text: Women and children are to be treated with the utmost respect according to the Koran (which is not a dirty book). The extremists misinterpret Mohammad's writings to meet their personal needs, just like Christian extremists misinterpret the Bible to meet their personal needs (regarding homosexuality for example). \n\nThe prisoners you're referring to have not yet been convicted of anything, and many have been released over the last 3 years because there was no evidence to hold them, which means there must be more that are being held without evidence as well. Until they're convicted of terrorism, they should be treated as we would want to be treated in that situation (think of the Americans that are kidnapped in Iraq -- we want them treated with respect).\n\nI don't understand why the Afghan government thinks it's ok to execute a man for converting to Christianity. That is not Mohammad's teachings. See the democratically elected government we helped put into place? Pretty similar to the Taliban, isn't it? God help them all.