UPSC Selected Candidate Nazia Parveen: Wrong To Marry Women At A Young Age And Deprive Them of Higher Education
New Age Islam News Bureau
30 April 2024
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UPSC Selected
Candidate Nazia Parveen: Wrong To Marry Women At A Young Age And Deprive Them
ofHigher Education
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Youngest
Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai Slammed For Collaboration With Clinton,
Cheerleader Of Gaza Genocide
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US
Palestinian Beauty Moguls Simi, Haze Khadra Thank Saudi Fans After Beauty
Masterclass
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Saudi Awqaf
Ministry Launches Initiative To Build Islamic Education Centre For Women
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Delhi Haj
Committee Begins Preparations For 69 Muslim Women To Go On Pilgrimage
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Jailed
Iranian Scholar, Sedigheh Vasmaghi, Released Due to Health Issues
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Women Join
Iran's 'Ambassadors Of Kindness' Who Snatch Other Women From The Streets
Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau
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UPSC Selected Candidate Nazia Parveen: Wrong To Marry
Women At A Young Age And Deprive Them of Higher Education
Nazia Parveen
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30-04-2024
Aasha Khosa
Nazia Parveen, who secured 670th rank in the UPSC list
of the All India Civil Services on her fourth attempt, says it’s wrong to marry
women at a young age and deprive them of getting educated up to a higher level.
Nazia Parveen is originally from the Giridih district
of Jharkhand. The daughter of a businessman and a homemaker mother, Nazia says
she completed her schooling in her native place.
Thereafter she joined the Aligarh Muslim University
for her graduation. Dreaming of becoming a civil servant, Nazia joined the
residential coaching of Jamia Millia Islamia for civil services.
Nazia says that Jamia RCA played an important role in
her success.
Nazia wrote the Jharkhand State Public Service
Commission examination twice unsuccessfully. On her experience of failures,
Nazia says, one should not feel disappointed and must keep struggling till the
goal is achieved.
“In my journey of six years, I failed thrice and
experienced both positive and negative emotions and thoughts. I always choose
to pursue the positive ideas and kept my focus on clear the Civil services,”
she told Awaz-the Voice.
On the educational levels of women, especially among
Muslims, Nazia said early marriage of women is at the core of this problem.
Even today in our society girls are married early, and they are not given a
chance to get higher education, it is important to pay attention to this.”
Source: awazthevoice.in
https://www.awazthevoice.in/youth-news/upsc-nazia-parveen-s-mantra-for-success-is-following-positive-ideas-28546.html
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Youngest Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai Slammed For
Collaboration With Clinton, Cheerleader Of Gaza Genocide
29 April 2024
Dressed in traditional Shalwar Kameez, with her hair
loosely covered, the youngest Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai recently shared
the stage with former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the release of
a musical about women’s suffrage in the US.
Born in the Swat district of Pakistan’s Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, Malala rose to international fame after she was shot in the head
by masked militants while she boarded her school bus in October 2012.
She then left her home country and settled in the UK,
where she has been living in Birmingham.
Malala is known for lending her voice to campaigns
related to children and education. However, her silence over the killing of
children in Gaza and the bombing of schools has enraged her followers.
Her decision to collaborate with Clinton, the
self-proclaimed votary of the Israeli regime whose country and party have been
deeply complicit in the genocide unfolding in Gaza, came under fire.
The duo made their Broadway production debut this
month with the “Suffs”, a Broadway musical about the early 20th-century
suffragette movement in the US, which sparked outrage as people accused Malala
of blatant double standards.
Many questioned her silence over the killing of more
than 34,400 Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, including more than 15,000
children, while sharing the stage with cheerleaders of the genocide.
Branded as a ‘sell-out’ on social media, netizens
described Malala as a factotum for partnering with the former US Secretary of
State on the music project.
Importantly, the United States has been supplying
lethal weapons worth billions of dollars to the Israeli regime, which are used
to slaughter Palestinians in Gaza.
President Joe Biden, who, like Malala, is a member of
the Democratic Party, has gone out of his way to defend the Benjamin Netanyahu
regime’s genocidal onslaught on Gaza, including the murder of civilians and the
bombing of hospitals and schools.
After coming under blistering fire for sharing the
stage with the former US presidential candidate while maintaining silence over
the Israeli-American war on Gaza, Malala swung into damage control mode.
The 26-year-old took to social media to condemn
Israel’s aggression on Palestine.
