The Muslim Woman

She can not walk in Australian airports if she is wearing scarf, the hijab that covers a woman’s hair and neck. Keeping in mind the security measures at airports, Australian Federal government wants to ban wearing Muslim scarf, particularly the niqab and the burka that conceal the person from head to toe. This is not the first time when Muslim head wear is target of any Western country. Earlier in 2004, France banned Islamic headscarves at schools. In muslim community, Some women cover with the hijab, others with the niqab. The hijab is a headscarf used to cover the head and neck, while the niqab covers everything except the eyes. The Australian security officials are especially concerned by two other very concealing types of scarf, the niqab and the burka because woman wearing it can not be identified as her face is covered. The former British cabinet minister Jack Straw has also said that Muslim women should not cover their faces while going out. Australia’s Immigration Minister Kevin Andrew is consulting with securities officials over the implementation of the new plan. Via: news.com

Do you aspire for a virgin? So, does everyone. However, when it comes to Muslim community this aspiration takes a new high. But what if this virginity is fake or artificial? As it happens in the case of Aisha Salim who is to marry a person from Pakistan, therefore, went for a surgery, which would prove her virgin on her first wedding night. In fact, it won’t be her first experience. Aisha is not the only one opting for such medical procedures to prove her virginity but many other Muslim girls are also following the same path. This is just a tip of the iceberg, while the core issue is quite grave. In other words, it merely percolates the fast growing conflict swirling up between modern lifestyle and the so-called chauvinism, which is, indeed, a strong pillar of Islam. Not only this but it also puts forth a new debate; are rigid Muslim rules still applicable for the fast changing society or isn’t this trite rigid structure proving a stint for the development of Muslim community? The case of Aisha clearly depicts the manner in which aspiration and willingness to come up with the modern lifestyle is being crushed under the juggernaut of Islamic rules. And if modern girls like Aisha are under so much pressure to adopt fake methods just to prove their virginity then what would be the situation of other women in the Muslim community, could be assessed easily. This is issue not just of virginity but of other aspects too where we find man always having the upper hand. He is free to do what he likes, can mould laws as per his comfort. Alas! Women are supposed to follow their edicts with downcast eyes. We are living in 21st century still after first wedding night, a woman is supposed to show her bed-sheet blotted by her blood to prove her virginity. This is something, which blows out smell of barbaric and uncivilized society. After all, we need to introspect that how far strict Islamic rules are relevant in the modern perspective; otherwise, religion that is supposed to be there as a guiding star, would herald doom for the society. Source