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5/22    I wonder what's next in Afgaistan, gas chambers for Hindus?
        http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/05/22/afghanistan.hindu/index.html
        \_ ANYTHING NOT CHRISTIAN IS EVIL, COMMIE, AND LIBERAL.
        \_ Krystallnacht.
        \_ They are not gas chambers! They are showers!
           \_ I hope that you are being sarcastic.
              \_ I'm sure he was. But how can you be so certain? You don't even
                 know what he's talking about. Was every shower in Europe a
                 gas chamber? The real gas chambers were said to have been
                 dynamited anyway.
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Taleban to mark Afghan Hindus KABUL, Afghanistan -- A controversy has broken out over a Taleban edict that marks Hindus in Afghanistan. Hindus will be required to wear an identity label on their clothing in Islamic Afghanistan to distinguish them from Muslims, a Taleban minister told Associated Press on Tuesday. The hardline Taleban rulers, who control 95 percent of this poor Central Asian state, plan to enforce the edict soon, Mohammed Wali, Taleban's religious police minister, said. The law will also make it mandatory for Hindu women to veil themselves -- just like Muslim women of Afghanistan, Wali said. But the edict has prompted an angry statement from Hindu-dominated India. In March this year, the Taleban destroyed two ancient statues of Buddha in central Bamiyan as they were considered un-Islamic. Global shun But the decision could further isolate the orthodox militia, already under fire from the West for its alleged discriminatory policies toward ethnic and religious minorities, human rights abuses and poor treatment of women. But Wali said the decision is in line with Islam, "Religious minorities living in an Islamic state must be identified," he said. The Taleban have not yet decided what sort of an identity label Hindus will have to wear. Thousands of other Hindus live in other Afghan cities, but there's no reliable figure on exactly how many. It was unclear whether foreigners living in Afghanistan would be required to wear the identity label. Degrade our position Anar, an Afghan Hindu in Kabul who uses just one name, told AP he does not want to wear a label identifying him as Hindu. But Munawaar Hasan, general secretary of a major Islamic political party called Jamaat-e-Islami, or Islamic Party, said the move seems aimed to give protection to Hindus. All light entertainment, including television and music, are outlawed. Most of the Islamic world, including pro-Taleban Pakistan, differ with the Taleban's narrow interpretation of Islam and say that it is tarnishing Islam's image. The Taleban deny the charge and say the United States has no evidence against him for terrorism. Find 46 Back to the top 2003 Cable News Network LP, LLLP.