Sunday, April 03, 2005
Feminism Part 2
Itz basically a western misconception
Heard of moneythism? the worship of wealth power and greed??
Feminist movements have close relations to moneythism, the need to close the gap between men and female. The recent Friday prayers, led by Dr Amina Wadud, was aimed to narrow the gap between the men and women in Islam but such acts only invites criticsm from Muslim bodies worldwide. Feminist, viewed in the context and eyes of Muslim scholar, is to stir up and to create such complexities within the system and dynamics of Islam as Islam propose the idea that the men have the right to lead, the one that will be the breadwinner in the family, the one that will lead prayers and doa's.
What do you have to say about male dominance? Greed? Selfishness?
" dynamics of Islam as Islam propose the idea that the men have the right to lead, the one that will be the breadwinner in the family, the one that will lead prayers and doa's." PROPOSE! That's only a proposal there's no rule that only males will have the right to lead and stuff. It's all in the mind I'd say.
Yet i was disgraced by a 16 year old(her name i prefer to be anonymous) who wrote the above. On a personal level, i found myself in a tough position to argue her out as her influences(that includes political, social and most importantly religion) are completely different and her line of arguement could steer to a point where it would be based on the idea of the secular state, invented by post Euro-Christian and Euro-Jewish generations.
Her tone of her argument speaks for itself. Although she was quite aggresive in questioning me, i could see that the nature of her questions was myopic and absolutely narrow. Why must she view the idea of greed and selfishness ONLY IN MEN? WHY? isnt tat absoulte? In other words, to put this in a more diplomatic manner, arent women greedy and selfish too? Arent feminist movements in itself promotes greediness and selfishness amongst women! The need to close the gap with their male counterparts, the total destruction of the notion of women being the weaker sex, the one that would be submissive and play the supporting role in most political, economic and social issues. Well, the idea of feminist movement leaves me with one question? Whose the real enemy of feminist? Feminist itself is a movement, a revolution that aimed to contradict women from the past and the present. In other words, the women want power, which most of them are deprived of. Knoweldge gives us power, and as more women are educated, where are the fruits of it? Is the enemy then men that have always and will always occupy the positon at the helM?
Do Islam then diminished women in every sense of the word? Does Islam then again always points out that women are always second when it comes to man?
Prophet Muhammad s.a.w(p.b.u.h) was once asked by a sahabat who should we give our utmost respect to. The prophet answered Ibu mu(mother). He was then asked again who should come after our mother. The prophet once again answered ibu mu(mother). He was then asked who should come after Ibu considering the sahabat receives the same answers for the first 2 questions. Once again, he answered Ibumu.
Only after 3 times the prophet mentioned ibumu, the next in line came our fathera(ayahmu). What is the significance of this Ahadith?? What points can you draw out? Arent women in Islam celebrated? Arent women in Islam given special position by God of Abraham? Think! Draw out your own conclusions with regards to feminist movement. It is truly a western misconception, which in every aspect aimed to stirr up the feelings of Muslims and disrupt our beautiful religion.
Then what do u think of Dr Amina Waddud? A controversial figure in the eyes of Islam, her recent actions came to a point where it chided most of the Islamic bodies all over the world. Nays to these people( her followers). Why?
-a woman who failed to follow the dressing for woman set by Islam proudly gave azan
-other women prayed side by side with men without any sense of embarassement
Prophet Muhammad have prophesiced in a Hadith.
"Takkan henti kaum Nasrani and Yahudi menggoda umatku hinggalh ke hari Kiamat."
-Again, think for yourselves what does this Ahadith and site examples from the godless secular European and American states.
Btw, this is brief history of the main centres of Islam.
Makkah---->Madinah------>Makkah(prophet Muhammad)
Makkah---->Baghda,Iraq( reign of Hassan and Hussein, cucu Nabi)
Iraq---->Turkey( reign of Yazid I, Yazid II and Yazid III)
It was until 1924 that we saw the fall of the great Islamic Ottoman empire in the hands of the secular European state.
Future centres of Islam. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Syria. Peace out to the Arab league.
