Assalam-o-Alikum
Nicely Written Article by Brother Nisaar Yousuf (A Peace TV Speaker).
This Article is addressing the women in general, Many of our Muslim Brothers and Sisters are unable to absorb such facts and we can widely see the application of such denial of facts in our culture... In the environment of our weddings, Colleges, Universities, Supermarkets, our women are racing towards imitating the westerns... Initially, Face veils were gone, and nowadays it hard to find women specially from the younger generation in Abaya.
in todays life, Parents and Guardians of women are so much busy in planning the future of the women under their care that they are neglecting this subject at all. Very less number of guardians are sparing time to teach their sisters and daughters the beauty of veils and covering. Why we are so much blind that we can see the face veil ban in France but still neglect the percentage decrease in face veil in our society, even in our homes?
May Allah Guide us All, May Allah teach us the difference between the worldly and eternal matters.
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Women in the West: Liberated or Enslaved?
The term 'liberation' has become a point of parting between the West and Islam.The West alleges that Islam subjugates women, where as the Muslims claim that the women in the west may seem to be liberated, but actually they is being deceived by psuedo-liberation.For the West, face veil is a symbol of an imprisoned woman. For the Muslims, the western concept of liberation is a radical form of liberation, where one is free to enjoy unlimited freedom. We hear a lot from the Western view point about women's liberation. Let us see some arguments from the Muslim view point.
A list of few of the shackles in which the women in west are chained up . You can add your own arguments to the list.
The urge to look good .
The women in the west are bonded by mental slavery . She has to please her masters through dieting, applying cosmetics right from early teenage and even when she has passed her fifties. The diet industry is worth 33 billions a year dollars, amazing, isnt it? Girls right from 10 years to 60 plus stay hungry and starve in the name of dieting and that is a huge industry now! The weight watchers' website has billions of members through its 2000 plus centers making women starve. No wonder today western women can be labeled as the anorexic generation. What makes her do that? The western women are programmed to believe that her figure is her currency that will help her earn fame and wealth. A woman can be succesfful only if her beauty index is high.
A large number of working women in the west are left alone with their babies or growing up children to be fed. They have to run their house and run for jobs. They are those who are without husbands or are left out by their husbands or boy friends . Nobody asks their views if they are really liberated . R.K Dowling was deserted by her husband but she earned millions, yet other are not as lucky as her in earning money.
Subjugation Through Education
This may seem unbelievable but it is a fact.Education is not a criteria for setting you free from slavery. But
the western women believe that education has gifted them liberation. Are degrees and jobs really qualified to be mascots of liberation? Take a notice of the plight of girls working and also those in campus. The BBC pays 6,500 dollars less than males to the female news readers; a female advocate earns less than her male counterpart. The only career in which a woman can earn more than a male is prostitution and modelling. Maria Saharapova earns more in modeling than male players. The world cup soccer is beautified by cheer leaders, and girlfriends of stars. You can cannot sell even a pen if you don't allure your customers through a beautiful model.
Crime against women is on all time high.
According to FBI 2713 rapes takes place in the US every day! And this rapes happen to women from all walks of life.In offices, in campus, during parties, dates etc.And how many rapist are punished?The statistics say only 5 percent.If raping of women is not subjugation then I don't know what else is worse than this subjugation. Add up the statistics of domestic crimes, rapes,teenage pregnancies, dumped by boyfriends and husbands, and you will get a mountainous size of pain and suffering of the western women.It is a women who is the looser in these cases.
LIberation is for men to enjoy women
Liberation is there but it is actually men who enjoys the fruits of women's liberation. He is liberated to see her body in various seductive forms,he is liberated to enjoy her body and then dump her without caring about her pregnancy and child that she would bear.In the classroom he teaches her lessons in liberation and along with her. In the news papers and glossy magazines she reads about saucy articles and her mind is programmed to think that looks are the best and the most important qualification for a girl to succeed. From Cinderella to Bat women every fantasy heroine is alluring her to posses looks like them.From Sharapova to Hollywood heroines every one encourages her to cash her beauty. She is made to believe that her looks are assets.
Is this liberation? A woman is the west is always under the stress about her future. She is not sure when her husband or boyfriend would go for a better girl. Divorces in West are all time high. She doesn't not have to work hard only but also she has to return back home and look after the kitchen, children's studies etc. While a man has to return home or he can go to club for refreshments or take a new girlfriend. Women are programmed to think that divorcing a husband is a good option to drive away many of your matrimonial problems. The man happily accepts the divorce and goesto hunt another woman. Though the western woman is without a face veil yet the world fails to see her painful face .
Is she protected or enslaved?
Author : Nisaar Nadiadwala writes about socio- educational issues from Islamic view point. He can be reached at nisaar_yusuf@yahoo.com
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JazakAllah Khair
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