Morocco changes religious syllabus
Islamonline.com
10/8/2006 8:30:00 AM GMT
"Why do Muslim women have to cover their heads?" This question is one which is asked by Muslim and non-Muslim alike. For many women it is the truest test of being a Muslim.
The answer to the question is very simple - Muslim women wear Hijah because Allah (SWT) has told them to do so.
"O Prophet, tell your wives and daughters and the believing women to draw their outer garments around them ..." (Qur'an 33:59)
Morocco announced recently making radical changes to religious education syllabus, in particular regarding whether Muslim girls should wear headscarves, BBC reported Friday.
The move is a sign of the Islamic country’s submission to persistent U.S. pressures to persuade Islamic states change religious education syllabus claiming that such changes would help contain the spread of radical views and limit the increase of terrorism.
Among the changes the Moroccan government made, was removing a picture of a mother and her daughter wearing Hijab, the Islamic headscarf, from the latest editions of a text book.
Also a verse from the Qur’an where it asks Muslim girls to wear the Hijab has been taken out of the books.
Abdelkarim El Houichre from the Association of Teachers of Islamic Education expressed doubts about the government's motives:
"I think there is pressure coming from the United States, which believes that teaching about traditional Islam and teaching girls to wear headscarves will somehow encourage extremism and terrorism," he said.
"But I think Islamic education has to be kept within mainstream teaching in our schools because that way we can control it. If we deny it to them in school then they will only go and find out more outside of school and they are more likely to fall into the wrong hands."
The context of hijab is the modest covering of a Muslim woman.
In public places, Muslim women and young ladies, those who reached puberty, must cover the entire body except what has been specifically excluded, based upon the following proofs: Allah says:
"And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and guard their private parts from sin and not show of their adornment except only that which is apparent, and draw their head covers over their necks and bosoms and not reveal their adornment except to And that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And 0 you Believers! Turn you all together towards Allah in repentances that you may be successful." (24:31)
Also Allah says:
"0 Prophet! Tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their outer garments above themselves ( when they go out). That is better so that they may be recognized and not molested. And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful." (33:59)
A Muslim woman’s dress should be thick and opaque so as not to display skin colour and the shape of her body. It shouldn’t be delicate or transparent.
akhee its not halah for us to call other muslims kaffir unless we know for sure and we don't know what's in their hearts.we can their actions are from kuffur but we can't say that they are a kaffir.
but the leaders actions is very un-islamic.since when did wearing hijab become extreme.i think these leader just need to fear allah and stop worrying what the west thinks of them.because when we meet allah we will not care what people think of us we only be worried about whether we will make it to heaven or to hell.
"Religion is very easy & whoever overburdens himself in his religion won't be able to continue in that way.So you should'nt be extremists,but try to be near to perfection & receive good tidings that you'll be rewarded;& gain strength by worshipping in the mornings,the nights." (bukhari vol.1 no.38).
in general principle the ruler who rules by other than Allah has revealed is a kaffir. it is a general statement and is also made by Allah in the Quran.
now did i call the king a kaffir? did i call their prime minister a kaffir? no because that would be a personal declaration of takfir. i made a general statement that their rulers whomever they may be are kuffar for not ruling by islam.
in the same way i would not call x a kaffir for not praying, but i would say that those who do not pray are in principle kuffar.
understand?
one is a personal declaration of takfir which should be for the scholars or at least students of knowledge and the other is a general ruling and statement.
Sheesh..whats going on with the world? It's jus gettin messed up! I jus hope that Morocco don't ban the Hijab like Tunisia did..
Sheesh..the world's messin up :|
Salam. Did I just read that Tunisia Banned the hijaab. Thats the first time I have heard of that. If this doesnt wake us muslims up from ignorance what will. Seeing the laws of Allah being abolished one by one by those that conform to the Shadha is very scary indeed.
May Allah increase us in Taqwa and help us fight such evil. May Allah give strength to the muajideen who are in the state of jihaad for his sake and in order to make his worship one. And may Allah reward all the muslim brothers and sisters that stay firm and struggle to uphold the divine laws.
Its a very delicate situation and if Muslims dont make a stand, Jack straw's comments may lead to the ban of Niqaab. This will only give momentum for a ban on hijab altogether in the UK.
to be honest what do we expect of the kuffar if our own fellow muslims are oppressing us?
Our Lord! Verily, we have heard the call of one calling to Faith: 'Believe in your Lord,' and we have believed.
Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and expiate from us our evil deeds, and make us die (in the state of righteousness) along with Al-Abrar
to be honest what do we expect of the kuffar if our own fellow muslims are oppressing us?
