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Female Afghan TV host shot dead in Kabul

By Daniel Cooney, Associated Press

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By Shah Mara, AFP/Getty Images

The brother and sister of slain TV personality Shaimia Rezayee hold her photos. Her programs had upset many conservatives in the country.

KABUL, Afghanistan ? A ground-breaking Afghan television host whose Western style drew praise from youthful fans and condemnation from Muslim clerics may have been slain with involvement from her own brothers, police said Friday.

Shaima Rezayee, 24, who tossed aside her burqa for Western dress and became a host on an MTV-style music show, knew her life was in danger, according to a radio interview she gave not long before she was shot in the head at her Kabul home Wednesday.

Her slaying highlights the struggle between urban young people and their conservative elders for the future of Afghanistan and its Islamic values. Television and radio stations like the one that featured Rezayee ? often importing music and styles from other countries ? have been leaders in probing the boundaries of acceptability.

Rezayee, like other young Afghan women, was denied schooling and forced to wear the burqa in public until the Taliban regime was ousted by the U.S. invasion in late 2001. The Taliban also banned music ? even humming on the street.

In the years since, several private television and radio stations have started broadcasting. Many operate under tight security, well aware of criticism from religious leaders who oppose women in Western dress, women working, or women singing publicly.

The station that featured Rezayee, Tolo TV, has in particular drawn fire. In March, the country's council of Islamic scholars criticized Tolo and other stations for transmitting "programs opposed to Islam and national values."

Full story here: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-05...man-slain_x.htm

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thats really sad.  I hope there is lots of public outcry for this.

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There won't be any outcry...there are pictures of Saddam floating around that deserve the attention :rolleyes: .

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There won't be any outcry...there are pictures of Saddam floating around that deserve the attention  :rolleyes: .

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Yeah, because that's "news" that really deserves full attention. "It's a moral issue!!!!!" :laugh:

I guess these days it's hard for most to have interest in real news.

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