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Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai condemned the Taliban’s treatment of women at a Pakistan summit on girls’ education in Muslim communities, stating, "The Taliban do not see women as human beings."

She criticized their policies banning Afghan girls from education and work as "gender apartheid" and un-Islamic.

Afghanistan is the only country banning education for girls beyond grade six, affecting 1.5 million girls.

Malala urged Muslim leaders to challenge these practices and advocate for girls' education globally.

The Taliban declined to attend or comment.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What you got was a definition of jihad you disagree with. That is not the same thing.

Jihad means "struggle" in Arabic. That has a broad range of interpretations. You deciding it must mean violence and only violence is the issue here.

[–] sean@lemmy.wtf -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I know what it means, I understand it means to struggle. They use it in a violent context, it is not misinterpreted.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Please do demonstrate that, because the images you shared talk about armed resistance, which means that if they get attacked, they're going to fight back. That's as close as it gets to what you're saying.

[–] sean@lemmy.wtf -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, and they claim the right to do what they did to innocent people. They are innocent , as much as my neighbors in America are innocent, even though they are from all races and nationalities, they still are occupying First Nation land as defended by American colonizers and upholded by colonial capitalism. My neighbors are colonizers as much as I am, a half Filipino. My mom is a colonizer and is full blooded Filipino. She, and all of my neighbors deserves anything she gets if First Nation people wanted America back the same way Hamas wanted Palestine back for the Palestinians?

I do not disagree that I would not at all be surprised if First Nation people were so fucking hateful towards Americans, but would I defend that act? I couldn't, I love my neighbors. They are beautiful Muslims, Christians, black, Mexican, white, old, young, etc. What Hamas does to innocent people like them, I just can't do it. There has to be other ways.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You are changing the subject. You were talking about jihad within the context of the images you pasted. They do not talk about jihad in the context of violent resistance.

[–] sean@lemmy.wtf -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Here they reject peace deals.

Hamas decided peace was not acceptable by rejecting these accords.

They retain the right to use jihad to establish the following state (note the lack of Judaism mentioned anywhere in this).

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, I read it. Perhaps you can quote the part of it that uses the word jihad.

[–] sean@lemmy.wtf -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Very good. It says "resistance and jihad." Meaning they are talking about two different things.

Similarly, Tolstoy's War and Peace isn't just about a war.

[–] sean@lemmy.wtf -2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Okay, but this is defending Hamas Jihad against anyone they deem a colonizer. They lay exactly who is an oppressor and what territory they claim to resist and jihad in the liberation of the oppressed Muslims, Christians, and Jews from Israeli colonial Zionistic occupation (all people in all of Israel and Palestine are considered Palestinians to Hamas).

Every person who recognizes the borders of Israel is killable to Hamas.

Am I misinterpreting their statements?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I literally just showed you that 'jihad' in this context is separate from any call for armed resistance and you're still acting like it's the same thing. So I'm really thinking you're a troll at this point.