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At the time when the US military was withdrawing from Afghanistan, the Taliban seized the Afghan regime with great momentum and established the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan". Enjoying this cartoon can be described as mixed.
Based on the best-selling novel by Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, with a commercial release on November 17, 2017.
"The Breadwinner" tells the story of an Afghan girl named Parwana who, after her father was wrongfully imprisoned under the Taliban regime, decided to disguise herself as a man and go out to earn a living in order to support her family.
During the Taliban rule, women were not allowed to go out without permission. If there is no male at home, the whole family has to wait behind closed doors, and they are not allowed to buy rice and take medicine.
The Islamic prophet Muhammad once said: seek knowledge, even if it is far away in China!
On August 30, after the withdrawal of all U.S. troops, Taliban spokesman Sohail Shaheen also praised China, saying that "China is Afghanistan's great neighbor and can play an important role in the reconstruction of Afghanistan and the economic development and prosperity of the Afghans. Constructive and positive. We look forward to China."
Of course, a great prophet can never be compared with a pure statesman, but after reading Shaheen's speech several times, there is always an air of "old rascal", which seems to determine your origin.
Kabul, August 26, 2001, Taliban religious police beat a woman on the street
"Talib" means student in Arabic, and the plural form in Pashto and other Iranian languages is "Taliban". Most of its members are students of the Islamic religion from the Pashtun regions of eastern and southern Afghanistan. They once studied in Pakistani Islamic schools, so they are also called "Islamic Student Army".
In September 1994, Mohammad Omar founded the Taliban with 50 students in his hometown of Kandahar. After the pro-Soviet government was overthrown, Omar was dissatisfied that Sharia law was not implemented in Afghanistan, so he formed the Taliban and was determined to overthrow the Afghan warlords and implement Sharia law throughout Afghanistan. Within months of the Taliban's formation, 15,000 Afghan refugee students from Pakistani religious schools joined the Taliban.
The Taliban opposes "tribal and feudal structures" and eliminates the leadership role of traditional tribal leaders. On the other hand, because they are reluctant to share power with others, and because they are overwhelmingly Pashtun, their rule means that Pashtuns are in power in multi-ethnic Afghanistan, but Pashtuns only make up about 42 percent of the country. %s population.
The Taliban are reluctant to debate teachings with other Muslims, and even Muslim journalists are not allowed to question their decrees or discuss interpretations of the Koran.
This is hooligan. As an organization that implements Islamic law in the whole country, it should be the practitioner closest to the original meaning of the Koran, but it dares not argue with other Muslims about Islamic law. This is definitely not to be practiced on the earth. The will of the Lord, but to satisfy one's selfish desires in the name of the Lord.
"The Breadwinner" is a story centered on the Parwana family under the Taliban rule. Parvana's father was an intellectual. After losing a leg in the war, Parvana and her daughter Parvana depended on reading and writing letters for a living at the market.
My father told Parvana the stories of the Aryans, Cyrus the Great, Alexander the Great, and King Ashoka.
A student of Parvana's father joined the Taliban and wanted to marry Parvana as his wife. After being rejected, he framed Parvana's father and imprisoned him.
The Taliban banned women from going out. After Parwana's father was arrested, the whole family was left with Parwana, her mother, her sister, and a young brother.
The mother took Parvana to the prison to find Parvana's father. The mother was beaten and bruised and she did not see her father.
Parvana was chased after she went out to fetch water. When buying rice, the rice shop refused to sell it to her. In desperation, in order to support the family's livelihood, Parvana had to cut off her long hair and dress up as a boy.
Parvana tells her brother the story of a brave boy who outwitted the king of elephants.
When Parvana was discussing life, she met Shoxia, who also disguised herself as a man.
Parvana went to prison alone for the first time, did not see her father, and was beaten badly.
Parwana tells her brother about a boy who defeated the king of elephants in order to get back the farmers' seeds. Three things are needed to defeat the Elephant King, one is shining, the other is a self-contained net, and the third is soothing people.
While reading and writing letters at the market alone, Parwana met a Taliban member after helping him read the letter from his wife's deceased family. Sadly, the two gradually established a friendship.
Parvana's mother seeks help from her distant cousin, and Parvana goes to rescue her father alone.
Finally, the war started again.
The boy in the story defeated the elephant king. Parvana's mother, sister and brother refused to be picked up by someone sent by her cousin because they could not wait for Parvana, and wandered in the desert.
With the help of Taliban friends and her dying father, Parwana kept moving forward, but she did not know where she was going.
The story ends in tragic and grief, but the breadwinner does not know where his home is. A special movie, in a special environment, has a profound impact.
Afghans do not know where their way is or where their home is. It was like this twenty years ago, and it is still like this today. After the new Taliban seized power, Afghan women were once again plunged into fear. Of course, we had the best expectations for the Taliban's "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan", but it is likely to backfire.
Up to now, the new Taliban government has not been established. We speculate with the worst malicious intentions. It may be that the Taliban has not reached a consensus on the uneven distribution of power.
There are too many misconceptions about the power of women in Islam. Discard the interpretations of later scholars, dating back to the time of Muhammad, and we discard stereotypes. There is no doubt that women play an important role in the political arena. The wife of Muhammad's sworn enemy Sufuyan, Sind, and Muhammad's wife, Aisha, are sufficient proof.
The Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca, which is the root of Muhammad's Hashemite family. However, Muhammad, who had conquered Mecca as a victor, returned to Medina after fifteen days.
After that, Mecca was the religious center of Islam, and Medina was the political center. Politics and religion can be separated, and Muhammad did not establish a state of unity of state and religion in the Islamic world.
In the sight of Allah, the most honorable among you is the most feared among you.
In the whole animation of "The Breadwinner", the biggest turning point came when an illiterate Taliban member moved his heart of compassion. However, the low level of education breeds savagery, which can be used by some bad people with ulterior motives, which is even worse.
In today's Afghanistan, under the shroud of complex geopolitics and religious forces, it is a high probability that Afghans, especially women, will have a hard time. We can only pray that the leaders of the Taliban are truly the cause of the Lord, not their own selfish desires.
As the Qur'an says: "O man! I have indeed created you out of one man and one woman, and I have made you into many peoples and clans, so that you may know one another."
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