[Prime Choice]

Moreover it is a provocation to Moslem believers.

And the downside to this is...?

[Unam Sanctam]

The downside is that we are trying to build a stable, human rights-abiding democracy in Afghanistan, not a Taliban/Al Qaeda Islamofascist state. What good does it do to give propaganda to the Taliban?

[MegaSilver]

And the downside to this is...?

While I personally think that a Miss Afghanistan is perfectly fine, it's not like we want to be *ostracizing* Muslims. Yes, it is a political religion. Yes, it is conductive to violent behavior. But let's tackle the problem as tastefully as we can; let's not give extremist Arabs a reason to hate us even more than they do.