Sure, but Afghanistan is basically the banjo playing, Appalachian mountain tribes of inbred rednecks but in the middle east.
The people there are desperately poor due to mainly geographical causes, and that is never going to change. The little tribes and villages are isolated and fantastically defensible.
The practices of backwater, dirt poor tribes in the mountains do not represent the general consensus of Islamic people.
Which is much more in favor of arranged marriages, child brides, and polygamy.
Sure, but Afghanistan is basically the banjo playing, Appalachian mountain tribes of inbred rednecks but in the middle east.
The people there are desperately poor due to mainly geographical causes, and that is never going to change. The little tribes and villages are isolated and fantastically defensible.
The practices of backwater, dirt poor tribes in the mountains do not represent the general consensus of Islamic people.
Which is much more in favor of arranged marriages, child brides, and polygamy.