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BRAVE MUSLIM MAN RISKS LIFE TO TEACH GIRLS IN AFGANISTAN
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Disembowelled and murdered for teaching girls
Thursday November 30, 2006
By Kim Sengupta
GHAZNI - The gunmen came at night to drag Mohammed Halim away from his home, in front of his crying children and his wife begging for mercy.
The 46-year-old schoolteacher tried to reassure his family that he would return safely.
But his life was over.
He was partly disembowelled and then torn apart with his arms and legs tied to motorbikes. The remains were put on display as a warning to others against defying Taleban orders to stop educating girls.
Halim is one of four teachers killed in rapid succession by the Islamists at Ghazni, a strategic point on the routes from Kabul to the south and east which has become the scene of fierce clashes between the Taleban and United States and Afghan forces.
The day we arrived an Afghan policeman and eight insurgents died during an ambush in an outlying village. Rockets were found, primed to be fired into Ghazni city during a visit by the American ambassador a few days previously. But, as in the rest of Afghanistan, it is the civilians who are bearing the brunt of this murderous conflict.
[link to www.nzherald.co.nz]
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I would like to honour the memory of this brave Muslim progressive, by opening a thread that praises him for his sacrifice.
It seems to me that just like here, and everywhere else in the world, ordinary people are the victims of their leaders, and oppressive governments.
But some Muslims will risk their own lives to do the right thing, and buck the establishment.
Too bad most Westerners will focus on the animals that perpetrated this horrible crime and IGNORE the noble man who was killed.
Bravo to this man.
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