This must be part of that Afghanistan success story Obama was talking about today.
Afghans chant slogans during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. More than 200 male students protested in front of Kabul University on Wednesday against a decree, which includes a ban on child marriage and forced marriage, making domestic violence a crime and saying that rape victims cannot be prosecuted for adultery.(AP/Ahmad Jamshid)
Hundreds of enlightened Afghan students marched in Kabul on Wednesday for their god-given right to beat women and marry child brides.
AsiaNet reported, via Religion of Peace:
More than 200 male students protested in Kabul yesterday against women’s rights, calling for the repeal of a presidential decree on the ‘Elimination of Violence Against Women’, which they say is un-Islamic.
The decree bans child and forced marriage, makes domestic violence a crime and says that rape victims cannot be prosecuted for adultery. It also outlaws “ba’ad,” a traditional practice of exchanging women or girls to settle disputes or debts.
The protest came days after conservative lawmakers blocked an attempt to turn the decree into law.
Mawladad Jalali, the mullah of the university mosque, was one of the protest’s organisers. Yesterday, he called for parliament to repeal the decree. Demonstrators slammed the decree “imposed by foreigners” for violating Sharia.
Allahu Akbar.
