“I Nearly Lost My Life Fighting Against Taliban’s Ban On Girls’ Education: Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai Slams Imran Khan's ‘Pashtun Culture’ Remarks
New
Age Islam News Bureau
21
December 2021
• Another
Woman Executed In Dastgerd Prison Of Isfahan, Central Iran
• Afghan
Women Went To Universities Long Before Pakistan Was Created, Say Leaders And
Activists
• Women
Empowerment In Nigeria: Gender Equality Bill Anti-Islam, Women Cannot Be Equal
To Men, Say Northern Senators
• Pakistani
Shia Cleric: Hazrat Zahra Best Role Model For Muslim Women
• Pakistan,
Indonesia Discuss Women MPs’ Cooperation
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by New Age Islam News Bureau
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“I Nearly Lost My Life Fighting Against Taliban’s Ban On Girls’ Education: Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai Slams Imran Khan's ‘Pashtun Culture’ Remarks
Nobel
Laureate Malala Yousafzai
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Dec
21, 2021
Nobel
laureate and women’s rights activist Malala Yousafzai has reacted strongly to
recent statements made by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan about women’s education
in Afghanistan. He mentioned about the “Pashtun culture” saying the ethnic
group keeps women away from education as part of its culture.
“I
nearly lost my life fighting against Taliban’s ban on girls’ education.
Thousands of Pashtoon activists and notables lost their lives when they raised
their voices against Taliban’s horrors and millions became refugees. We
represent Pashtoons - not the Taliban,” Yousafzai said on Twitter
I
nearly lost my life fighting against Taliban’s ban on girls’ education. Thousands
of Pashtoon activists and notables lost their lives when they raised their
voices against Taliban’s horrors and millions became refugees. We represent
Pashtoons — not the Taliban.
—
Malala (@Malala) December 20, 2021
Speaking
at the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) summit in Islamabad on Sunday,
Imran Khan said that the Taliban – which now rules Afghanistan - was a
predominant Pashtun movement. He also said that terror group Islamic State
attacks Pakistan from Afghanistan.
Khan's
remarks sparked a response from former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and
Afghans on social media.
Karzai
called Pakistan Prime Minister's remarks "an attempt to sow discord among
Afghans, and an insult to the Afghan people." He also asked Imran Khan to
stop interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs.
Afghanistan's
former ambassadress to Norway Shukria Barakzai also said that the comments show
his lack of knowledge of Afghanistan's history.
A
large number of social media activists posted photos and video clips of ancient
Afghanistan where women would go to universities and schools and they were part
of the cabinets in different governments.
Some
said that Kabul University has been founded in 1932 before the birth of
Pakistan in 1947.
Leader
of Pashtoon Tahafuz Movement (PTM) Manzoor Pashteen in a Twitter post also
condemned and said that Imran Khan's comments are false and negative.
Pashteen
said that Pashtoons never denied education to girls nor denied their rights.
"Stop this colonialism," he wrote, reported Khaama Press.
Source:
Hindustan Times
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Another
Woman Executed In Dastgerd Prison Of Isfahan, Central Iran
At least seven women have been hanged in Iran in less than a month
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December
20, 2021
At
least seven women have been hanged in Iran in less than a month
The
Iranian regime’s authorities had another woman executed in Dastgerd Prison of
Isfahan at dawn on Sunday, December 19, 2021.
The
victim was Fatemeh Aslani. She had been serving time in prison for nine years
allegedly for murdering her husband.
Mrs.
Aslani had pleaded not guilty before the court.
The
129th woman executed since 2013
The
state media in Iran have not yet announced this execution as this report is
being published. This is the 129th woman executed by the clerical regime since
the summer of 2013.
The
Iranian regime has executed at least 7 women in less than a month. Thirty men
have also been executed in this time span.
The
Iranian prison authorities had another woman executed in the Prison of Amol, in
northern Iran, on December 14, 2021. Massoumeh Zare’i, 40, had a 21-year-old
daughter. She had murdered her husband in self-defense against domestic
violence.
The
world’s chief executioner of women
Iran
holds the world’s top executioner record, with the highest number of citizens
executed per capita. It is also the world’s chief executioner of women. An
average of 15 women is executed in Iran every year. The executions are grossly
unfair.
The
actual number of executions, particularly the number of women executed, is much
higher. The clerical regime carries out most executions in secret and out of
the public eye. No witnesses are present at the time of execution but those who
carry them out.
The
Iranian regime open-handedly uses the death penalty as a form of punishment. In
a discriminatory manner, this punishment is carried out against religious and
ethnic minorities, political dissidents, and women.
Many
of the women executed by the mullahs’ regime are themselves victims of domestic
violence against women and have acted in self-defense.
According
to Amnesty International, more than two-thirds of the world countries have
abolished or halted the death penalty. However, in Iran, the killing machine is
taking up speed under Ebrahim Raisi, the notorious henchman of the 1988
massacre, and Gholam Hossein Mohseni Eje’i, another notorious judge involved in
the genocide.
Source:
Women NCR
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2021/12/20/another-woman-executed-in-iran/
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Afghan
women went to universities long before Pakistan was created, say leaders and
activists
Dec
21 2021
Afghans,
former politicians, Taliban activists, and social media activists took to
social media and condemned Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's recent comments
over the culture of Afghans, Khaama Press reported. Imran Khan on Sunday at the
OIC's session in Islamabad said that not allowing women to get an education has
been part of the culture of the Afghan people and the world should respect
that.
Former
President Hamid Karzai said that the statements of Imran Khan are inflammatory
and disrespectful and asked Khan to stop interfering in Afghanistan's internal
affairs. Afghanistan's former envoy to Norway Shukria Barakzai also said that
comments show his lack of knowledge of Afghanistan's history, the report said.