"I wanted to speak today because I want there to
be no confusion about my support for the people of Gaza. We have all watched
the relentless atrocities against Palestinian people for more than six months
now with anger and despair. This week's news of mass graves discovered at
Gaza's Nasser and al-Shifa hospitals is yet another reminder of the horrors
Palestinians are facing,” she wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
"It is hard enough to watch from afar - l don't
know how Palestinians bear it in their bones. We do not need to see more dead
bodies, bombed schools and starving children to understand that a ceasefire is
urgent and necessary. I have and will continue to condemn the Israeli
government for its violations of international law and war crimes, and I
applaud efforts by those determined to hold them to account. Publicly and
privately, I will keep calling on world leaders to push for a ceasefire and to
ensure the delivery of urgent humanitarian aid," she added.
The statement, according to critics, was an attempt to
appease her legions of supporters scattered across the world who have in recent
days and weeks been critical of her silence over Gaza.
Malala’s public appearance with Clinton only added
fuel to the already raging fire of anger and outrage as people around the
world, including her supporters, lashed out at her.
Clinton, who is co-producing the musical with the
Pakistan-born education activist, has been quite outspoken about her support
for the occupying regime in Tel Aviv.
Last November, she wrote an op-ed for The Atlantic
arguing against a complete ceasefire in Gaza. She said that a ceasefire would
“perpetuate the cycle of violence” in the war-torn region.
“A full cease-fire that leaves Hamas in power would be
a mistake,” she wrote at the time.
The former first lady of the US also labeled criticism
against the Zionist regime as “antisemitic”
In a 2005 speech to “The American Israel Public
Affairs Committee” (AIPAC), Clinton defended Israel’s move to build a barrier
wall inside the occupied West Bank.
The move was deemed illegal even by the International
Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2004. The ICJ had said that Israel should dismantle
the wall and should pay reparation to those individuals who had suffered as a
consequence of the construction of the wall.
In 2006, when the regime was bombing Lebanon and Gaza,
Clinton praised the bombardment at a pro-Israel rally in New York.
During her presidential campaign in 2008, Clinton’s
staunch support for Israel was clearly evident.
In a letter in July 2015, she vowed to combat the
Boycott, Sanctions, and Divestment (BDS) movement, urging the need to “make
countering BDS a priority” and“fight back against further attempts to isolate and
delegitimize Israel.”
“I am very concerned by attempts to compare Israel to
South African apartheid. Israel is a vibrant democracy in a region dominated by
autocracy, and it faces existential threats to its survival,” she wrote in that
letter.
In August 2015, Clinton again bragged about her
staunch support for the illegitimate regime in an op-ed published in a Jewish
newspaper. I “stood with Israel my entire career,” she said.
Besides her unwavering support for Israel, the top
diplomat in the Obama administration oversaw a campaign of deadly American
drone strikes targeting tribal areas in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
These drone strikes killed hundreds of civilians in
Malala’s home region of Swat, propelling online criticism against the youngest
Nobel Laureate’s partnership with Clinton.
Since its inception, the Nobel Prize has been a farce
as the award was born out of a blunder.
A French daily in 1888 carried a story of Alfred
Nobel’s death, after whom the award is named.
The newspaper wrote, “Dr Alfred Nobel, who became rich
by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday.”
Petrified by the thought that he would be remembered as a “death trader”, Nobel
set up the foundation for the Nobel Prize, an activity to rebrand himself.
On his TV show ‘Have it Out With Galloway’, George
Galloway, a British parliamentarian while responding to a panelist on whether
Iran or Houthis should get Nobel Peace Prize this year, said: “Neither will get
the prize as you have to be a warmonger for the empire to get that prize.”
The selection process for the Nobel Peace prize has
been shady, reducing the whole process to a farce. The people who get the prize
are either war criminals or stooges of the imperialist empire.
In 1973, one of history's most vicious war criminals
Henry Kissinger, was a co-recipient of the prize with Vietnamese Le DucTho for
the "peace agreement" that did not achieve peace and the Vietnam war
continued.
Tho, however, turned down the controversial award.
While negotiating the “peace agreement”, Kissinger was also carpet-bombing
Cambodia.
Former US President Barack Obama was given the Nobel
Peace Prize in 2009. In Obama’s tenure as the president of the US, there were
at least ten times more air strikes in the so-called “war on terror” than under
his predecessor, George Bush.
