Islam | Fundamentalism in Afghanistan Is Not Islamic

American Muslims were saddened and shocked by the news. This is one time we hoped it was just another example of the fabricated lies against Islam and Muslims. Reports sprinted through the air waves that upon the triumphant conquest of the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, the Afghan Taliban ordered women out of school and out of their jobs and mandated men to grow a beard. More distressing was . . . that this was announced as a fulfillment of the teachings of Islam. Perhaps if the pretext was their own vision or the special brand of their culture, the concern would have fallen under the...

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