@[email protected] to World NewsEnglish • 4 months agoTaliban bans the sound of women’s voices singing or reading in publicwww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1640arrow-down18
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-24 months agoWahabism originated in Saudi Arabia, which worked with the British to overthrow the Islamic Caliphate. Anything originating in Saudi for the past few centuries should be taken with a large amount of salt. Islam Doesn’t Deny Women Education, So Why Does the Taliban?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•4 months ago“Saudi misogyny is actually the fault of the British” is the second-most hilarious take I’ve read all year, right behind “making fun of LLMs for being bad at math is ableist” (an actual post I read on Mastodon).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoThe Caliphate was Islamic. Saudi waged war against the Caliphate. Nothing here blames the British for misogyny. That is a strawman.
Wahabism originated in Saudi Arabia, which worked with the British to overthrow the Islamic Caliphate.
Anything originating in Saudi for the past few centuries should be taken with a large amount of salt.
Islam Doesn’t Deny Women Education, So Why Does the Taliban?
“Saudi misogyny is actually the fault of the British” is the second-most hilarious take I’ve read all year, right behind “making fun of LLMs for being bad at math is ableist” (an actual post I read on Mastodon).
The Caliphate was Islamic. Saudi waged war against the Caliphate.
Nothing here blames the British for misogyny. That is a strawman.