:
As for Ayaan Hirsi Ali; if you ever read her book INFIDEL; it's basically her autobiography; she describes situations her envy of Westerners and their model of life; not on account of Scientific or Technological advances but because she felt inferior to them. It's a Psychological feeling of inadequacy more than anything. This was what happened in Afghanistan because these Russian instructors were coming to Afghanistan with a directive telling Afghans "You're weak, backwards and poor because you're Muslims".
This country is not like Afghanistan. So there is absolutely no reason for one to fear persecution because of apostasy.
You threathen 'Hairan" with death - as was Ayaan in Holland.
You threathen 'Hairan" with death - as was Ayaan in Holland.
Well I don't want to speak on Shamlawar's behalf but if you study his history you can see his life story models ANOTHER type of Inferiority Complex.
Did you know in the past he used to be an Afghan Millat supporter and completely secular; he even debated against Islamists in the the past and their claims that the communists taught a curriculum of Godless Atheism, by telling them they had classes on Deen.
My point here is not to make a backhanded atttack on Shamlawar but to demonstrate that Shamlawar is an example of ANOTHER type of inferiority complex that exists in Afghanistan or amongst Ex-pat Afghan communities. People run to extremism because they feel our recently past generations and themselves they lost sight and "sold out" their identity. So in this anxiety of cultural confusion they panic and run to it. Him threatening Hairan may in fact be a more an act of inner guillt because he sees/saw a reflection of his past self in Hairan and believe me Shamlawar in his former internet IDs has said somethings far worse than Hairan about Islam and Deen.
But the problem is from both spectrums; the Secularist/Communist inferiority complex and this new wave of Western raised Raidicals.
The problem we have is we never learned to be balanced people. We're a society of extremes.

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