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Since the summer of 2002, septuagenarian Fazel Hadi Shinwari has run Afghanistan's Supreme Court like the respected Islamic scholar he is.
Shenwari and some other dark-minded supreme court judges in the oath ceremony of Hamid Karzai.
“They're just focusing on the Supreme Court, but the whole justice system is rotten," says one Afghan official privately. "Who are the nine Supreme Court justices? They're all mullahs," this official says. "If you focus on the Supreme Court, it's going to be viewed as focusing on Islam."

He has banned the Afghan feminist Sima Samar from holding a cabinet position, after she reportedly said she didn't believe in Islamic sharia law.

He has banned an Afghan TV station for showing what he called "half-naked singers and obscene scenes from movies." He has also spoken against coeducation; has supported the employment of women (if they wear head scarves); and ordered the arrest of an Afghan journalist who suggested that, in some cases, the Koran was open to interpretation. The charges in this case were blasphemy, punishable by death.

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Originally posted by maestro:
Might I suggest you move your post to one of the existing Afghanistan thread, where the content will be seen by more babblers?

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