Word: equalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Afghanistan's new rulers, the Taliban, may have firm notions about Islam [WORLD, Oct. 14], but I beg to disagree that calling for the imprisonment of women in their homes enforces Islamic law. Islam gives equal status to women and men. I invite Taliban clerics or any Islamic scholars to prove that Islamic law prohibits women from going outside the house to get an education or take jobs for their survival or for extra income. Allah gave equal rights to women 14 centuries ago, but Muslim men took them away...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Investing more to educate our youth will be key to restoring our competitiveness in the international economy and providing a fair society where all our young people have equal opportunity to compete and prosper...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "It is my feeling that violation of the oath of office should carry a penalty that is at least equal to a felony and possibly a charge as serious as treason...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "[A]ffirmative action, for all the good it has done, has run its course...Jefferson's dream has come true: we, as Americans, are equal. Period...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "From all we can tell, the Republican vision of 'opportunity' is not unlike that satirized by Victor Hugo in the 19th century--the notion that all Parisians, whether rich or poor, were equal in having the right to decide whether they wished to live under the bridges along the Seine...