Iran, Afghanistan und eine starke Frau

- 26. Ramadan -

Viel zu oft werden in der Berichterstattung in Deutschland alle Muslime ueber einen Kamm geschoren. Da gewinnt man oft den Eindruck, Muslime in Marokko, Syrien, Indien, Indonesien und Deutschland wuerde nicht viel trennen. Dass ein Muslim in Deutschland im Allgemeinen vielleicht schon etwas anders gestrickt als sein Gegenstueck in Pakistan, das liest man aus den besseren Medien vielleicht noch heraus. Aber wer weiss schon, dass zwischen afghanischem und iranischem Islam oft Welten stehen, dass die iranische Theokratie mit dem Talebanregime nicht viel am Hut hatte? Dieser Bericht einer jungen afghanischstaemmigen Frau, die im Iran gross geworden ist, und darin von einem Besuch in ihrem Herkunftsland erzaehlt, macht dies deutlich:

"I was born in Iran and I had never been to Afghanistan. Last year I went to Mazar-e-Sharif where my extended family lives. (...) We arrived in Mazar-e-Sharif, and my Afghan family did not like the way I was dressed. They said you don't look Afghan, you dress like an Iranian. You speak like an Iranian. (...) They day after they brought me a burqa and asked me to wear it. I politely refused; I said I have been brought up with the Iranian way of dressing. I am not going to change the way I am. They did not like me saying that, but they did not argue with me. They then said that they are going to the registry office to get me my Afghan Identification Card. I said, I will go with you, they said no, women don't go to the offices to get things done, and men do it for me. Again I objected and said this is my identification card, in Iran I always did my own things myself, so I am going to do this in Afghanistan too. They did not like what I said, but they did not argue with me. So I wore my Iranian dress, went to the office and completed the forms to get my identification card." (Elaleh Rostami-Povey: Afghan Women. Identity and Invasion. London / New York: Zed Books, 2007).