A total of 563 strikes, largely by drones, targeted
Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen during Obama’s two terms, compared to 57 strikes
under Bush. Hundreds of people were killed in these strikes.
Another farcical Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to
Shimon Peres in 1994, who shared that with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat.
Peres, one of the founding fathers of the apartheid regime, systematically
helped the regime to bolster its nuclear capabilities. Peres launched two full-scale
wars against the Gaza Strip, killing more than 3,700 Palestinians.
Under him, Israel shelled a United Nations compound
near Qana, a village in southern Lebanon. The raid killed 106 people and
injured around 116 others.
Bushra Shaikh, a London-based political commentator
and analyst, in a post on X, said Malala’s case as someone with brown skin used
as an operative is an old practice employed by the West.
“Malala Yousafzai working as an agent for the West
isn't new. Her selective activism for women and girls fails to extend to ALL. A
personal struggle soon engineered into a Brown face actor for dollar bills.
We've seen this happen time and time again.”
Zaman from India questioned the Nobel Laureates’
meeting with Clinton, a staunch supporter of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
“It's disheartening to see Malala Yousafzai cozying up
to war criminals. Meeting with Hillary raises serious questions about her
commitment to justice & human rights. She should be using her platform to
hold accountable those responsible for violence and oppression, not rubbing
shoulders with them,” he wrote.
Based in California, US, Maryam regarded Malala as a
performer activist whose activities bring forth her reality.
“Never forget I was bullied on every platform for
weeks for calling Malala Yousafzai a performative activist 3 years ago. And she
keeps proving me right without me doing ANYTHING…truth will always come out.”
Source: presstv.ir
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/29/724578/malala-slammed-collaboration-clinton-cheerleader-gaza-genocide
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US Palestinian Beauty Moguls Simi, Haze Khadra Thank
Saudi Fans After Beauty Masterclass
April 30, 2024
DUBAI: US Palestinian beauty moguls Simi and Haze
Khadra concluded their beauty masterclass sessions in Riyadh this week, before
flying to Dubai.
The masterclass sessions celebrate the Middle East
launch of their eponymous label SimiHaze Beauty, with their products now
available to purchase at Sephora stores in the region.
“Best day with all the amazing people in Riyadh. Thank
you so much for all the love and so happy you all love everything,” the sisters
posted on Instagram Stories.
The twins launched their US-born cosmetics brand in
2021 with a range of stick-on makeup designs that can be placed on the face for
a bold beauty look achievable within seconds. The sticker book features an
array of edgy designs inspired by their favorite DJ looks from the past, such
as chrome wings, neon negative space eyeliner and holographic cat-eyes.
SimiHaze Beauty has expanded to include a range of
products, including lipsticks, bronzing powders, a lifting mascara and more.
Source: arabnews.com
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2501906/lifestyle
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Saudi Awqaf Ministry Launches Initiative To Build
Islamic Education Centre For Women
April 30, 2024
With a grand theatre accommodating 400 attendees and a
multipurpose hall of similar capacity, the centre will serve as a hub for
diverse events and gatherings.
The project for an Islamic education centre with a
capacity of 750 female students in Al Waab was launched on Monday.
The Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Ghanem bin
Shaheen Al Ghanem laid the cornerstone for the ‘Moza Bint Mohammed Quran and
Da’waCentre,’ an initiative within the realm of Quranic education and
preaching.
With 50 classrooms, 42 administrative offices
accommodating 200 female employees, a theatre, multipurpose halls, a sports
club, and ample parking, the centre can accommodate 750 students.
The project, spanning an expansive 24,800 square
metres, brings in a new era for the endowment’s commitment to Quranic education
and preaching within the nation.
Director of the General Directorate of Endowments Dr
Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Ghanem Al Thani expressed highlighted the
centre’s blending of tradition and modernity.
Inspired by the Sidr flower, the centre’s design aims
to be a cultural emblem rooted in the local environment, providing a platform
for women’s education, advocacy, sports, and cultural activities.
Early online registration for Adult Education students
starts this week in Qatar
Regarded as one of the most important projects of the
Endowment Fund for the Service of the Quran and Sunnah, overseen by the General
Directorate of Endowments, the centre’s design integrates external courtyards
with internal spaces, bringing about connectivity and accessibility.
With a grand theatre accommodating 400 attendees and a
multipurpose hall of similar capacity, the centre will serve as a hub for
diverse events and gatherings.
