Al-Qaeda to Women: Be Traditional, Not a Feminist, In the Latest Edition of Magazine Ibnat al-Islam
New
Age Islam News Bureau
08
November 2021
• Mumbai
SBI Bank Branch Faces Flak for Prohibiting Customers 'Burqa, Scarf' For
'Safety'
• Pakistan
PM’s Special Representative Objects to Women Appearance in Advertisements
• Houthi
Court In Yemen Sentences Model Entesar Al-Hammadi To Five Years In Prison
• ‘Muslim
Women Live in Fear of Racism’: London Mosque Head
• Al-Azhar
Says Hijab Ban in Spain’s School Racist
• Postgraduate
Indian Woman, Nazneen Began Aspire To Be Andhra Pradesh Road Transport
Corporation Bus Driver
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Al-Qaeda
to Women: Be Traditional, Not A Feminist, In The Latest Edition Of Magazine
Ibnat al-Islam
Al-Qaeda
are seeking to roll back the clock on the relative freedom enjoyed by women in
recent times
Hector
Retamal/Afp/Getty Images
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By
Melissa Klein
November
6, 2021
The
al-Qaeda woman should not exactly be a revolutionary.
A
magazine affiliated with the terrorist organization advised women not to be modern
“of the ‘strong, independent’ variety,” according to a report in the Sunday
Times of London.
“Marriage
is not a 50-50 egalitarian partnership of two leaders,” a magazine tip says.
“Your husband is the leader. Sit back and enjoy it.”
The
guidance was shared in the latest edition of the magazine Ibnat al-Islam, which
is Arabic for “Daughter of Islam,” the newspaper reported.
The
female author of the article, who used an alias, told readers “Ladies, we need
to detox – we need to unlearn the toxic and damaging messages we’ve been
programmed to believe by feminism.”
She
advised that women choose to be wives and mothers, not “corporate slaves.” and
as a wife, “you are not in charge.”
One
terrorism expert told the newspaper that al-Qaeda and other extremists may feel
threatened by an increase in women refusing to be treated as inferior beings.
“I
think they are genuinely scared that these ideas could start to take root,”
said Dr. Elisabeth Kendall, a senior research fellow at Oxford University who
monitors jihadist propaganda.
Source:
New York Post
https://nypost.com/2021/11/06/al-qaeda-to-women-be-traditional-not-a-feminist/
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Mumbai
SBI Bank Branch Faces Flak for Prohibiting Customers 'Burqa, Scarf' For
'Safety'
The
notice in SBI's Nehru Nagar branch in Mumbai' Kurla area. (Image Credits:
Twitter/@BaitKhan1)
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November
08, 2021
A
State Bank of India branch in Mumbai is facing flak after it put up a notice on
its counter asking customers not to wear Burqas. A burqa is worn by Muslim
women which covers their entire body. The branch in question is SBI’s Nehru
Nagar branch in Mumbai’ Kurla area. The notice put up on the counter inside the
bank read, “Burkha, scarf prohibited inside the branch premises."
Residents of Nehru Nagar, said they raised concerns with the bank officials
regarding the notice but were not informed why it was put up. Sheikh Sajeed
Akbar, a resident of the area, told Scroll, “Several of us tweeted this and
raised this concern with bank officials. We still do not know why such a notice
was put up.” It was after several people raised their concerns on social media
platforms that the bank revealed that the notice was put up “for safety during
cash withdrawal." Replying to a tweet by a user named Bait Khan, who
expressed his anger over the notice, SBI wrote, “We regret the inconvenience
caused to you. We understand from the branch that the Board has been removed
from the counter. It was placed earlier for safety during cash withdrawal and
other financial transactions only and the branch did not have any other
intention for keeping the Board. Regards."
According
to Scroll, the notice has been removed from the bank last week following the
backlash.
While
in this incident wearing a burqa was banned inside the bank, in a recent
incident in a different part of the country, a shopkeeper in Assam allegedly
hurled verbal abuses at a 22-year-old woman as well as manhandled her for
wearing jeans instead of a burqa. The man allegedly told her that she should be
wearing “decent" clothes as she was a Muslim. Following the alleged
attack, police detained the man and his son, who allegedly beat up the woman’s
father for questioning the shop owner for abusing his daughter.
Source:
News18
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Pakistan
PM’s Special Representative Objects to Women Appearance in Advertisements
November
08, 2021
Photo/
Dawn.com)
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LAHORE
- Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Religious Harmony Maulana Tahir
Ashrafi said Sunday condemned the appearance of women in advertisements saying
that despite having so many good looking men in the country, the advertisers
still hire women to represent their brands.
