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...Alliance stronghold of Faizabad, his acolytes make sure that all women are completely covered. "Rabbani is better than the Taliban," says Farahnaz Nazir, a women's rights activist in the Northern Alliance town of Khoja Bahauddin. "But he is still very conservative. He does not believe that women are equal...
...Critics-some domestic, some in the Islamic world-say that America has no right to impose its values on Afghan society. They argue that to promote equal rights for women and a role for women in Afghan government and society amounts to cultural imperialism, destined to arouse the animosity of Muslims throughout the region...
...door and either you go to hell or you're escorted up to paradise by beautiful maidens. "That's fine for men, but what can women expect in paradise?" asks the woman from the Times of London. Amanullah isn't exactly sure - who is? - but he says, "Everything is equal, for men and women in paradise." He then reminds us, with solemn pity, that only True Believers of Islam would be allowed into paradise on Judgement Day. That pretty much leaves us out of the picture...
CHEAP $149 PHILIPS 13PR11M Not all 13-in. televisions are created equal. This Philips model comes in three colors (silver, white and metallic blue), and its QuadraSurf remote lets you group your favorite channels together by genre and flip through them with a single button. It also has a built-in wake-up timer, so you can kiss your clock radio good-bye. www.usa.philips.com...
...with the efficiency or the effectiveness of a court of law, and it should whenever possible defer its fact-finding role to the legal system. Unlike the Ad Board, courts have extensive resources to use in gathering evidence that the best efforts of a subcommittee of administrators could never equal. Courts obey recognized standards of due process, allow for the cross-examination of witnesses by both sides before a fact-finding jury and permit the representation of the accused by an experienced attorney as opposed to a proctor, dean or senior tutor...