‘The woman’ in media square
February 23rd, 2011 § Leave a Comment
If you’ve not watched The women of Tahrir Square by Barkha Dutt.
This is a rebut to Barkha Dutt’s (who I really look up to) documentary ‘The Women in Tahrir Square’. I absolutely disagree with her prejudiced arguments when it comes to Islam and women in Islam which I firmly believe that it’s out of her total ignorance of Islam.
This points towards the entire media fraternity who tend to annul the positives of Islam and Muslims while exaggerating silly errors committed by Arabic named wicked followers.
I really look up to Barkha for her explicably enviable journalistic expertise and the works she did so far. I was even named her Advocate off the article I wrote defending her in the Radia tape controversies. Bigots, Patriotics and traitors – Identity crisis? I just wanted to convey that there is nothing personal, but against her purport this time.
It’s totally out of proportion that Barkha didn’t manage to find even a single woman in Hijab out there who was protesting against Mubarak!!! One can interpret it to be total conspiracy or a silly incidental mistake where I would not buy the latter.
Islam does not oppress women in any matter, so is Hijab. Its very purpose is to ensure her protection through modesty. Islam doesn’t not enforce any rule in Islam, it’s up to the person to follow or not. If he doesn’t follow the instructions, he would be caught on the day of judgement is all. If someone is compelling someone to wear it or doff it, that’s against Islamic principle itself.
Why would you have a problem if a woman chooses herself to wear Hijab? There are enormous number of women who’re very successful around the globe who voluntarily choose to wear Hijab. It’s so ludicrous to argue that wearing a Hijab itself would render a female in the backseat which is contrary to any logic and intellect. This is an absolute megalomania.
Media (wicked) debates always carry some female to represent Islam who has got to connection with Islamic way of life other than of her involuntarily availed name off her birth. This is purely of the intension to malign Islam and Muslims. Islam clearly defines who’s a Muslim; one who adheres to Qur’an and Sunnah is called Muslim. One doesn’t not become Muslim because of his birth to Muslim parents, name, ancestry, etc.
You may be interested to read: Objection to Kushwant Singh’s truly illogical view on Hijab
One also go to realize that Islam is absolutely compliant to democracy. Islam always purported and the history would testify the argument to be true that Islam always suggested an unbiased rule and that holds the ruler accountable for the shortcomings. Think why Gandhiji wanted to have a rule in India that of the kind Khalifa Umar showed the world!! Islam clearly instructs one to adhere to the law of the land as long as it’s not against Islam.
You mentioned Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt to be a terrorist group. Fair enough if you would agree RSS/MNS etc are similar terrorist group too as they purports India to be a Hindu country. Muslim Brotherhood is as legal opposition as RSS and MNS, etc are in India is all about it.
Blasphemy laws in many countries invoked notoriety towards Islam which is contrary to its principle itself. It’s undoubtedly against Islamic perspective to harm the person who blemished Islamic ideology, Prophet(s), Qur’an, etc. Forgiveness is what Islam teaches. Prophet Mohammed’s (Peace Be Upon Him) companions stomped to kill a Christian man who peed in the Masjid where Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) asked them to exert patience and suggested them to flush there so that the pee gets cleared off. I would suggest those militant Muslims(?) and critics to study Prophet(PBUH)’s history where the time before the prophecy, Hijra (flee to Madina) until the first war ‘Badr’. You would learn the magnitude of patience exerted by Rasul (PBUH) and he purported patience. Prophet (PBUH) went ahead said “Patience is half of faith.”
Islam has not asked to chop the blasphemer. Pak’s occurrence off blasphemy law of late has found place in headlines. The news reflects that Islam purports death sentence for blasphemy; also reported that contemptuous words and deeds against Prophet Muhammed(PBUH) comes under blasphemy perspective.
This is absolutely contrary to the fact. Contempt of Prophet is misuse of freedom in Islamic perspective though; not unforgivable sin. Neither the contemptuous person is not entitled to any punishment nor any proof supporting the punishment be found in testaments. If anyone has used any scornful words against the Prophet, a Muslim is expected to view it as a misunderstanding is all. The primary responsibility of a Muslim to debate or admonish such people to convince them of Islam and do about erasing the misunderstanding they have of the Prophet.
There must be a reason by which Micheal H Heart chose Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) to be the most influential person in the world.
I would like to add with respect to an edition of ‘We the People’ where Dr Zakir Naik was invited too. It’s absolutely objurgated if the terrorism promoted by Osama bin Ladin as shown on media and it’s totally against Islamic perspective. Nonetheless, most of the arguments against him are not corroborated so far and there is a massive media campaign against Islam being a pretext to some American conspiracies as analyzed by American experts themselves. We can see the similar conspiracies in India and overseas. Lots of them, weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Saddam Hussein’s AQ connection, who created Taliban, you count it what not.