While
addressing a press conference at the Punjab Institute of Quran and Seerat
Studies here, Tahir Ashrafi further said that women should not be
"unnecessarily featured in advertisements, he said, adding he is against
such practices.
Ashrafi
also shed light on other important matters and said that upon the instructions
of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan is internationally combating the rise of
Islamophobia. "For this purpose, the government has started reaching out
to different Islamic scholars across the globe," Ashrafi said, adding that
those who have been posting blasphemous content on websites have been taken
into custody.
He
also talked about the growing menace of sexual crimes in the country and said
that perpetrators must be sentenced to harsh punishments as these crimes cannot
be ignored. "The Ulema have a role to play in eradicating obscenity,
terrorism, and extremism from the country," Ashrafi said. Also, appealed to the Muslim world leaders to
play their role for peace and development in Afghanistan.
He
said that stability in the region was essential for establishment of peace both
in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He said that the anti-state elements were trying
to create chaos in Pakistan by fanning sectarianism, but they would never
succeed in their nefarious designs. He said that the Pakistan Ulema Council
(PUC) would arrange the 5th Paigham-e-Islam conference on Feb 30, 2022 at the
Islamabad Convention Centre, in which around 5,000 ulema and mashaikh would
take part from all-over the world.
Ashrafi
said that Imam-e-Ka'aba and Palestine's chief qazi had also participated as
chief guests in the previous four conferences. He said: “We hope for their
participation in the upcoming conference as well.” He said that the conference
would be arranged with an aim to make Muslim world free from Islamophobia,
terrorism and sectarianism.
He
said that a series of ulema and mashaikh conventions would be arranged by the
PUC in various cities of the country to educate youth about Seerat-un-Nabi and
to eradicate negative trend of obscenity and immorality. He urged ulema to help
protect the youth through their knowledge and play their role in that regard.
He said that people witnessed the Ashra Shan-e-Rehmatul-lil-Alameen was
celebrated on official level and the Seerat Authority was being established to
take Pakistan in the right direction and making it a welfare state like Madina.
Ashrafi said that Prime Minister Imran Khan pursued the case of
Namoos-e-Risalat on every national and international forum in an effective
manner, adding that no other Muslim leader in the past could fight the case in
that way.
He
offered condolences of the death of police personnel, who scarified their lives
for establishing peace in the country. He prayed for the injured police
personnel and said that may Allah Almighty grant them speedy recovery. Hafiz Ashrafi said that Pakistan had always
condemned the attacks on Saudi Arabia and it would always stand with the
leadership and people of Saudi Arabia for its security, defence and stability.
He said that the PUC also condemned the bomb blast at Kabul and armed drone
attack on Iraqi prime minister in Baghdad last night.
To
a question, Ashrafi said that the PUC had formed its legal committee, which
would engage Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and other
government bodies for eradication of obscenity in the advertisements and
dramas.
Source:
The Nation Pakistan
https://nation.com.pk/08-Nov-2021/leading-cleric-objects-to-women-appearance-in-advertisements
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Houthi
court in Yemen sentences model Entesar al-Hammadi to five years in prison
08
November, 2021
A
court controlled by the Iran-backed Houthi militia sentenced a Yemeni model to
five years in prison on Sunday after she was held for eight months.
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Entisar
al-Hammadi, 20, and a friend were sentenced to prison by the West Sanaa Court,
Al Arabiya reported, citing Yemeni legal sources.
The
pair were detained on their way to a photo session on February 20.
Two
other women were arrested in an apartment in Sanaa and charged with
prostitution and sentenced to prison for three years and one year respectively.
Al-Hammadi’s
lawyer reportedly claims she was physically and verbally abused by
interrogators, subjected to racist insults, forced to sign a document while
blindfolded, and threatened with a “virginity test” by prosecutors, the BBC
reported.
Human
Rights Watch said in an earlier report that the Iran-backed Houthis are trying
al-Hammadi unfairly.
In
May, human rights organization Amnesty International stated that she was forced
to confess to several crimes, including drug possession and prostitution.
Born
to a Yemeni father and an Ethiopian mother, the young woman worked as a model
for four years and acted in two Yemeni television series in 2020.
At
the time of her detention, members of her family told Human Rights Watch that
she was the sole breadwinner for her family of four, including her blind father
and her brother who has a physical disability.
Rates
of violence against women in Yemen are high, with more than 2.6 million girls
and women having been victims of violence according to a 2020 report by the
United Nations Population Fund.
The
Houthi militia has been fighting a war against the internationally recognized
government since 2015.
