The Hijab:

[sachin4islam]

Assalam Alaikum.

A pioneer Indian journalist "Barkha Datta" posted an article on a Hindi daily news paper,openly criticizing Islamic view point regarding veiling a Muslim woman. She sees veiling as an extreme inhuman oppression of woman. So I had to reply her from Islamic and Human perspective. Please find below my reply to that Journalist.


Assalamu Alaikum Barkhaji,

I did read your article published in Hindi daily "" Naiduniya"" on international woman's day. Though it was difficult to interpret what are you intending to point out but Alhamdulillah you seemed to project the same raga as west sings or is appreciated by neo-modern easterns about Muslim woman.

A coin can never have a single face. In fact we need to understand a difference between an animate community and human community. Intellegence bifurcates these two communities. Of what you and pro-woman activists talk is a never a sensible or intellect work as far as unveiling a Muslim woman is concerned. What is line of demarcation betwen freedom and suppression. Just protecting one's modesty through Hijab turns out to be an oppression and unveiling a Hijab with acception of modern sense of dressing becomes freedom.

Than Barkhaji you need to blame almighty God who afforded man and woman with different capablities. Its a hard truth that God designed man superior to woman. Just name a field where a woman's superiority over man is established?. Will you than call God as unjust?.

Hijab is not a complusion against woman. Its a commandment by Allah(God). The necessity of Hijab is universal and a need in a moral human society. Its to be loaded on one of the two sexes. And its natural that man cannot be veiled.

Intermingling oppression and requirement is a game being played by words against Muslim woman. The west being the team leader and adopters being the puppet spectators mainly from eastern world. The puppets only resonate with leaders without scrutinizing the consequences of these adoptations.

May Allah guard dewellers of dark to light.

Thanks and Regards.

Abdullah

 

[sachin4islam]

Assalam Alaikum:

Ah,at last the post reappears after it vanished within few minutes of posting.
May Allah bless the team.

Regards.

 

[ammu]

Mashaallah

Great job done brother, i wear a hijab and feel that i am blessed by Allah SWT. I pray that may Allah guide all the people who are in dark so that they may realise and know what is "light" and noor of Allah SWT

 

[mahaseeb]

Asalamualikum brother sachin..

Alhamdulillah..good. i just see very few people taking the charge and replying the author's of the articles found in the news paper.I am just wondering what the reply was from that lady.

jazakallah hu khair
Abdul Haseeb

 

[Tabassum07]

:salam2:

Is this the same Barkha Dutta who regularly has editorial columns in the Hindustan Times? Plus, she comes on TV sometimes on NDTV etc? If so, I do hope you get some sort of response. If this is the same Barkha Dutta, I've been occasionally pretty upset with some of her columns over the past few years. And if I'm not mistaken, she was the moderator for a talk show where people like Zakir Naik, and other politicians and movie-people were invited to give their views on Islam. And she purposely didn't let Zakir Naik speak, but commended views of people like Shah Rukh Khan.

Astaghfirullah.

 

[auroran]

:salam2:

Masha Allah, you tell her! She's crazy to think that's 'extreme inhuman oppression of women'. She's lost in the darkness that's for sure, only Allah aza wa jal can guide her so if He wills, she can be guiding by your reply.

Jazakallah khair.

:salam2:

 

[tariq353]

:salam2:

Is this the same Barkha Dutta who regularly has editorial columns in the Hindustan Times? Plus, she comes on TV sometimes on NDTV etc?

wa alaikm as salam,

yes sister she is the same Barkha .......who on NDTV's show edited out important part of Zakir Naik's talk......n didnt let him speak.......n partially moderated the show.....

wa salam

 

[tariq353]

As salam wa alaikum Brother Abdullah,

Bhai Truely nice response. Barkha is one of the leading journalist whoz trying her level best to spread mis representation about Islam. And unfortunately 99% Hindus haven’t ever seen their religious scripture in their whole life (forget abt reading n following). Otherwise their scripture is crystal clear…..n supports Hijaab.


Its like someone claiming to be student of Mathematics but nvr evr touches his books n laughing over others who r studying maths n saying 2+2=4…….

Here is a glimpse of what Hindu scripture speaks abt Hijaab.
Rig Veda
Book no. 8 Hymn no. 33 V. no. 19
Cast down thine eyes and look not up. More closely set thy feet. Let none See what thy garment veils, for thou, a Brahman, hast become a dame.
(Lower your gaze n veil yourself)

Book no. 10 Hymn no. 85 V. no.30
Unlovely is his body when it glistens with this wicked fiend, What time the husband wraps about his limbs the garment of his wife.
(Prohibition on wearing clothes of opposite sex which is very common these days)


Manusmriti(The law of Manu)

2.213. It is the nature of women to seduce men in this (world); for that reason the wise are never unguarded in (the company of) females.

2.214. For women are able to lead astray in (this) world not only a fool, but even a learned man, and (to make) him a slave of desire and anger.(I think this verse talks abt Barkha Datt… lol)

8.361. Let no man converse with the wives of others after he has been forbidden (to do so); but he who converses (with them), in spite of a prohibition, shall be fined one suvarna.
(Above mentioned verses demands segregation between men n women)

May Allah give them guidance..



Wa salam

 

[Asja]

Assalamua llaicum wa raahmatullah wa baarakatuhu

Mashallah dear brother, your reply was very good and mashallah you explained well the importance of Hijab Or veil for Muslim women.

It is so sad to hear that they think that we are opressed for been covered with hijabs or full covering-niqaab), when mankind by itselfe is a proof what means for one women to be uncovered and which effects it has for one society, and how covering of women like it is ordered by Allah subhan wa teala is only bringing good and moral to people SubhanAllah.And in Islaam women should be protected as a pearl, with her hijab, her father- brother,and husband. All praise be due to Allah for His gudiance toward us and for teaching us how we should live our lifes,and to not be one of these who have forget for Haaya and moral. May Allah guide them toward Islaam and clean thier hearts.

