Afghanistan is usually held up as an example of a success story- particularly when it's being compared to Iraq. But all is not well there-
Afghan authorities have detained the editor of a women’s rights magazine on the orders of a presidential adviser who deemed one of his articles blasphemous to Islam, a senior government official said yesterday.
And what was this woman's crime that it's considered blasphemy? She "questioned the need for harsh Islamic punishment for apostates, thieves and others".
Not a problem with Afghanistan per se, but rather with the rule of Islam. It is incompatible with the modern Western ideal of democracy and freedom of expression.
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