Salaam,
The Prophet has siad it rightly.
Respect your parent but shuld thy ask you to follow the path of ill,say NO.
Respect does not mean that you need to follow all they ask you to do.
Moderate muslim want to sell the Islamic teaching for a apltry price,to please their western master's.
But Muslim should always abide by the Quran,for as the Prophet say,we perform dakwah wiht our our vry being.
So always and never abandon the Quran and the Sunnah.
They want to take it away that is their loss,but we must maintian it and teach our children the guidance.
I thought Bangladeshis and Arabs were the only Muslim puppets.oh Morocaans are Arabs,too right?
hang on.Did Morocco just remove a verse or planning to ban hijab altogether?I know the Moroccan authorities allow Christian evangelists inside the country.
i'm confused.isn't morrocco a muslim country? Why people hate islamthat much? why wearing a hijab for muslim ladies looksoffensive to others?brothersand sisters of islam,lets do justification for this. lets spread the good deed of islam to others.
"Why do Muslim women have to cover their heads?" This question is one which is asked by Muslim and non-Muslim alike. For many women it is the truest test of being a Muslim.
The answer to the question is very simple - Muslim women wear Hijah because Allah (SWT) has told them to do so.
Fortunately for the ongoing revolution of secular humanism, this sort of cop out is no longer considered either a legally-exonerating excuse, nor a sound justification for an adults personal behavior.
Most importantly, the Nuremberg Principles established that for all nations, whether they became signatories to the Principles or no, there is no excusing these crimes by any individual of any nation by means of claims that they were 'just following orders,' or by virtue of being a government official or head of state, or by claims of not knowing that it was a war crime, or of not being capable of stopping such crimes. No such excuses are allowed under international law.
same applies to Bush, Blair and their suporters I guess - after all they are responsible for the murder of over 100000 innocent civilians through their 'war on terrorism'
So why arent they on trial?
Or maybe its just a hypocritical law to begin with
same applies to Bush, Blair and their suporters I guess - after all they are responsible for the murder of over 100000 innocent civilians through their 'war on terrorism'
So why arent they on trial?
Or maybe its just a hypocritical law to begin with
You'll excuse me if I do not immediately jump at the crusader-baiting bush-bashing We can talk about that sort of thing later, but lets keep this one on topic for just a few posts.
I am not arguing that a Niqab or a Burkha are fundamentally wrong. Simply that wearing it because someone told them to do so is not a suitable excuse for breaking the law. It is illegal to go into public places in Great Britain with one's face concealed.
This law has been created for purely pragmatic reasons, as have most laws in Western democratic nations. Criminals make use of face concealment to hide their identity while they commit crimes. Whether or not Muslim females have committed crimes while wearing face concealing garb is irrelevant. The point is that, the law should apply equally to all citizens, irrespective of their race, creed, color. It is not in the mutual beneficience of the collective nation to allow some to breach a law on the basis that someone told them to do so.
Salam. Did I just read that Tunisia Banned the hijaab. Thats the first time I have heard of that. If this doesnt wake us muslims up from ignorance what will. Seeing the laws of Allah being abolished one by one by those that conform to the Shadha is very scary indeed.
May Allah increase us in Taqwa and help us fight such evil. May Allah give strength to the muajideen who are in the state of jihaad for his sake and in order to make his worship one. And may Allah reward all the muslim brothers and sisters that stay firm and struggle to uphold the divine laws.
assalaamu alaykum,
i have known a brother who wept because some of his in-laws were picked up by the army in tunisia and raped because they wore the niqab and apparently the soldiers and police use rape as a form of discouraging that.
You'll excuse me if I do not immediately jump at the crusader-baiting bush-bashing We can talk about that sort of thing later, but lets keep this one on topic for just a few posts.
I am not arguing that a Niqab or a Burkha are fundamentally wrong. Simply that wearing it because someone told them to do so is not a suitable excuse for breaking the law. It is illegal to go into public places in Great Britain with one's face concealed.
This law has been created for purely pragmatic reasons, as have most laws in Western democratic nations. Criminals make use of face concealment to hide their identity while they commit crimes. Whether or not Muslim females have committed crimes while wearing face concealing garb is irrelevant. The point is that, the law should apply equally to all citizens, irrespective of their race, creed, color. It is not in the mutual beneficience of the collective nation to allow some to breach a law on the basis that someone told them to do so.
it is not illegial to conceal the face in the uk so your argument falls flat on its face.
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