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A Thousand Splendid Suns Context - Coggle Diagram
A Thousand Splendid Suns Context
Polygamy
'It is ethical and virtuous to marry a second time' - Mohammed
Anti-soviet Mijahideen guerrillas and the Taliban collected wives as a symbol of power and wealth
Groom pays dowry for wives - 10,000 Afghani or livestock
Mujahideen / The Taliban
Fought the soviets in Afghanistan; supported by the U.S., before turning against the U.S.
The 1970s and 1980s, arose out of local military led by Massoud - Afghan resistance against the soviet union
Emerged in 1994 and supported by Pashtuns - toppled after US invasion in 2001
Diplomatic Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and UAE recognised the Taliban in power in mid 1990s-2001
Herat captured in 1995; 1998 in control of 90% of Aghanistan
Women and the Taliban
bear children, satisfy male sexual needs and housework
Bans for women such as bans on work outside home, ban of women going out alone (unless accompanied by a male relative, mahram), banned from going to school, had to wear a Burka, public whipping of women and public stoning
Austere Rule
Promise to restore peace and security and instill Sharia, the Islamic Law
Introduced and supported Islam punishments - public execution and amputations for those guilty of theft
Supported by ethnic Pashtuns
Disapproved of girls over 10 going to school
Al-Quaeda 'sanctuary'
Taliban accused after 9/11 of providing sanctuary for Osama Bin Laden and the al-Quaeda movement
In recent years, Taliban re-emerged and grew stronger in Pakistan
Hosseini as a feminist
Godwill Envoy to the United Nations Refugees Agency
Khaled Hosseini foundation - provided humanitarian assistance
Ramadan
Prophet Mohammed received a series of revelations from God which combined the form of the Koran - Muslims recite during Ramadam
1 of the 5 pillars to understanding faith
Education
Free education
1969 legislated free education between the ages of 5 and 15
New high schools built in Kabul
Standard teaching language Dari