Leader of Pashtoon Tahafuz Movement (PTM) Manzoor Pashteen in a Twitter post
also condemned and said that Imran Khan's comments are false and negative.
Pashteen
said that Pashtoons never denied education to girls nor denied their rights.
"Stop this colonialism," he wrote. In the meantime, a large number of
social media activists posted photos and video clips of ancient Afghanistan
where women would go to universities and schools and were part of the cabinets
in different governments, according to Indo-Asian News Service. Some said that
Kabul University was founded in 1932 while Pakistan emerged in 1947.
Furthermore, Taliban activists on social media also reacted to Imran Khan's
statements and added that his comments were a humiliation to the Afghan people
and the Islamic system, the report said. The government of Afghanistan is yet
to comment on the remarks of the Pakistan Prime Minister.
Source:
Gulf Today
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Women
Empowerment In Nigeria: Gender Equality Bill Anti-Islam, Women Cannot Be Equal
To Men, Say Northern Senators
Hillary
Essien
DECEMBER
15, 2021
Northern
senators on Wednesday kicked against a proposed law for women empowerment in
Nigeria, saying its content contradicts Islam and northern cultural values.
Senator
Abiodun Olujimi of Ekiti has been pushing to get the bill through the
parliament since 2016, but some senators have raised different concerns to get
the bill shut down or at least returned to the initial stages.
Mrs
Olujimi said the bill will “allow for the prohibition of all forms of
discrimination against women and provide for the equality of all persons,”
including people of determination in the society.
But
some northern senators said the bill was not properly worded, especially its
title that seeks equality rather than equity; while arguing strongly that it
would contravene the tenets of Islam.
“This
equality infringes on the Quran,” Abubakar Yusuf, representing Taraba Central
Senatorial District, said at today’s plenary. “I will not support the passage
of the bill until the word equality is removed. When you bring equality into it
infringes on the Quran.”
In
his argument, Aliyu Wammako, representing Sokoto North Senatorial District,
said he will not support the bill as currently framed.
“When
it comes to socio-cultural practices, it is wrong,” Mr Wamakko said. “When you
talk of equity it is okay. When you talk of equality I will not support it.”
But
Senator IIstifanus Gyang from Plateau North said the bill holds crucial
elements to Nigeria’s social and economic development.
“Women
have been at the receiving end of being excluded,” the senator said while
expressing his support. “Women are entitled to equal opportunities. Being a
woman is not being less human.”
Senate
President Ahmad Lawan said the concerns of northern senators should be
addressed before the bill could scale through.
Mrs
Olujimi has faced relentless opposition since first proposing the bill in 2015.
The bill suffered through the Eighth Assembly without passage, but she said her
determination made her present the bill for consideration in the current Ninth
Assembly.
In
2016, some senators rejected the bill, saying it would make women become
lesbians and prostitutes. The argument was rejected by civic groups, who warned
that failure to pass the bill could leave Nigeria behind amongst countries
seeking to score better in global development indicators.
Source:
Gazette NGR
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Pakistani
Shia cleric: Hazrat Zahra best role model for Muslim women
December
21, 2021
A
Pakistani cleric praised the position of Hazrat Fatimah al-Zahra (SA), noting
that she is the best role model for Muslim women.
“Today’s
capitalist system is trying to offer an unhuman and trivial model to Muslim
women and girls by cultural aggression. So introducing different aspects of
Hazrat Zahra’s character can be the best practical model for women in the
Islamic society,” Seyyed Shoja Hossein Hosseini, a lecturer at Qom seminary
school, said on Monday on the occasion of the Martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat
Zahra (SA).
All
Muslims and even all human beings are somehow indebted to this great figure
since the Gold Almighty has bestowed parts of his blessings to humans because
of the presence of such characters, he said.
Lauding
the role of Hazrat Zahra (SA) inside the family, the cleric went on to refer to
a Prophetic hadith which reads “Fatima is a part of me, and he who makes her
angry, makes me angry. And he who makes me angry, makes God angry.” This shows
the great position of Hazrat Zahrah (SA), he stressed.
Prophet
Muhammad (PBUH) would kiss the hands and face of his daughter and this kind of
behavior and expression of love to daughters created a revolution at the social
level as people were being surprised by it, he added.
Referring
to the sublime features of Ahlul Bayt (SA), the cleric pointed to a famous
prophetic hadith which reads “The similitude of my Ahlul Bayt, is like that of
the Ark of Noah: The one who embarks it, will have saved himself, and the one
who turns away from it, is doomed.”
The
way Hazrat Zahra (SA) behaved with Hazrat Ali (AS) and her children is a great
model for women all around the world, Sayyed Hosseini concluded.
Source:
ABNA24
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Pakistan,
Indonesia discuss women MPs’ cooperation
20
Dec 2021
ISLAMABAD:
Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi met the Foreign Minister of
Indonesia, Retno Marsudi, on Sunday on the occasion of the 17th Extraordinary
Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC).
The
meeting was later joined by 8 women Parliamentarians of Pakistan (Members of
the National Assembly and Senate), including Andleeb Abbas, Maleeka Ali
Bokhari, Kanwal Shauzab, Seemee Ezdi, Ms. Tashfeen Safdar, Syma Nadeem, Aliya
Hamza Malik and Dr. Zarqa Suharwardy Taimur, to interact with the Indonesian
Foreign Minister.
Views
were exchanged on women empowerment and promotion of equal opportunities,
especially in the context of democratic and Islamic character of both Indonesia
and Pakistan.
Source:
Brecorder
https://www.brecorder.com/news/40141278/pakistan-indonesia-discuss-women-mps-cooperation
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