This is not just a moral or political statement. It's that AND an act of major religious significance.
Shuja Jamal
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Shuja Jamal
@AhmadShuja
Lawyer • Author • Father • Former Afghan civil servant (national security) • Advisory Committee @KaldorCentre • Trustee, Australian Refugee Foundation
- On @AJEnglish I explained some of the factors of Hazaras' vulnerability in Taliban Afghanistan that give rise to fears of ongoing genocide. #StopHazaraGenocide
00:00 - "I am a Sikh. I am an Afghan. I am a refugee. I am a first gen student. And from today, I am a graduate of Harvard.” asiasamachar.com/2020/05/29/fro…
- His own daughter is a medical doctor. The hypocrisy.Taliban Minister of Edu quoted saying that according to Sharia, girls should only be educated up to the 6th grade. After that schooling causes bad behavior (fisat). Can you show me where it says this in the Quran? Never seen this but have seen many references to education for all
- He just blocked a CR7 penalty! Amazing. #IRAPOR
- Met @mjdawar and @Aliwazirna50 today. The work they do to protect human rights and deny space to radicalization through their political activism is important and a possible blueprint for activists elsewhere in the region.
- Afghan social media totally Modi-fied. (Excuse the cheap pun) Can't remember this amount of adulation for anyone.
- I am CANCELING my years-long subscription of @nytimes because it has become a platform to glorify an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist who killed thousands of people and continues to oppress millions of people in Afghanistan. I can no longer trust your news OR your editorial judgment.
- This is Mehri. This is her grave. She was a graphic artist at @TOLO_TV. Taliban called her a "spy" & killed her.
- People could learn from Macron's defense of civil society and human rights in Russia during his meeting with Putin.
- ANDSF has retaken 10 districts from Talibs. That would be 93% of Afghanistan's territory. #TalibMath
