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tenderfoot

(8,438 posts)
Sun Aug 15, 2021, 02:18 PM Aug 2021

The Taliban has announced their political agenda for Afghanistan and it includes:

- Abortion is banned
- Gay marriage outlawed
- Rejection of science
- No vaccines (against their religion)
- No separation of church & state
- Religion taught in schools.

Sound familiar?

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The Taliban has announced their political agenda for Afghanistan and it includes: (Original Post) tenderfoot Aug 2021 OP
Did you accidentally look at the RNC platform? FoxNewsSucks Aug 2021 #1
Do you have a link to a news story on this? Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2021 #2
Yup XanaDUer2 Aug 2021 #3
wow what a dunk WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #4
+1 berniesandersmittens Aug 2021 #6
They sure have a lot in common. moondust Aug 2021 #5
Sure do have a lot in common . . . Lovie777 Aug 2021 #7
The Taliban goes far beyond church/state separation Mosby Aug 2021 #8
Texas? Comfortably_Numb Aug 2021 #9
Talivangelists n/t Deacon Blue Aug 2021 #10
Texas then. Southern Baptist zealots. Comfortably_Numb Aug 2021 #11
Add to the agenda items: Women are controlled. UTUSN Aug 2021 #12
 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
2. Do you have a link to a news story on this?
Sun Aug 15, 2021, 02:20 PM
Aug 2021

I don't doubt any of those things are on their agenda but did they recently publish it as you're suggesting?

moondust

(20,006 posts)
5. They sure have a lot in common.
Sun Aug 15, 2021, 02:24 PM
Aug 2021

Will kill their kids to gain power so they can shove their bullshit down everybody's throats and make themselves "rich" while doing it.

Mosby

(16,358 posts)
8. The Taliban goes far beyond church/state separation
Sun Aug 15, 2021, 02:38 PM
Aug 2021

There are 4 million Shia Muslims in Afghanistan who have to worry about their safety now. The Taliban consider anyone not Hanafi Islam an infidel, including the wahabbists and Shia. Like some of the hanbali countries you won't be seeing any churches or synagogues starting up anywhere.

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