Letters to the Editor
“When women are endangered species”
While it is always a pleasure to read Syed Badrul Ahsan's articles, solely for the quality of his English, it is very seldom that I agree with what he has to say. But 24th July's Ground Realities is something I agree with wholeheartedly. The country is flooded with moulanas, illiterate imams and social/political touts. Of late, the targets have become women and girls. Fatwas have become as familiar as fatuas, which are worn and cast aside as per need.
It is time that instead of denigrating these 'purveyors of religion', we should resist them on their own turf. For those (like most of us) who are lacking in authentic knowledge of the status of women and what rights are enshrined for them in the Holy Quran (the ultimate authority), I am taking the liberty of posting the website below, which may quench your thirst for knowledge on this particular subject. Each injunction bears the reference point of where these can be found in the Quran:
''–http://newageislam.com/islam,-women-and-feminism/muhammad-yunus,-new-age-islam/the-quran-offers-protection-and-coequal-personal-rights-to-women-and-those-who-deny-them-such-rights-today-are-the-deniers-of-the-message-of-the-quran--though-god-knows-best/d/12113.
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