December 01, 2006

Taliban: Teaching a Girl? Die Violently.

Blackfive highlights a grusome Indepent article describing the fate of those who teach girls under Taliban rule:

The gunmen came at night to drag Mohammed Halim away from his home, in front of his crying children and his wife begging for mercy.

The 46-year-old schoolteacher tried to reassure his family that he would return safely. But his life was over, he was part-disembowelled and then torn apart with his arms and legs tied to motorbikes, the remains put on display as a warning to others against defying Taliban orders to stop educating girls.

The "realist" reaction? Lets just tolerate this, because eliminating it is too offensive and difficult to stomach for the New York Times editorial board.

Cross-posted at Mein Blogovault.


By Good Lt. at December 1, 2006 01:57 PM | | l digg this