Afghanistan and the human rights.

Three hundred women marched in protest of the new 'Rape' law, that was signed by Hamid Karzai, a law that does not allow for a woman to refuse a sexual act if her husband asks. Along with the 'Rape' law, the government have put women in a position of complete dependence on their husband's will, just like slaves, when it comes to seeking education and work. They are allowed to do that only with their husband's consent. However, this law applies to the Shiite minority only, which makes up about 20 percent in Afghanistan, and is clear discrimination that can not be ignored. These restrictions are based on Taliban ideology and they go against human rights. The Taliban are Sunni and believe in the revival of Sharia law, the law that is based on religion and is invariable. While the West has freedom of choice and democracy, the Islamic world (extremists in particular) continue to suppress women's rights and spread dictatorship based on Sharia province by province. We live in the twenty-first century where barbarian punishment is unacceptable and human rights should be respected. What those extremists are spreading is a strong hatred towards the West, brain-washing and manipulating their people.
It took enormous courage for those women to come out and protest. Those women had had enough and they stood up for the sake of justice and respect, not just for themselves but for the future of their daughters. But it is clear that what led them to such a dangerous act is injustice. People can not be fooled when it comes to justice. It's an instinct that is universal, just like the instinct of survival. The Islamic nations had a democracy, and when we speak of women's rights, going back to the nineteenth century we can see that under Islamic Law women had more legal rights than the West. It is also well known that Muhammad's wife Aisha took part in politics and was a major authority. Islam does not prohibit women from studying and working, but extremism does. We don't know what is going to happen to those women, and even though we should respect the culture and traditions of different nations, we should not tolerate an attack on the integrity and dignity of the human being.
Extremism is not the foundation that the Islamic world is built on. It's an unspeakable act that the president Hamid Karzai, who is working with the US on stabilizing the situation in Afghanistan, has committed. I think that every government should respect its people. Times are changing and so should the laws. Parts of Sharia are incompatible with democracy and it is time for people, other than those three hundred women, to ask themselves where they want to see themselves and their children in the future.