paul@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (02/16/91)
Fazal Ellahi writes.. > <*> U R G E N T W A R N I N G <*> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Please warn all Muslim SISTERS in the West who wear distinctive > Islamic clothing such as HIJAB. In London (UK) it has become > apparent that there is some sort of organised activity targeted at the > vulnerable Muslim women. ONE SISTER HAS ALREADY BEEN GANG-RAPED IN > LONDON, another was THROWN IN FRONT OF AN APPROACHING TRAIN, and the > gang-raping is known to have been repeated, most likely by the SAME > PEOPLE. > > It is CRUCIAL to get in touch with all the sisters whom you know > and warn them of this. I would advise all sisters to NEVER ALLOW > THEMSELVES TO BE ALONE IN A VULNERABLE SITUATION. Please take the utmost > care, have friends with you whenever you go out, especially at night or > into unfamiliar places. > > Deadly serious, > > Fazal. Perhaps one of the verses talking of "hijaz" suggests one solution to such shameful treatment of the Sisters. 33:59 "O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters, as well as all [other] believing women, that they should draw over themselves some of their outer garments [when in public]: this will be more conducive to their being recognized [as decent women] and not annoyed. But [whithal,] God is indeed much forgiving, a dispenser of grace!" Precisely because of the way the Sisters are dressing they are being annoyed/harassed. If one of the ideas of the above verse is to keep a Sister from being annoyed by "dressing properly" she should dress to become indistinguishable from the crowd. Then nobody would pay particular attention to her, thus her modesty would not be compromised.
bes@tybalt.caltech.edu (02/16/91)
>Perhaps one of the verses talking of "hijaz" suggests one solution to >such shameful treatment of the Sisters. > >33:59 > >"O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters, as well as all [other] >believing women, that they should draw over themselves some of their >outer garments [when in public]: this will be more conducive to their >being recognized [as decent women] and not annoyed. But [whithal,] God >is indeed much forgiving, a dispenser of grace!" > >Precisely because of the way the Sisters are dressing they are being >annoyed/harassed. If one of the ideas of the above verse is to keep a >Sister from being annoyed by "dressing properly" she should dress to >become indistinguishable from the crowd. Then nobody would pay >particular attention to her, thus her modesty would not be >compromised. I have seen fatwaas (both Sunni and Shia ones), that if somebody's life is directly threatened it's OK to temporarily suspend some Islamic obligations on the surface. But I do NOT think there's such a situation at present point. The danger posed to Moslems (especially women) at this point can be easily averted by the precautionary steps mentioned in brother Fazal`s article. I don't think the millions of Moslems living in the West should change their way of life and stop being Moslems on the surface just because of the incidents up to this point. This would seem like a gross over-reaction to the situation. Behnam Sadeghi