Source: dohanews.co
https://dohanews.co/awqaf-ministry-launches-initiative-to-build-islamic-education-centre-for-women/
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Delhi Haj committee begins preparations for 69 Muslim
women to go on pilgrimage
29 April, 2024
New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) Delhi Haj Committee
Chairperson Kausar Jahan on Monday said preparations have begun for 69 Muslim
women to go on the pilgrimage without a “mehram (male companion)”.
The women underwent training at the Haj committee’s
office and were equipped with information to deal with any difficulties during
the pilgrimage, she told PTI Video.
“Haj facilities have been regularly extended under the
Narendra Modi government. We have launched a Haj Suvidha App that can be used
to get help through the control room,” Jahan said.
The committee is working to facilitate the pilgrimage
of these women and take care of their comforts, she added. PTI VIT VIT SZM
This report is auto-generated from PTI news service.
ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
Source: theprint.in
https://theprint.in/india/delhi-haj-committee-begins-preparations-for-69-muslim-women-to-go-on-pilgrimage/2061985/
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Jailed Iranian Scholar, SedighehVasmaghi, Released Due
to Health Issues
APRIL 30, 2024
SedighehVasmaghi, an Islamic scholar known for her
opposition to the mandatory hijab, has been released from Evin prison following
her deteriorating health and allegations of abuse in prison.
According to reports on Monday evening, her release
was prompted by the worsening of her illness, which had previously led to her
losing sight.
One of the accusations against the Islamic scholar is
her public appearance without a mandatory hijab or headscarf.
Vasmaghi, who removed her headscarf last year in
protest against the oppression of women and girls, has declared that she does
not view the Islamic Republic's enforced hijab as a religious requirement. She
has called the mandatory hijab a futile political maneuver that women will
overcome through their resistance.
On Monday, she detailed her distress due to
"torture" and lack of medical attention in a letter addressed to the
United Nations fact-finding mission on Iran.
She wrote in the letter, "For more than 40 days,
I have been brutally and violently arrested by agents under the order of the
leader of the Islamic Republic, on the charge of removing a headscarf. I have
endured torture."
In her letter, published by Radio Farda, Vasmaghi
recounted her recent detention experience and implored human rights
institutions, including the United Nations fact-finding mission, the Human
Rights Committee, and the special rapporteur of the organization to stop the
Islamic Republic from oppressing women.
Vasmaghi highlighted her experience and the plight of
other female prisoners, stressing that security and judicial institutions in
Iran deploy various means to pressure political detainees into silence and
compliance
The scholar said she was interrogated without legal
representation and was returned to Evin while grappling with vision impairment.
Vasmaghi was arrested by security forces from her home
on March 16 and detained at Evin prison.
She faces charges of "propaganda against the
Islamic Republic" and "public appearance without hijab."
Her case is being heard by Branch 26 of the Tehran
Revolutionary Court.
Source: iranwire.com
https://iranwire.com/en/women/128359-jailed-iranian-scholar-released-due-to-health-issues/
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Women join Iran's 'ambassadors of kindness' who snatch
other women from the streets
30 April 2024
In Tehran's Revolution Square, two women clad in long
black full hijab approach another woman, dressed in jeans, a long-sleeved shirt
and a hijab, or head scarf.
She tries to walk away, but one of the women in full
hijab grabs her by her sleeve and pulls her back, yanking her onto the ground.
She is surrounded, wrapped in a blanket and bundled into a white van.
The scene is from one of many videos that have been
circulating widely on social media in recent weeks, showing incidents of the
latest crackdown by Iran's so-called morality police.
The scene is from one of many videos that have been
circulating widely on Iranian social media in recent weeks, showing incidents
of the latest crackdown by Iran's so-called morality police.0:27
But this time, another enforcement group is more
visibly working alongside the regime - and they are also women.
Sky News has analysed dozens of videos showing
incidents of authorities' renewed campaign targeting women for not properly
wearing their hijab in accordance with the regime's strict sharia law.
"Before this new wave of attacks started, I was
planning to get rid of some of my longer clothes, because I don't feel
comfortable in them," said Leila, an Iranian woman in her 20s living in
Tehran. She spoke to Sky News on condition of anonymity.
"Now, I find myself wearing those even though I
hate them, because I think I wouldn't feel safe going out of my house wearing
something that I could potentially lose my life over, or that I could get
arrested for."
'Ambassadors of Kindness'
What's notable about this recent spate of arrests is
the increased presence of women in full hijab, considered by Iranian leaders as
the most modest form of dress, working with authorities.
