Afghani Lawmakers Look to Ban Televised Dancing, Moderates Call for Kevin Bacon
By Duane Lester • Apr 1st, 2008 |
| 80s Style Bacon Can Fix Afghanistan. |
Remember when we kicked the crap out of the Taliban and sent them running into the hills? They are creeping back in, and have made their way into the Afghani parliament, or so it seems:
Afghanistan’s lower house of Parliament passed a resolution Monday seeking to bar television programs from showing dancing and other practices deemed un-Islamic.
The decision came just days after the private Tolo TV channel aired a dance number featuring men and women together on an Afghan film awards program.
The Information and Culture Ministry condemned the scene, saying “dancing by men and women together was completely against the culture of the Afghan, Muslim society.”
Folks, you give these guys an inch, and they will take your freedoms. This is just the beginning, and if the people of influence and common sense in Afghanistan don’t speak up, they will lose everything again to sharia law:
Tolo TV’s owner Saad Mohseni said the dancing on the awards show Friday was “very tame by any standard” and the women were dressed modestly.
Tolo TV often blurs any images deemed insulting to Islam, such as statues of Hindu gods on Indian programs and even the uncovered necks and shoulders of Indian actresses.
“It’s the re-Talibanization of Afghan society,” Mohseni said. “Every single week they come up with something new.”
Maybe we need to name Kevin Bacon our ambassador to Afghanistan.
Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin
