Pakistan Clerics Oppose Women’s Sport In Gilgit Stadium Because It Is Used For Namaz Also
02
October 2022
•
Pakistan Clerics Oppose Women’s Sport In Gilgit Stadium Because It Is Used For
Namaz Also
•
Mother-Daughter Duo, Umpire And Player Respectively, Represents Pakistan In
Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2022
•
‘Women, Life, Liberty’: Iranian Civil Rights Protests Spread Worldwide
•
Islamic State women and children to be returned to Australia from Syrian camps
•
Education Our Right: Afghan Women Students Rally in Herat After Classroom
Attack that Killed Dozens
Compiled
by New Age Islam News Bureau
URL: https://newageislam.com/islam-women-feminism/pakistan-clerics-women-sports-namaz/d/128086
-----
Pakistan
Clerics Oppose Women’s Sport In Gilgit Stadium Because It Is Used For Namaz
Also
Photo:
OPIndia
-----
2
October, 2022
On
October 1, Pakistan’s woman cricketer Diana Baig called out Maulana Jalal Abid
for opposing women’s sporting event at Gilgit’s Lalik Jan Stadium located in
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. Reportedly, the Gilgit-Baltistan Women Sports gala
2022 comprising different sporting events, including Cricket, Basketball,
Tennis, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis and hockey, is scheduled to take place
from October 5 in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir’s Gilgit-Baltistan region. Diana
Baig is a cricketer and footballer from Pakistan. She primarily plays cricket
and was also selected for a domestic Football team as there was a ‘shortage of
female football players’.
According
to Ibex Media Network, Maulana Jalal Abid opposed the scheduled sporting event
as the venue is the “Eid-Gah for Muslims”. While the ground is a stadium with
the name Lalak Jan Stadium in Jutial in Gilgit, namaz is performed on the
ground during Islamic religious events.
Diana
Baig responded to the reports and lashed out at the Muslim cleric. She said,
“Gilgit has given so many gems (men and women) to Pakistan sports who continue
to uplift the image of the country with their talent. This ground is fit to
host prayers, men’s boxing events, cultural dances and everything else but
cannot host a women’s event.”
She
added, “My question is: why was the condemnation not for the men’s event?
Shouldn’t the space belong to women just as much as it belongs to everyone else
who lives in Gilgit, or will we continue to live under a rock and pretend that
a woman stepping on the field is taboo?”
While
the sportsperson from Pakistan was not pleased by the opposition coming from
the clerics, several Islamists attacked Baig and “schooled” her about Islam.
Twitter
user Hazxsupremacy said, “a place where namaz is performed shouldn’t be a place
for women to play football with shorts up to their thighs and no scarf that
goes for men as well no sport, festival or any event should be conducted at a
religious site.” Replying to him, Baig said, “The venue is called “Lalik Jan
Stadium” it’s not an Eid-Gah.”
Twitter
user Muhammad Taseet Hassan said, “If it is against Islam… it is wrong. There
is no need of justification. No matter a man does it or a woman.”
Similar
opposition to the event was marked by Anjuman Imamiya Agha Baqir al-Husseini.
It was shared in comments by a Twitter user. Upon investigating the
authenticity of the press release in Urdu, OpIndia found that it was, in fact,
true.
Source:
Op India
-----
Mother-Daughter Duo, Umpire And Player Respectively, Represents Pakistan In Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2022
Mother-Daughter duo represents PAK in Women’s Asia
Cup in Sylhet. Courtesy: Kainat Imtiaz Instagram
-----
October
2, 2022
Pakistan
women’s umpire Saleema Imtiaz, on Saturday, October 1, made her debut when she
officiated in the Women’s Asia Cup match between India and Sri Lanka at the
Sylhet Outer Cricket Stadium.
Saleema
is the mother of Pakistan women’s all-rounder Kainat Imtiaz, who is also taking
part in the ongoing T20 tournament in Sylhet. However, Imtiaz couldn’t break
into the playing XI in Pakistan’s opening match against Malaysia on Sunday,
October 2.
Nevertheless,
after her mother made her debut as an umpire, Kainat was over the moon and said
how proud she was of her loved one. She also expressed gratitude to her father
for lending them support through thick and thin.
Kainat
took to her Instagram handle and wrote, “Presenting my MOM as an UMPIRE for ACC
Women’s Asia Cup 2022. I can’t be more proud of what she has achieved. Such a
motivated person. It was always her dream to represent Pakistan, the dream I
had been living for her until now. And today, finally, after a very long wait,
she is going to represent Pakistan. We are going to represent Pakistan
together. Super Excited. Allhumdulillah.”
“Many
many congratulations to MY DAD who has supported us through every step of the
way. Encouraged us, made us never quit, made us more focused and for being the
best critic.”
It’s
been more than a decade since Kainat made her international debut as a
teenager. However, she has been in and out of the national team. The
30-year-old recently played in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Source:
India Today
-----
‘Women,
life, liberty’: Iranian civil rights protests spread worldwide
Patrick
Wintour
1
Oct 2022
Worldwide
protests were being held on Saturday in solidarity with the growing uprising in
Iran demanding greater freedom and protesting against the death of Mahsa Amini
following her arrest by Iranian morality police.
Demonstrations
under the slogan “Women, life, liberty” took place in many major cities,
including Auckland, London, Melbourne, New York, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Stockholm,
Sydney and Zurich.
Headlines
on Iranian newspapers over the death of young women killed in morality police
arrest<br>TEHRAN, IRAN - SEPTEMBER 18: A view of Iranian newspapers with
headlines of the death of 22 years old Mahsa Amini who died after being
arrested by morality police allegedly not complying with strict dress code in
Tehran, Iran on September 18, 2022. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency
via Getty Images)
Efforts
were also under way inside Iran on Saturday to launch a national strike, mainly
in the country’s Kurdish cities, as well as to promote the non-payment of taxes
to the government.
Public
anger flared after Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, died in custody on 16
September, three days after her arrest for allegedly breaching Iran’s strict
rules for women on wearing hijab headscarves and modest clothing.
After
probably the single most violent incident of the protests, security officials
were claiming security had been restored in the city of Zahedan, in eastern
Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan province, where the police had fired on civilians
during Friday prayers.
The
commander of the local intelligence unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary
GuardCorps (IRGC) was killed, official Iranian government sources confirmed.
Videos
on social media showed burnt out fire engines, bus stations and banks. The
government claimed the riots, including shots fired from the crowd, were
orchestrated by terrorist groups, but the protesters said the police were
firing into crowds at prayer.
What
will concern the government is if the disparate and apparently leaderless
protests, revealing a cultural chasm inside Iran, start to coalesce into a
nationwide movement across classes with specific goals.
The
Iranian state, however, has infinite tools for repression of dissent, complete
control of the media, including TV, and a track record of being able eventually
to suppress protest even at the cost of much human life.
The
intelligence services issued a lengthy statement on Friday blaming the protest
on foreign agents and terrorists. They highlighted that 85 ambulances had been
attacked, and hardline MPs continued to denounce the protesters.
Student
groups claimed that in more than 110 universities, faculties and educational
centres went on strike and held a student sit-in in protest against the
suppression of street protests following the loss of life.
Social
media showed protests in campuses across the country. More than 100 university
professors have signed a statement demanding the release from detention of
their students, adding: “Everyone should appreciate the existence of students
who are ready to sacrifice themselves and pay the price to defend freedom,
justice and human dignity.”
Earlier,
the Cooperation Center of the Iranian Kurdistan’s Political Parties had called
for a nationwide strike, urging support for young Iranians demanding freedom
and oppression of women inside Iran.
The
strike call was being honoured in large parts of Kurdistan, with reports of
police shootings in some major towns such as Dehgolan close to the border with
Iraq.
From
house arrest, the reformist politician and former Iranian prime minister
Mir-Hossein Mousavi sent out a message urging the security forces to side with
the people.
He
said: “Armed forces! The powers vested in you are for defence of the people,
not their repression; for protection of the oppressed, not service to the
powerful and mighty.
“The
hope is that you will stand on the side of truth and the nation. Your duty is
secure the peace for the millions and especially the downtrodden, and not to
consolidate the power of oblivious officials.”
Source:
The Guardian
-----
Islamic
State women and children to be returned to Australia from Syrian camps
Daniella
White
October
2, 2022
Australia
is preparing to overturn its policy of more than three years and launch a
mission to repatriate dozens of women and children, the family members of
former Islamic State fighters who have been languishing for years in squalid
detention camps in Syria.
News
of the impending operation, which was confirmed by security sources in Australia,
has given hope to dozens of families that they will be reunited with their
loved ones, some of whom who have been stuck in limbo for more than three
years.
About
20 Australian women and more than 40 of their children have been living at the
al-Hawl and al-Roj camps in Syria’s north-east since the fall of the Islamic
State “caliphate” in early 2019.
“But
we’re yet to be formally informed and we look forward to getting more
information from the government,” he said. “As always, we’re ready to cooperate
with the government on the process.
“If
it’s true this will give vulnerable children an opportunity to be protected and
consistent with what we’ve been asking for close to four years now.”
Dabboussy
said he hoped to hear more about a timeline for the Australians’ repatriation
and details about whether the operation would run in stages.
A
spokesman for Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said: “The Australian
government’s overriding priority is the protection of Australians and
Australia’s national security advice. Given the sensitive nature of the matters
involved, it would not be appropriate to comment further.”
The
return of some of the Australians may be controversial in Australia. It will
likely pose a challenge to the country’s security organisations, according to
sources speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to
comment publicly.
There
may not be enough evidence to charge all the adults with terrorism offences, so
some may be free in the community and require monitoring by Australian
authorities. The government could also charge some with intentionally entering
Raqqa or Mosul, which were the capitals of the so-called Islamic State in Syria
and Iraq, and where it was illegal at the time for Australians to travel.
Authorities
are also able to apply to a court for control orders to monitor their
behaviour. The deradicalisation of children raised in appalling circumstances
may also be a significant challenge. However, ASIO, other security agencies and
anti-terror experts have argued that leaving children in the camps could
increase the danger of them becoming radicalised and recruiting Australians
online in future.
A
number of the women were children themselves when taken to Syria or Iraq by
their families, and others say they were duped into travelling. Dabboussy has
previously said his daughter was tricked into going to the Syrian border while
on holiday in Turkey in 2015. After being taken into Syria at gunpoint, her
husband went to fight with IS and died three months later, just before the
birth of her second child.
Save
the Children chief executive Mat Tinkler, who visited the al-Roj camp in June,
said the repatriation effort would be “very welcome news” for the children and
their mothers in Syria.
“The
possibility that they could finally be brought home to safety in Australia will
be an enormous boost for their families,” he said.
“For
more than three years, these children have been trapped in one of the worst
places in the world to be a child and their situation has been growing
increasingly desperate ... They are just hanging on.”
Tinkler
said the Australian children in the camps are poorly nourished, suffering from
untreated shrapnel wounds and their mental health was rapidly deteriorating.
In
2018 the Morrison government organised the rescue of eight children from the
Syrian camps, but it refused to launch a broader effort, despite the pleas of
the Kurdish authority which is in charge of north-eastern Syria, and which has
offered to help Australian authorities with the extraction.
Australian
Maysa assaad aged 9 years old (3rd from left) holding Shayma Assaadâs
daughter Mariam (2nd from left) in al Hawl camp in North East Syria. There are
20 Australian women and 46 Australian children detained in al Hawl camp for
their association with Islamic State fighters. They are living in squalid
conditions and are afraid of the war that started when Turkey invaded the
Kurdish region known as Rojava in North East Syria, Syria. 21st October, 2019.
Photo: Kate Geraghty/SMH .
Elaine
Pearson, executive director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia division said:
“Facilitating the return of these Australians arbitrarily detained in camps in
north-east Syria is long overdue.”
The
Australian government has persistently refused to bring the women and children
back. As Home Affairs minister, the now Opposition leader Peter Dutton said in
2019 the women posed a terror risk and suggested DNA testing would be required
to verify their Australian citizenship claims. He also cited the safety of
Australian officials.
“It
is an incredibly dangerous situation and the government has been very clear
that we aren’t going to put defence personnel or DFAT personnel or home affairs
personnel in harm’s way to provide support to these people,” Dutton said at the
time.
However,
a number of other countries, including the United States, which has brought
back 39 people, France, Belgium and Central Asian states, have repatriated
their citizens from al-Hawl and al-Roj. In 2020 the government of Uzbekistan
completed the repatriation of 98 people, including 25 women and 73 children.
Source:
Brisbane Times
-----
Education
Our Right: Afghan Women Students Rally in Herat After Classroom Attack that
Killed Dozens
OCTOBER
02, 2022
More
than 100 Afghan women students rallied in the western city of Herat on Sunday,
protesting against a suicide bombing on a Kabul classroom that killed dozens as
they prepared for exams.
On
Friday, a bomber blew himself up in the women’s section of a gender-segregated
study hall in Kabul’s Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood, an enclave of the
historically oppressed Shiite Muslim Hazara community.
Hundreds
of students were taking tests training for university admission, and the United
Nations said at least 35 were killed and another 82 wounded, with most of the
casualties being girls and young women.
On
Sunday, more than 100 women — mostly Hazara — rallied in Herat against the
attack, one of the deadliest to strike the minority in recent years.
“Education
is our right, genocide is a crime," the protesters chanted, marching from
the University of Herat to the provincial governorate.
Women’s
rights protests have seen tense standoffs with authorities since the Taliban
returned to power, with demonstrators detained and rallies broken up by aerial
firing.
Women
activists have still tried to stage sporadic protests, most in Kabul, against a
slew of restrictions imposed on them by the Taliban.
The
jihadist Islamic State (IS) group regards Shiites as heretics and has
previously staged attacks in the area targeting girls, schools and mosques.
Hazaras have also been targeted in Herat in recent years.
Source:
News18
-----
URL: https://newageislam.com/islam-women-feminism/pakistan-clerics-women-sports-namaz/d/128086