The post you are reporting:
"The Ulema's edict allows the beating of women".
Yes, a new law has been put forward today in Afghanistan, from president Karzai in person.
Sky News reports also: "The Afghan president has been accused of selling out women's rights to placate the Taliban after endorsing a religious edict that makes the country's women second-class citizens."
Further laws, apart from the already mentioned beating of women, include: "women cannot refuse to have sex with their husbands, should wear full hijab, should respect polygamy, and should not mingle "with strange men in various social activities such as education, in bazaars, in offices and other aspects of life"."
My Christian Faith forbids me to endorse the sacrifice of our soldiers to impose western customs on other populations. I see here that president Karzai of Afghanistan, whose government western soldiers are fighting for, thinks nothing of our customs.
He says women can be beaten....
The only way forward to solve the Afghanistan crisis is to ask Mr. Karzai and the Taliban, with whom he shares plenty in common, to come to an agreement to end their war.
And for our Government to bring our soldiers home immediately.
I read on Sky today that four of the six families of our fallen soldiers held a tearful tribute.
"Mrs Charlesworth added that Pte Frampton was scared of going to Afghanistan but that "he had got his head around it".
"He knew there were dangers, he knew the risks. I don't think he fully understood until he lost one of his best mates a few months ago, Sheldon, who was one of the last ones killed."
"He went a little bit off the rails with that. He wasn't 100% sure that he wanted to go but,..."
"His mother, Monica Kershaw, said: "I said, 'Be careful. I want you to come back but I don't want you to come back in a wooden box,' and he said, 'I won't mum. I am not that stupid."
I believe the other two families were too distressed to take part in the tribute.
No-one among the stricken mothers and fathers and family members at the Tribute spoke one word about the Afghan population in Helmand. They had lost their dear ones who were the light in their life.
And don't believe that anyone among the population in Helmand even gave one thought for these families in their hour of sore grief.
God bless the souls of these young men. God help their loved ones through the dark years of grief and sorrow that lay ahead of them.
The day will come when the Lord will wipe the tears from the eyes of those who believe in Him, and grief and sorrow will be no more.