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Miss Afghanistan May Face Afghan Charges
Newsday ^
| November 8, 2003
| JONATHAN FOWLER - AP
Posted on 11/08/2003 12:50:26 PM PST by yonif
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A 23-year-old woman who is the first Afghan in three decades to take part in a beauty pageant could face prosecution if she returns to her native country, a senior justice official said Saturday.
Fazel Ahmad Manawi, deputy head of Afghanistan's Supreme Court, told The Associated Press that Vida Samadzai, a college student in California, had betrayed Afghan culture by appearing at the Miss Earth contest in a bikini -- and may have also broken the law.
"I hope that this lady regrets her actions," Mamawi said. He added that Afghan prosecutors may open an investigation, but refused to say what charges or penalties Samadzai could face.
Regardless of any legal action, Samadzai's parading down a catwalk in a red bikini during the contest's qualification last month was a radical departure from the traditional image of Afghan women.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; miss; missafghanistan; missworld; pageant
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posted on
11/08/2003 12:50:27 PM PST
by
yonif
To: yonif
Oh lord, that's all we'll see on the news now. Leftists everywhere will be filling the streets for her human rights being violated.
NOT!
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posted on
11/08/2003 12:58:08 PM PST
by
JoJo Gunn
(Help control the Leftist population - have them spayed or neutered ©)
To: yonif
That is ridiculous! There is nothing with a woman being young and beautiful. And there is more to the contest than the swimsuit portion.
To: yonif
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posted on
11/08/2003 1:03:41 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: yonif
I thought we defeated the Taliban. Looks like they're still in charge.
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posted on
11/08/2003 1:05:23 PM PST
by
B Knotts
(Go 'Nucks!)
To: B Knotts
Perhaps the potential threat of prosecution for wearing a bikini will qualify her as a refugee in the Western country of her choice.
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posted on
11/08/2003 1:07:41 PM PST
by
Montfort
To: yonif
Afghan prosecutors may open an investigationYeah, I just bet they will, especially if they can get themselves tickets to California to really look into things :-).
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posted on
11/08/2003 1:08:59 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Right-wing Internet wacko)
To: Cicero
I love a challenge!
To: Cicero
I think she looks great in the picture where she is all dressed up. The swimsuit look isn't very flattering to her.
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posted on
11/08/2003 1:11:08 PM PST
by
Moonman62
To: Moonman62
Is that a drumstick growing out of her side?
Leni
To: yonif
It appears that "nation building" in Islamist tribal lands is less that successful..
You still end up with a lot of dress wearing faggots with beards that consider themselves above all the higher forms of life..... And, they sexually abuse their animals!
F'em
Semper Fi
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posted on
11/08/2003 1:15:02 PM PST
by
river rat
(War works......It brings Peace... Give war a chance to destroy Jihadists...)
To: Moonman62
Agreed. She looks lovely in her Afghan costume, and OLD in the bikini.
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posted on
11/08/2003 1:18:08 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Right-wing Internet wacko)
To: river rat
"We know that what was done by this woman was against Shariah law and we condemn it."
We of the Western world applaud her bravery in defiance of this man's fanaticism. Why do the liberal press give these people a voice while they represent suppression of every hedonistic activity the liberals indulge in?
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posted on
11/08/2003 1:25:26 PM PST
by
NewRomeTacitus
(Proactive measures are always preferable to strictly defensive tactics. The trick is seeing it.)
To: yonif
What a shock it must be for those chumps to be confronted by the 21st century...
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posted on
11/08/2003 1:34:52 PM PST
by
Prime Choice
(The judiciary is supposed to be 1/3rd of the checks and balances; not a special interest trump card.)
To: Senator Pardek
She needs a good Italian meal.
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posted on
11/08/2003 1:54:04 PM PST
by
duckman
To: yonif
In the interest of international relations, I will gladly take her in as an exchange student...
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posted on
11/08/2003 1:55:29 PM PST
by
manic4organic
(An organic conservative)
To: yonif
Miss Afghanistan May Face Afghan Charges</> Static-electric abuse.
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posted on
11/08/2003 1:59:44 PM PST
by
FreedomFarmer
(Extreme Cow Racing Champion.)
To: Cicero
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posted on
11/08/2003 2:06:39 PM PST
by
FierceDraka
("I AM NOT A NUMBER - I AM A FREE MAN!")
To: Cicero
Ripped 'em straight from their server.
The moral? Don't mess with Tech Support! They can put all the crappy Javascripts they want in the page code - we'll ALWAYS find a way around.
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posted on
11/08/2003 2:09:44 PM PST
by
FierceDraka
("I AM NOT A NUMBER - I AM A FREE MAN!")
To: manic4organic
Don't we have room in the witness protection program for her?
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