Women Who Wear Hijab Are Better: Famous Egyptian TV Presenter Radwa El-Sherbiny Under Investigation for Hijab Remarks
New
Age Islam News Bureau
15
September 2020
• Mariam al-Otaibi, Saudi Woman Wins Legal Fight to Live and Travel Alone
• Awatif
Al-Sahav First Saudi Woman To Run For Sports Club Presidency In Saudi Arabia
• Women
and Girls Safe Spaces in Rohingya Camps
• Zahid
Promises More Appointments for Women If BN Wins State Election In Sabah
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Women Who Wear Hijab Are Better: Famous Egyptian TV Presenter Radwa El-Sherbiny Under Investigation for Hijab Remarks
Amr
Mohamed Kandil
13
Sep 2020
Radwa
El Sherbiny during a segment of her show ‘Heya wi Bas’ (Photo: CBC)
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The
Egyptian Supreme Council for Media Regulation, the national body concerned with
overseeing the media, is opening an investigation concerning TV presenter Radwa
El-Sherbiny after she said on her show that women who wear the hijab are
“better” than those who do not.
Hijab
is a head covering that many Muslim women wear in public to conform to Islamic
standards of modesty.
The
council said that it received complaints about the remarks by El-Sherbini,
which she made on her CBC Sofra program Heya w Bas.
El-Sherbini
encouraged Muslim girls to continue wearing their veil even if they face peer
pressure to take it off.
Last
week, El-Sherbiny, who does not wear a hijab herself, responded to a question
from one of her viewers, telling her to not give up on her hijab.
“To
every [woman] who is the only veiled one among her group of friends, or [in
her] family, or street, or work, never take off the hijab. You are 100,000
times better than I and non-hijabi women,” she said last week.
She
added that “the devil inside [non-hijabi women] is more powerful than their
faith and strength,” and that women who wear the hijab are “better” in the eyes
of God.
El-Sherbiny
later apologised, saying that she had gone too far with her comments and that
she did not mean to offend non-hijabis.
“I
meant to say that hijabi women have done their duty better than I and
non-hijabi women,” she said, adding that this does not mean that non-Hijabi
women are not good.
She
concluded her one-minute apology by saying that women who wear the hijab and
those who do not both have good and bad examples among them.
El-Sherbiny’s
comments stirred controversy on Egyptian social media, with many attacking her
for her remarks and others coming to her defence.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/379926/Egypt/Politics-/Famous-TV-presenter-Radwa-ElSherbiny-under-investi.aspx
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Mariam
al-Otaibi, Saudi Woman Wins Legal Fight to Live and Travel Alone
14
September 2020
Mariam
al-Otaibi, 32, was pursued for moving against her family’s wishes
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A
court has ruled that a woman who lived and travelled alone without her father’s
permission had “the right to choose where to live”.
A
three-year legal battle came to an end after a judge ruled that Mariam
al-Otaibi, 32, had committed no crime by moving to Riyadh, against her family’s
wishes.
She
was arrested in 2017 after she fled her family home on the basis of alleged
abuse by her father and brothers.
She
was ultimately sentenced to more than three months’ imprisonment in al-Malaz
Prison in Riyadh but continued to face “disobedience” charges after being
released.
She
gained more than 100,000 Twitter followers after beginning a campaign that
declared “I am my own guardian”.
The
judge stated: “The defendant is a sane, adult woman who has the right to choose
where to live. What the defendant did by moving to Riyadh and living in a
separate home is one of her natural rights and cannot be described as a
punishable crime.”