They are part of a new enforcement group, dubbed by
the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as "Ambassadors of
Kindness", who are helping enforce harsh regulations and silence dissent,
one expert said.
Some young Iranians are calling them "bats".
Leila was recently in the street when she spotted the
police and stopped to cover her hair. She was then approached by a woman
wearing a full hijab who told her she should "be afraid of God, not the
police".
"The truth is that when someone is wearing full
hijab I am afraid that she might be with the police," she said.
It's not the first time the IRGC has employed women to
help them. But Hadi Ghaemi, director of New York-based Centre for Human Rights
in Iran (CHRI), says they've increased in number, as have the physical presence
of morality police, white vans and police cars, which are used in the arrests
of women on the street.
"They're not armed, but they're meant to go
intimidate women by politely and kindly warning them. Then if the woman doesn't
listen, they call over security forces," said Mr Ghaemi.
"What's really scary is the way [authorities] are
recommending citizens turn on citizens."
War at home
As Iran launched its first ever attack on Israel, it
intensified this less-noticed war at home.
Three days before it flew missiles into Israel,
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, said that women in the
Islamic Republic must obey the dress code, regardless of their beliefs.
Then on Saturday 13 April, Tehran's police chief Abbas
Ali Mohammadian said people who ignored prior warnings faced legal action.
Not long after his statement was released, videos
showing white police vans on the streets of cities across Iran went viral.
Iranian authorities say their Nour (Persian for
'light') campaign targets businesses and individuals who defy hijab law and
responds to demands from devout citizens who are angry about the growing number
of unveiled women in public.
"The level of brutality is very, very high right
now," said Masih Alinejad, an Iranian American journalist and activist.
"This time they are more emboldened. You can see
it on their faces and see it from the huge number of them."
In one video analysed by Sky News, at least six
officers wearing yellow vests appear to be arresting one woman outside a train
station in Tehran. She resists but fails to break free, and is ushered into a
white van.
In another video posted the same day authorities
announced their campaign, footage shows a cluster of white police cars, vans,
and men in uniform in Tehran's Valiasr Square.
Sky News was able to verify the precise location of
the videos and the date each clip first appeared online.
Women and girls arrested
Morality police vans had largely vanished from the
streets of Iran since last year, when widespread protests erupted across the
country in the wake of the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish-Iranian woman who
died while being detained for improperly wearing her hijab.
Police now appear to be back out in force, as a
draconian 'hijab and chastity' bill is also currently making its way through
the country's parliament. One group of students reported new facial recognition
software installed at a university dormitory.
But while street protests have died down, resistance
to the regime's hardline policies has not.
Iranian authorities released footage purporting to
show members of the public being rude to, and lashing out at, morality police.
But this has backfired, said Ms Alinejad: "Now
that video is going viral because people are so proud of the young women."
Mina, another Iranian woman, had her car confiscated
for three weeks last year because of her hijab. But she remains defiant.
"We fight not only to have the right to choose
coverage, but to have the right to choose a lifestyle," she said.
Another video showed the arrest of a woman for
allegedly not wearing her hijab in Haft Tir metro station in Tehran.
But a crowd surrounded her, chanting "free
her" and calling the police "dishonoured." Not long after the
noise began, the police released the woman.
The 'war against women'
As these videos went viral, so did talk about Iran's
"war on women". Since 12 April there has been a steady rise in the
number of times the Farsi for 'mandatory hijab' (حجاباجباری) was used
across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
On 11 April the phrase was used 585 times - but by 22
April it was mentioned in almost 10,000 posts, according to social listening
platform Talkwalker.
The hashtag #IRGCTerrorists was also repeatedly used
to accompany posts about discrimination against women. This peaked on 16 April,
when more than 234,000 posts used this hashtag.
Farsi for 'War against women' (جنگ_علیه_زنان) then surged the following day and was
used almost 30,000 times. Some 42% of these posts came from Iran itself.
What is next for the women of Iran?
"The anger among Iranians is much stronger and
heavier than before," Mina said.
"I don't think they are going to give up that
fight. The flame of revolution is still burning in Iran."
Some women, she said, are willing to risk
imprisonment: "They would rather get arrested but not live in humiliation
and not live under these barbaric officers walking in the streets."
Source: sky.com
https://news.sky.com/story/videos-show-iranian-women-being-snatched-from-the-streets-by-other-women-under-the-cover-of-war-with-israel-13122087
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