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Sharia in Kabul?: A theological iron curtain is descending across Afghanistan.(radicalism taking hold across the nation)

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| October 28, 2002 | SHEA, NINA | COPYRIGHT 2002 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Shortly after Afghanistan's cabinet was announced in June, new chief justice Fazul Hadi Shinwari denounced the newly appointed women's affairs minister, Sima Samar, for speaking "against the Islamic nation of Afghanistan." Samar was formally charged with "blasphemy," which can carry the death penalty. Her crime? Dr. Samar had allegedly told a magazine in Canada that she did not believe in sharia, or Islamic law. Fearing for her life, Samar ultimately declined her office, even though, under intense U.S. pressure, the charges were dropped.

President Bush has robustly affirmed the importance of human rights and democracy in America's foreign policy. In his New York ...

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