Mena,
a 35-year-old doctor in Jeddah, told The Times: “This judgment is historic
because it’s rare. The male guardian system is still as strong as it’s ever
been.” She added: “It’s been more than two years since women were allowed to
drive in Saudi Arabia yet many are not driving, either because they fear
harassment or their male guardian won’t allow it.”
https://www.irishlegal.com/article/saudi-arabia-woman-wins-legal-fight-to-live-and-travel-alone
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Awatif
Al-Sahav First Saudi Woman To Run For Sports Club Presidency In Saudi Arabia
September
14, 2020
SAKAKA
— Awatif Al-Sahav has become the first Saudi woman to run for the presidency of
a sports club in Saudi Arabia. She filed her candidature for the post of the
chairperson of the Citadel Club in the northern Al-Jouf region. If elected, she
will succeed her husband, Ahmed Al Sahav, the current chairman of the board of
directors of the club.
Speaking
to Okaz/Saudi Gazette, Awatif said: “I have registered myself as the first
Saudi woman candidate for the presidency of a sports club in the Kingdom. I am
very happy on this occasion as I have sufficient experience to manage the
Citadel Club,” she said noting that she was confident of taking advantage of
the vast experience of her husband, who is very popular in the Al-Jouf region
and outside in sports field.
Awatif
said that this step realizes the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, which affirms the
importance of women’s participation in assuming leadership positions, and that
Saudi women have proven their success and competence in all fields, including
sports.
Awatif
emphasized that her ambitions are great with regard to making remarkable
achievements in the sports field. “These ambitions include enabling women to
hold key positions in sports bodies and form a women’s sports council, to be
the first in Saudi Arabia. I am also keen to empower women to take up key
positions in the sports field,” she added.
https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/597938
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Women
and Girls Safe Spaces in Rohingya Camps
14
Sep 2020
As
the Rohingya Response of Bangladesh nears the two-year mark, the response has
evolved from immediate emergency life-saving provisions to other supports
(protection, health, nutrition etc). One aspect of this crisis is that majority
are women and children (52% women & girls, 55% children under 18) (Rohingya
Response Gender Analysis, Lulia, Mita et al, 2018). Thus, responses specific to
needs of women and girls are of crucial importance. At the heart of this are
Women and Girls’ Safe Space (WGSS) locally called shantikhana (Center of
Peace). As UNFPA defines:
“A
safe space is a formal or informal place where women and girls feel physically
and emotionally safe. The term ‘safe,’ in the present context, refers to the
absence of trauma, excessive stress, violence (or fear of violence), or abuse.
It is a space where women and girls, being the intended beneficiaries, feel
comfortable and enjoy the freedom to express themselves without the fear of
judgment or harm.”
CARE
Bangladesh conducted an inter-agency study that analyzes collective experience
of organizations serving survivors of GBV and other Rohingya women visiting
WGSS to understand key successes, good practice, challenges and way-forward.
https://reliefweb.int/report/bangladesh/women-and-girls-safe-spaces-rohingya-camps
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Zahid
Promises More Appointments for Women If BN Wins State Election In Sabah
15
Sep 2020
TAWAU,
Sept 15 — More women leaders In Sabah should be given posts including as
appointed state assemblymen if Barisan Nasional (BN) and its allies win the
Sabah state election on Sept 26 to form the state government, said BN chairman
Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
He
said this would be appropriate recognition for the contributions of women
leadership in the state.
"Of
course, I am disappointed (over lack of women candidates) but there are several
appointed posts that can be given to women leaders,” he added.
He
said this at a gathering with the BN candidates for the Tanjung Batu and
Kukusan state seats and a meeting with the party machinery in the Banyan
polling district centre at Taman King Fook here last night.
Ahmad
Zahid said the matter of appointed posts would be discussed with BN allies,
including Gabungan Rakyat Sabah and PAS.
He
said it is important for the party machinery to reach out to voters to ensure
BN and its partners win the election, which is seeing multi-cornered fights in
all the 73 seats.
There
are 43 women among the 447 candidates in the Sabah state election. The women
candidates include two from Umno, one from MCA, two from PN and one from PBS. —
Bernama
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/09/15/report-zahid-promises-political-appointments-for-sabah-umno-pas-leaders-if/1903338
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