The Female Fiasco

In light of recent events in this year’s ongoing Olympics, we have seen a number of protests in favour of equality of women or as they put it Feminism. It roots from the word female so people who want to promulgate it (chiefly women) have a clear insight of their purpose. There have been rebellious demonstrations of people who want a society with equal dichotomy of male and female with respect to exposure in all forms of life. In essence, they want females to be as open as they possibly can so any typical woman would not be indifferent.

What we recently saw in the Olympics was no nut job women like the psycho who killed innocent people in America during the Dark Knight Rises premiere. She was a Ukrainian who went half naked with a poster on her bare chest written “No Shariah”, just to publicize the meaning of Feminism, as well as bring a setback to the Muslim contenders who are already facing a clash with the holy month of Ramzan. More to the point she has targeted the Palestinian Muslim female who covered her full body while running in an event. The news quickly became rampant and got the viewers in a dilemma. It might have been a publicity stunt but it has got the people thinking that why Muslims have to be indifferent to certain standards set for everyone which now of course pertain to the Olympics. As for the activist I would call for some self-respect and advocating training if she had any and her actions show otherwise the kind of Feminism that she wanted people to comprehend.

Feminism is not a hot favourite topic to discuss today but it has been with those nations who claim to be its godfathers. Contrary to the popular belief that America is the superior Feminist nation, it is the same nation who had been strangling its throat for years. It holds good grounds that women have risen in their society to secure and potent positions. However, as a result of female suffrage, women were not allowed to cast their vote no earlier than the beginning of the 20^th century. Even black people had those rights by the year 1858. Although we are missing the point here that never has a woman from their social order been elected for president. A nation who used to undermine and detest black people would now rather have a Negro be president rather than Hillary Clinton who was an obvious candidate. Moreover, the skin show culture in these countries is a normality. What more is there to hide when you are oblivious to the fact that you have sold your body and not the product? I am afraid to say that Feminism is being wrongly perceived and to make matters worse being secreted for making women easier objects to handle.   

It is not sufficient to say that Feminism will be justified by consolidating fewer coverage of body with liberalism. If people have a problem with it then first they should remove their double standards. I am afraid to say that Feminism has been restricted to a nude science of women and I don’t mean to offend the Olympics or any given place with an attire criteria. Competition should be based on the dexterity of the athlete in a particular game and not the weight of their outfit. Respect and equality for women in all spheres of the community should be appreciated whether it is economic, political, educational or employment. Islam has from its inception been the paragon of equality for all of mankind. Stature for mother, daughter and wife was given. Right to vote was allowed from the start and let’s not forget that Benazir Bhutto was the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan and also the first Muslim women for any Islamic state. I would not argue with the extremist part of the world who only speak nonsense and no Islam, and who have compelled women to live a life of despair. Nevertheless we should not mix it up with a culture where certain clothing is traditional. What I feel is that there is less debate of Feminism and more targeting of the Muslim world. Food for thought ?  

Accept Israel- A Solution to Muslim World Misery

What is the ultimate decision to end the so-called war against Muslims by the whole western world? We have to understand that everything can't serve our interests. It's time to accept the bitter truth and look to move forward. After World War 1 and dismantling of Ottoman Empire, there was enough room for both Palestinians and the minor population of Jews, but most of the land was ruled by Kingdom of Jordan. On November 2, 1917, in Balfour declaration, it was decided that a Jewish national homeland would be built in Palestine. We must consider that the State of Israel is not a newly born state and that it existed before the Persian Empire (1392 BC).  There was always a Jewish population in the region. When the number of Jewish immigrants suddenly rose onwards from the 1880's, the economy of this very under populated and very poor country to accelerated dramatically, attracting the parallel stream of Arabs from the surrounding countries who came in looking for jobs. A famous Palestine leader, Areef Dajani said: "It is impossible to live with the Jews. In all countries where they were at present, they were not wanted because they always arrive and suck the blood of everybody and if the immigration of Jews didn't stop, this county would become a river of blood". In Peel's commission report 1937, it was decided to divide the territory into two states; 20% to Jews along the North Sea coast and remaining 80 % to Palestine but again rejected by Arabs. During the Israeli War of Independence 1948, the local Arab armies and leaders identified with Syria, Jordan, and Egypt and thought of themselves as such. At the end of the war, the Arab allotted land was divided between Israel, Egypt (Gaza), and Jordan. The Egyptians refused to let the Gazans become independent or Egyptian citizens. Eventually, the Jordanians did allow some refugees become citizens, but not all. There had been many peace conferences where it was decided that Israel would return to Pre-1967 Borders but the talks never went further and were rejected by Arabs. At Camp David in 2000, new partition plan was proposed again to Palestine giving a west bank/Gaza Palestine State and east Jerusalem as Palestine Capital but Yasser Arafat walked out of negotiations and launched a second attack. In 2005, Israel moved to 1967 border leaving flower industry to start the local economy but the response was opposite and they burnt the greenhouse industry. In September 2008, Israel offered 100 % of West Bank and Gaza to prior June 1967 border and East Jerusalem as capital but again rejected by Palestine Prime Minister.

Well my point of discussion is not just acceptance of Israel?

Acceptance of Israel State by the Muslim world would allow to end the cold war between west and east; USA, UN, Arabs, Israel, Pakistan and India. Furthermore, peace talks can be held for the future of Iraq and Palestine stopping the Muslims bloodshed. We have to understand that this is a global politics scenario. Jerusalem, Baghdad, Kabul and next targets; Iran (Tehran) and Pakistan (Karachi) are a part of plan to seize the fuel resources of Central Asia. Whosoever reached there would able to control the future world. But, acceptance of Israel can lead us to many solutions. We believe Zionists had captured the land of Palestine, well at least what history tells us. For instance, Mughals too captured the land of Hindus and was ruled by Muslim leaders. Similarly, the Raja of Kashmir decided to join India during partition, leaving Kashmiri Muslims in misery. This is no false analogy. Though Jews and Muslims are believers of holy books yet they failed to come up with mutual acceptance. We as Muslim states have failed to increase our joint perceptive instead of strengthening the Islamic Council, leading us to face these challenges in the present era. If we were strong enough and not habitual of USA interference in our countries (Pakistan, Iran 60’s, Egypt, Saudi Arab, Iraq, Syria), the present era would have been different. If we have to live peacefully then cordial relationships between countries are important, so resolving Palestine issue is of major significance.indu HiH On the other hand, Hindus and Muslims are two completely different nations but they were living together since 1556 until their struggle for independence till 1947. The main deadlock between these two countries is on water issues and terrorism. First of all, we must sign a 10 or 25 year peace treaty, so we could save billions of Rupees of military expenditure since 1947. Trade and travelling would allow gaining confidence of each other and then we could talk on Kashmir issue; dividing the Kashmir and Resources with mutual approval is the only possible answer to both the parties and Kashmir.