Re: FW:

["Philip Cook" <pcook@uidaho.edu>]

This appears to be a new version of the "The Taliban's War on 
Women" Internet chain letter. [See  http://urbanlegends.about.com/
library/blafghan.htm?once=true&terms=taliban].

News reports circa June 27, 2001 indicate that the Taliban 
government abandoned this proposal. [See, e.g., 
http://www.afghansnet.com/news/allnews/article_2001_06_27_1016
.html]

The compromise (required identification cards) does not seem 
much better, but adding your name to this chain letter probably 
won't help their plight.  

Philip Cook

Date forwarded: 	Mon, 27 Aug 2001 10:16:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:           	"Barbara Richardson" <edc@moscow.com>
To:             	"Vision2020" <vision2020@whale.fsr.net>
Subject:        	FW: 
Date sent:      	Mon, 27 Aug 2001 10:14:55 -0700
Forwarded by:   	vision2020@moscow.com

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Hillebrand [mailto:chief@synergetics.org]
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 8:44 PM
> To: chief@synergetics.org
> Subject:
> 
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> Please take a few minutes to read and act on this
> 
> email.
> 
> On May 23rd 2001 the Taleban authorities in Afghanistan confirmed that all
> Hindus will be required to wear a strip of yellow cloth sewn onto a shirt
> pocket in order to identify themselves. They claim that the measure is for
> their "protection". The world has faced this before, in 1939 the world was
> required, at great cost, to rid itself of Hitler's tyranny, it is not hard
> to spot his child. Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to
> relive it. The Taleban's record on respecting other religions gives great
> cause for concern that their ultimate aim, upon which they are intent, is
> "religious cleansing". They have already demonstrated their disdain and
> intolerance for other religions and traditions by the desecration and
> destruction of the ancient Buddhist statues, our collective heritage, within
> the Afghanistan. Whatever your religion, or even if you have none, we hope
> that you will agree that this fundamentally wrong. Remember, "All it takes
> for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing". Please do not do
> nothing, add your voice.
> 
> DIRECTIONS:
> 
> PLEASE COPY this email on to a new message,
> 
> add your name and those of your household who wish to participate to the
> bottom and forward it to everyone on your distribution list. If you receive
> this petition and you find that you will be the 251st name on it, please
> e-mail a copy of it to: alastair@om-int.com. It will then be forwarded to
> the UN. Please then delete all the names, add your own as the 1st and pass
> it on. Even if you decide not to sign, please be considerate and do not kill
> the petition as you will be denying your friends, and theirs, their
> legitimate voice. Instead return it to alastair@om-int.com To The Secretary
> General, Security Council and General Assembly of the United Nations. We the
> undersigned are appalled by the decision of the Taleban government of
> Afghanistan to require all Hindus to wear a piece of yellow cloth sewn onto
> a shirt pocket in order to identify themselves. An individual's communion
> with God, how ever they find him, is a matter of personal conscience and
> must not be the subject of intimidation or persecution. The right of
> everyone to worship as they wish is fundamental and inalienable. The United
> Nations was founded in order to defeat Hitler and his henchmen who required
> the same from another religion with all it's horrific consequences. It is
> completely unacceptable that nearly 60 years later history is repeating
> itself. We ask the following: 1. That the Taleban government is made aware
> in the strongest possible terms that the world will not countenance this
> perversion of human rights. 2. That prior to the United Nations and/or it's
> constituent members granting recognition of the Taleban government this
> obscene policy is reversed. 3. That the United Nations widen the terms of
> the trade sanctions currently in force. 1. Alastair Mitton - London UK 2.
> Robert Mitton - London UK 3. Paulette Budd - London UK 4. Andrew Peake -
> London UK 5. Pippa Howell - London UK 6. Cecile Kusters - Arnhem, the
> Netherlands 7. Sarah Malpas - London UK 8. Susan Donnelly - Newcastle UK 9.
> Paul Donnelly - London UK 10. Pauline Bartholomew - London UK 11. Is0bel
> McMillan London UK 12. Fiona Adamson 13. Minka Emina Kulenovic La Jolla, US
> 14. Cath Dolan, London, England 15. Liz Murphy, Murcia, Spain 16. William M.
> Rueter, Wisconsin, US 17. Jaclyn A. Knapper, Tennessee, US 18. Louise
> Morris, Tennessee, US 19. Joe Stoud, Matsuyama, Japan 20. Keiko Stroud,
> Matsuyama, Japan 21.Larry Asher, Nepal 22. Phyl Asher, Nepal 23. Reiny de
> Wit, Nepal 24. Helen Johnston, Nepal 25. Isaac Thompson, Northern Ireland
> 26. Anne Thompson, Northern Ireland 27. Paul Carter, Vancouver, Canada 28.
> Lois Carter, Vancouver, Canada 29. Bronwyn Short, Vancouver, Canada 30.
> David Short, Vancouver, Canada 31. Mark Calder, Sydney, Australia 32. Graham
> Wintle, Surbiton, UK 33. Geoff Chivers, Surbiton, UK 34. Derek Nathan New
> Malden UK 35. Mary Nathan New Malden UK 36 Rosalind Preston, London UK 37
> Marlena Schmool, UK 38 Ephraim Borowski, Glasgow, UK 39. Ruth Warrens,
> London, UK 40. Anthony Warrens, London, UK 41. Ian Goodman, London, UK 42.
> Liz Lightstone, London, UK 43 Elizabeth Simpson, London UK 44. Dimitris
> Kioussis 45. John_Griffin 46. Hermann Bujard, Heidelberg, Germany 47. Regine
> Bujard, Heidelberg, Germany 48. Konrad Beyreuther, Heidelberg, Germany 49.
> Ursula Beyreuther, Heidelberg, Germany 50. Christof Niehrs, Heidelberg,
> Germany 51. J. A. Campos-Ortega, Koeln, Germany 52. Ute Jaeckle, Goettingen,
> Germany 53. Herbert Jaeckle, Goettingen, Germany 54. Else Vetter,
> Goettingen, Germany 55. Dieter Koetting, Goettingen, Germany 56. Hans-Peter
> Maser, Shanghai P.R. China 57. Matthias Hennig, Sterling UK 58. Wolfgang
> Hennig, Shanghai P.R. China 59. Dirk-Henner Lankenau, Heidelberg, Germany
> 60. Susanne Lankenau, Heidelberg, Germany 61. Carlos Flores, Madison WI, USA
> 62. Lori Steiner, Spokane, WA, USA 63. Henry-York Steiner, Spokane, WA, USA
> 64. Nancy Young, Spokane, WA, USA 65. Jack Poole. Spokane, WA, USA 66.
> Barbara Richardson, Moscow, Idaho, USA 67.
> 
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