Mumbo-jumbo Islamic feminism & Talibanisation of Pak women

[national_crisis]

Only, aspect i am against in regards to Operation Silence is the extra judicial killings. There could have been a better way, considering the blowback we have taken from that operation.

fair trial at anti terrorism court but with kanna dajjal in charge of SC what can one expect.
Let free the remaining talibans too

 

[Don Jaguar]

This article is exaggerating too much.

Just see the pictures on the top we all know that's not the truth.

 

[Safriz]

who ever wants to practice their Islamic faith is being Taliban.....
init?

 

[ajtr]

Reading Qura'n is easy, understanding is not.So, many interpretations exist for a reason. The writer has zero arguments, zero proofs, no case study, no conclusion, no solutions just plain rhetoric based on her own ignorance. Usually what your normal nerdy bloggers look like.

No doubt we have all those majority of impressionable minds then.Whats the use of becoming Hafiz by memorizing Quran without even understanding it.So many interpretations is one reason people are able to carry out dastardly acts and then justify it with Islam an quran.
Writer has a point when she says people dont question the religion and the acts other people justify based on it.Thats what she call is extremism.

 

[ajtr]

who ever wants to practice their Islamic faith is being Taliban.....
init?

Nope.What writer is saying people who justify and enforce their islamic faith on other are extremist like those females of like Jamia Hafsa and Al Huda Foundation or the burkha clad suicide bomber.Them she calls as taliban. Indoctrination and wearing the religion on ones sleeves is not following the religion.

 

[Zarvan]

Mumbo-jumbo Islamic feminism & Talibanisation of Pak women

It is not surprising then to find some 'modern' Pakistani Muslims coining contradictory catchwords like 'Muslim Feminists' or 'liberal Hijabi' to explain or perhaps justify their preferred social and religious behaviours

One cannot help but wonder how come people establish their social identities on the basis of a trail of oxymorons. But Pakistan is a country where rhetoric pulls more crowds than reason - which has no fan-base in the land of the pure. It is not surprising then to find some 'modern' Pakistani Muslims coining contradictory catchwords like 'Muslim Feminists' or 'liberal Hijabi' to explain or perhaps justify their preferred social and religious behaviours.

The predetermined role of women within the parameters of Islamic doctrines (or any other faith of the world) and the objectives of modern feminism are, to say the least, quite inconsistent with each other. Yet 'modern' Islamic scholars in Pakistan rave a lot about the 'freedom and respect' Islam has bestowed upon women in comparison with other religions, which are completely misogynist and oppressive. But these scholars – bent on elevating divine decrees into scientific theories - fail to justify the encouragement of polygamy for Muslim men or the prohibition of marrying a non-believer for women. Neither can they explain those Quranic verses portraying women as ‘docile’ companions who should be reprimanded or punished physically by their ‘guardians’ i.e. men, if they display ‘disobedience’(Nisa:34).

This ideological mumbo-jumbo of Muslim feminism - a product of Pakistan's 'educated urban' minds, addicted to drawing relentless parallels between western knowledge and Quranic revelations - may not be very convincing for the 'real feminists' or cultural theorists, but the notion is catching on with the radical Islamists, since it allows them to popularise a gender-friendly religiosity that has a far-reaching political and social impact.

So-called 'Islamic feminism' in Pakistan can only be deciphered as a current of feminised fundamentalism flowing through the patriarchal politicisation of religion. Personal choices and philosophies of Muslim 'feministsoras', as most of them like to call themselves - the ‘liberated Muslim women’ of Pakistan - are borrowed heavily from the dogmatic interpretations of (semi-literate) ulemas, state-sponsored scholars and demagogic televangelists, who all happen to be males. These empowered women regularly demand their ‘right to wear the hijab’ during demonstrations, while chanting slogans such as 'an attack on hijab is an attack on Islam’. Basically manipulating the sexual exploitation of western women, this wave of women's emancipation and liberation stresses reviving Islamic values in the country. In addition, the rhetoric fed to the ‘empowered’ women lays special emphasis on Sharia enforcement, the long cherished ideal of orthodox Islamists. In short, the equation of women's liberation with the fundamentals of Islam is heading towards the Talibanisation of Pakistani women.

On November 21 Qazi Hussain Ahmed, former head of right wing political party Jamat-e-Islami, escaped a suicide attack in Mohmand Agency, in the tribal belt of Pakistan. The attack on the pro-Taliban religious leader was allegedly carried out by a burqa-clad female suicide bomber who attempted to assassinate Qazi - himself a die-hard supporter of the hijab and the exclusion of women.

Whether the assault was an American or Zionist conspiracy is a question better left to the inquisitive Jammatiyas [members of Jamaat]. However, the induction of a female bomber to hit a high-profile target points to the equal opportunity makeover of Pakistan’s ****** networks, and therefore should not be underestimated by the government or by civil society. The phenomenon of female suicide bombers is closely connected with the emergence of radical female seminaries like Jamia Hafsa and Al Huda Foundation, which are engaged in the indoctrination of women. The moral police of Jamia Hafsa, which kidnapped a woman in 2007 on ‘charges of promoting obscenity’ while vandalizing private property and torturing many residents of Islamabad, is a sharp reminder of how female empowerment is actually perceived by the rightwing Islamists in Pakistan.

Owing to the mind-blowing rightist propaganda about anti-Islam global conspiracies, more and more women are falling into the trap of proving their worth by wearing their Islamic identity on their sleeves.

According to a research conducted by Pathways of Women’s Empowerment South Asia Hub, the number of Pakistani women attending religious classes (i.e. Dars) to authenticate their beliefs is increasing.