Source:
Al Arabiya
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‘Muslim
Women Live in Fear of Racism’: London Mosque Head
November
06, 2021
Mohammed
Kozbar, from the Finsbury Park Mosque in St Thomas’ Road, has called on the
government to now “recognise Islamophobia is real”.
He
told the Tribune this week: “We hear a lot from women who are the main targets
of Islamophobia. They look like Muslims because of their hijab or headscarf and
sometimes they can’t defend themselves. Many of them are targeted when they are
out in public, when they take their children to school, in work or at
university.”
He
added: “Unfortunately it is happening especially for women and this is very
serious because some of them stop going out alone because they think they might
be attacked at any time.
“For
them to feel that here in the UK and in London particularly, where we have a
multicultural society, is quite disturbing and quite frightening.”
The
mosque responded to the Covid-19 crisis by opening its doors to run a
vaccination clinic, running a 24 -hour helpline for those suffering bereavement
and mental health issues and distributing leaflets abut social distancing. It
also ran a community centre giving out meals for the homeless.
November
marks Islamophobia Awareness Month.
Mr
Kozbar said the mosque itself has experienced hate crime recently via prank
calls. In the past an attempt to set fire to the mosque failed due to heavy
rainfall in 2015. In 2010 a pig’s head was placed outside on the railings.
“There
are different types of Islamophobia and different ways of attacking,” said Mr
Kozbar. “This is why Islamophobia Awareness Month is important. It is about
awareness, it is about educating the society and the communities about what is
happening.”
He
added: “In one way or another, people normalise Islamophobia. People accept
Islamophobia. Some of these women who were attacked, no one helped them to show
support or solidarity. They felt alone as if no one cared for them. This is
difficult for these British citizens to feel that way – to be marginalised in
their society and normalising the attack on them.”
Prime
minister Boris Johnson launched a report in 2019 following complaints of
Islamophobia in the Conservative Party. This year the long-awaited review was
published and did not find evidence of “institutional racism”, although found
anti-Muslim sentiment was present at individual levels.
Mr
Kozbar said: “The way forward is for the politicians to recognise Islamophobia
is real. It is there.
“They
have to deal with it as if it is any other form of racism, like antisemitism or
racism in general. It is happening in both of the main parties, Conservative
and Labour, and we haven’t seen any real action to fight it.”
He
added: “We’ve seen talk from our politicians, one of them is our prime
minister, talking about Muslim women as bank robbers and mailboxes and so on.”
The
mosque is holding an awareness-raising event on November 26 with guest speakers
and a tour of the mosque.
It
is also working with the council and the police to contact schools and hold assemblies
raising awareness about Islamophobia.
Islington’s
community chief Councillor Una O’Halloran said: “At Islington Council, we
recognise that everyone has a part to play in calling out discrimination and
injustice. There is simply no place for hate here – we are proud to be a
welcoming, inclusive borough that celebrates diversity, champions inclusion and
challenges inequality.”
Source:
IQNA
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Al-Azhar
Says Hijab Ban in Spain’s School Racist
November
06, 2021
The
Islamophobia Watch Office of Al-Azhar condemned the decision by the school to
bar a Muslim student from wearing hijab and threatening her of expulsion in
case of wearing hijab, Arabi21 website reported.
It
said such moves are racist and a threat to social cohesion and peaceful
coexistence.
According
to Periodico CLM, a rally was held in support of the Muslim student in the city
where the school is located.
The
participants carried banners and chanted slogans against anti-Muslim
discrimination.
The
school has not changed its decision despite the protests.
Source:
IQNA
https://iqna.ir/en/news/3476370/al-azhar-says-hijab-ban-in-spain%E2%80%99s-school-racist
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Postgraduate
Indian Woman, Nazneen Began Aspire To Be Andhra Pradesh Road Transport
Corporation Bus Driver
7th
November 2021
Hyderabad:
It is quite common for Burqa clad Muslim women to drive two-wheelers and cars.
But it is uncommon to see Muslim women driving a heavy-duty vehicle. Nazneen
Begam of Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh had learned to drive an RTC bus and aspired
to serve the Road transport corporation as a bus driver.
The
Road transport corporation imparted bus driving training to 16 people and
Nazneen Begum was the only lady driver among them.
According
to the trainers, she had learned bus driving within a week.
She
is an M.A. B.Ed and worked in a private college as a lecturer for one year. A
desire to get a government job spurred Nazim Begam to learn bus driving. Now
she is striving to work as a bus driver in APSRTC.
Source:
Daily Siasat
https://www.siasat.com/postgraduate-woman-aspire-to-be-rtc-bus-driver-2221841/
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