They should ask us, like a Muslim women first,and than bring thier own conclusions about our feeelings.

And here is one nice and usefull video Inshallah for your thread dear brother,

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May Allah reword you for your effort.

 

[sachin4islam]

Assalamua llaicum wa raahmatullah wa baarakatuhu

Mashallah dear brother, your reply was very good and mashallah you explained well the importance of Hijab Or veil for Muslim women.

It is so sad to hear that they think that we are opressed for been covered with hijabs or full covering-niqaab), when mankind by itselfe is a proof what means for one women to be uncovered and which effects it has for one society, and how covering of women like it is ordered by Allah subhan wa teala is only bringing good and moral to people SubhanAllah.And in Islaam women should be protected as a pearl, with her hijab, her father- brother,and husband. All praise be due to Allah for His gudiance toward us and for teaching us how we should live our lifes,and to not be one of these who have forget for Haaya and moral. May Allah guide them toward Islaam and clean thier hearts.

They should ask us, like a Muslim women first,and than bring thier own conclusions about our feeelings.

And here is one nice and usefull video Inshallah for your thread dear brother,

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May Allah reword you for your effort.

Walikum Assalam: Sis.

Thanks very much for your response and the nice video. May Allah bless you.
Very true they (opponents) should ask a veiled woman for if she feels oppressed?. Veiling is rather a freedom to move around with modesty without fear of any harassment.

Regards.

 

[Aapa]

Assalaam walaikum,

Hijab, including niqab defy the de-feminization ( not sure such a word) of women. Women have been subjected to becoming commodities. By using propaganda women have been brainwashed into becoming work horses. Women were told to give up what is feminine and become decorative objects ( eye-candy) on the job for men. Then we became equal partners on the workforce. This equality led to us giving our children to others to raise. Women were given the extra burden of having to work to survive on two salaries. One salary did not cover the expenses. Women had to become more competitive. We stay on the edge. There is always some younger, cuter, smarter who comes along. Hello, we now have a surge in cosmetic surgery. I have to look good...( eye-candy for a man to stare).

When a woman takes a stand and decides the outer is not important. When a woman decides to follow her faith she is no-longer eye-candy.

And the reason people have difficulty with hijabis is they make it very difficult for other women. It is that simple.

 

[shaheeda35]

:salam2:
As sisters in hijab and niqab, we represent modesty, something that is missing in today's society. Its okay to go out half-naked, but a woman who is covered is considered oppressed? The uncovered one is oppressed, we are liberated and protected from all the evil that is out there. Nuns dress similar to us, so are they oppressed?

Proud to be a "COVERED GIRL"

 

[sachin4islam]

Assalam Alaikum.

In India there are lots and lots of murders because of illegitimate physical relationship post-marriage. Even in my own city the murder rate for this kind of relationship is rising exponentially. A very interesting statics comes to picture and this was noticed by my wife too,that practically there were no incidences of murders or violence within Muslim community for such illegitimate relationships. The reasons are simple to mention,veiling being one of the prime factor which disrupts provoking such relationships and acts as a barrier to moralize the society.

Regards.

 

[abu'muhammad]

Assalamu alaykum,

Barkha dutt is a fee-lancer and wants the discussion to get through in the fashion of philosophy. I mean if she had understood the wisdom behind the burkha and wearing the topi, (as she mentions it as scull cap) ; probably she won’t had such statements. Why she likes shahrukh khan’s speech ? as because that favours her belief, a freelanced one, and that even complements her understanding of Islaam. shahrukh khan says ‘ he prays as well as do idol-worship in the interview, now its full of ignorance to ask him anything of religion. His many vids show him doing idol-worship so he is not the right candidate to be called upon. But probably all such people do not want to hear the truth in their show and either way wants to hear what they want.

Now brother, I am humbly gving some feedback here for your answer and hope that InshaAllaah you don’t mind for the same. I don’t know why but I think such answer probably might not bring a change in the attitude of barkha. Probably she will dump it in the backet, as generally these people do, under the tag of ‘racist comment’. sorry brother but I feel that. May be I see such answer will not help her or other to look Islaam as we expect them to, probably that will narrow her outlook more than what it is ! I understand it is meant to send the right message here but probably it is better to do with the right sources. So I personally wish that you may point out the right proofs and include the commands and the wisdom of all that. That will gain you sawaab as sending the right message, or atleast probably that might improve her outlook. With that I wish you add up the wrongs that happen out there in the hindu society, the western society, but Islaam as the divine relegion has given the solution and people can see that.

And masha Allaah the task you’re doing is great and may Allaah help you. barakAllaahu feek.

 

[arzafar]

Assalam Alaikum.

In India there are lots and lots of murders because of illegitimate physical relationship post-marriage. Even in my own city the murder rate for this kind of relationship is rising exponentially. A very interesting statics comes to picture and this was noticed by my wife too,that practically there were no incidences of murders or violence within Muslim community for such illegitimate relationships. The reasons are simple to mention,veiling being one of the prime factor which disrupts provoking such relationships and acts as a barrier to moralize the society.

Regards.

whilst niqab is obligatory (in current times especially), i disagree with the practice of honor killing. It has NO place in islam, even though it is widespread in muslim countries and communities across the world.

honor and women are two separate things and there is no connection between the two in islam as far as i am aware of. We should condemn the criminal and unislamic practice of killing allegedly lose women to maintain family 'honor'.

additionally, niqab or even hijab alone doesnt guarantee that the woman is pious muslim.