Another survey reveals that Pakistani women tend to blindly follow their religion and don’t bother to question their faith. This has made the job of those selling emancipation, feminism or political Islam to Pakistani women very easy. The seeds of moral subjugation are planted with the assistance of the country’s utterly chauvinist and conservative broadcast media. Religious symbols extensively used by TV channels dictate moral subservience and nurture religious fervour but discourage rational thinking. From cooking shows to prime-time entertainment, the mind of Pakistani women is captured with the blitz of references taken from Quran, Hadith, Sunnah, and punctuated with alhamdulilahs , mashallahs, allah hafizs. Those Muslim women who feel more protected by a male-dominant Islamic system than the independent western woman who is sexually abused are themselves intellectually abused and brainwashed - which allows them then to be deployed as the ideological foot-soldiers of religious extremists. These slaves of faith, eulogising the power religion gives to them, need to alternatively delve into the abuse of this power as well.

Bullshit written by another liberal jerk Hijab is the order of ALLAH and his PRROPHET SAW and women have to do it not Pakistani but all Muslim women and even those who are converting to Islam they all wear hijab these guys needs get out of their slavery of west and wake up or shut up

 

[Zarvan]

Interesting Article. Regulated religion is the only answer to most of the issues we face today. To be realistic though, neither political party has guts to do that.

Islam is complete and needs to change pathetic slave minds of our liberals need some doctors to sought out their mental illness

 

[livingdead]

Islam is complete and needs to change pathetic slave minds of our liberals need some doctors to sought out their mental illness

Islam may complete for 7th century arabia, not 21st century pakistan. Its just a snapshot of life and aspiration of that era, if you want to live by it, you are essentially living in a time wrap.

 

[Spring Onion]

please save me (moderate Pakistani), i am sandwitched between Conservative Extremists and Liberal Extremists.

 

[vsdoc]

please save me (moderate Pakistani), i am sandwitched between Conservative Extremists and Liberal Extremists.

You are a moderate?

Does the sun rise from the South?

Does vsdoc like mullas?

 

[LOVETOALL]

About Viewpoint Online

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Obviously they will have separate view point. It is for Pakistan to decide whether it is right or not ??

 

[chauvunist]

Religion should be stopped dead-on in Pakistan... Pakistan was not envisioned by Jinnah to be a Islamic state... **** Zia Ul Haq and his extremist ideologies which ruined Pakistan from its core.

someone posted it before in this forum and i just saved it me.....


Mr yes he was liberal for sometime than he became close Islam and remained close to Islam for lot of time and above all we Muslims need to check what ALLAH and his RASOOL SAW has ordered us not what Jinah ordered us but still except one or two of his speech he has said several times Pakistan law will be based on Quran and Sunnah

Quaid-e-Azam Ka Pakistan” in his own words
In pakistan on August 14, 2009 at 2:54 am
Our secular & liberal freaks attacking on Islamic Ideology of Pakistan & falsely giving the reference of Quaid-e-Azam August 11 speech, which he delivered under the extreme conditions of law & order whereHindu Muslims riots have errupted. Here by quoting few sayings of QA wants to remind our readers that what was the QA vision about Pakistan.

“India is not a nation, nor a country. It is a Sub Continent of nationalities. Hindus and Muslims being the two major nations. The Hindus and Muslims belongs belong to two different religions, philosophies, social customs and literature. They neither intermarry nor interdine and they belong to two different civilization which are based mainly on conflicting ideas and conceptions. Their aspects on life and of are different. It is quite clear that Hindus and Muslims derive their inspiration from different sources of history.”(Presidential address at the annual session of Muslim League at Lahore in 1940)

“We do not demand Pakistan simply to have a piece of land but we want a laboratory where we could experiment on Islamic principles.”(In 1946, Quaid-e-Azam Islamia College Peshawar)

“Pakistan only means freedom and independence but Muslims ideology, which has to be preserved which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which w hope, others will share with us.” (message to the frontier Muslim Students Federation (June 18th 1945),

“The vital contest in which we are engaged is not only for the material gain but also the very existence of the soul of Muslim nation, Hence I have said often that it is a matter of life and death to the Musalmans and is not a counter for bargaining.”
Predisential Address devlivered at the Special Pakistan Session of the Punjab Muslim Students Federation
March 2, 1941

“Pakistan not only means freedom and independce but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope other will share with us”
Message to Frontier Muslim Students Federation
June 18, 1945

“If we want to make this great State of Pakistan happy and prosperous we should wholly and solely concentrate on the well-being of the people, and especially of the masses and the poor… you are free- you are free to go to your temples mosques or any other place of worship in this state of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion, caste or creed that has nothing to do with the business of the state… in due course of time Hindus will cease to be Hindus and Muslims will cease to Muslims- not in a religious sense for that is the personal faith of an individual- but in a political sense as citizens of one state”
Address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, Karachi
August 11, 1947

 

[Spring Onion]

About Viewpoint Online

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Obviously they will have separate view point. It is for Pakistan to decide whether it is right or not ??

aray bhai why dont you do away withs saris and bindya for the married women or for that matter sindoor

 

[Mech]

aray bhai why dont you do away withs saris and bindya for the married women or for that matter sindoor

It depends on the sub culture. Not ALL Indian women do the stuff you mentioned. Also, none of it is forced (not in the information age anyway )..........at least that's what i understand as an outsider.

 

[vsdoc]

aray bhai why dont you do away withs saris and bindya for the married women or for that matter sindoor

What for?

No other garment does more for the female form than a sari.

Talk about banning and I will be on the streets.