Though I think the problem, at least for me, would have been living in Afghanistan with all it’s economic and infrastructure deficiencies..
The strict interpretation of Islamic law is far less problematic; in fact it might not even be a concern to the person who struggling just to eat.
But that interpretation transferred to us in the West, I agree, would be completely unworkable.
The problem with the Taliban before they were overrun with ex-patriate Saudis is that they didn’t bother to address any modern civil service issues. You just can’t have a functional government if everything is shut down after dhur prayer. The whole burqa/women’s rights/oppression thing is kind of a red herring.
That seems to be the position that most thoughtful and informed Muslims have expressed regarding the Taliban.
Perhaps the person you heard it from was in no position to make such a sentiment, but that goes to their state, not the truth of the statement itself.
I just doubt ‘we’ would have be so understanding were we to have lived under the Taliban.
Salaam ‘alaikum,
You’re probably right.
Though I think the problem, at least for me, would have been living in Afghanistan with all it’s economic and infrastructure deficiencies..
The strict interpretation of Islamic law is far less problematic; in fact it might not even be a concern to the person who struggling just to eat.
But that interpretation transferred to us in the West, I agree, would be completely unworkable.
The problem with the Taliban before they were overrun with ex-patriate Saudis is that they didn’t bother to address any modern civil service issues. You just can’t have a functional government if everything is shut down after dhur prayer. The whole burqa/women’s rights/oppression thing is kind of a red herring.
iBaba
Agreed