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Identifikationszeichen
zum Schutz für Nichtmuslime in Afghanistan
By
Khalid Baig (apriged letter
/ 4
Rabi-ul-Awwal 1422, 27 May 2001)
The identification
badges have been compared with the Nazi tagging of Jews by a fierce propaganda
machine. It is a minor detail that the Hindus who had left Afghanistan during
the civil war came back after the Taliban take over, precisely because of the
peace and protection they provided. The propaganda machine has been looking very
hard for any incident that could be termed as "persecution" and has
not been able to find any. If one Hindu had been maltreated by the Taliban that
would have been headline news. 500 Hindus living in Kabul. Perhaps India has so
far killed 60,000 Kashmiris for the crime of being Muslim and demanding
self-determination.
The identification is only for the purpose of granting exemption where it is
due. Is that bad? Ask the Hindu and Sikh community leader, Inder Singh Majboor,
who said they are happy with the ruling.
Note: The identity cards in Israel “mark one's nationality as Jewish
or Arab and are thus used as a basis to discriminate,” writes an American
Jewish student in Tikkun, a progressive Jewish journal. Similarly the
Palestinian car license plates are required to be a distinct color so police can
shoot them easily. Palestinians are forced to carry identification cards that
identify their Religion for the purpose of persecution. By law non-Jews are
second-class citizens in that country.
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