[Assam] Assamese women should realise now where does the Woronee originates from! As Islamic Heaven is full of Houris(WakawaAAiba) and virginal boys, where do the women go(including Assamese Muslims) despite following the relevant Ayats 100%; Taslima?

[Bartta Bistar]

*Let's Burn The Burqa*

*The Quran does prescribe purdah. That doesn't mean women should obey it.*

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  My mother used purdah. She wore a burqa with a net cover in front of the
face. It reminded me of the meatsafes in my grandmother's house. One had a
net door made of cloth, the other of metal. But the objective was the same:
keeping the meat safe. My mother was put under a burqa by her conservative
family. They told her that wearing a burqa would mean obeying Allah. And if
you obey Allah, He would be happy with you and not let you burn in hellfire.
My mother was afraid of Allah and also of her own father. He would threaten
her with grave consequences if she didn't wear the burqa.





*Women too have sexual urges. So why didn't Allah start the purdah for men?
Clearly, He treated them on unequal terms.*





         She was also afraid of the men in the neighbourhood, who could have
shamed her. Even her husband was a source of fear, for he could do anything
to her if she disobeyed him.

As a young girl, I used to nag her: Ma, don't you suffocate in this veil?
Don't you feel





all dark inside? Don't you feel breathless? Don't you feel angry? Don't you
ever feel like throwing it off? My mother kept mum. She couldn't do anything
about it. But I did. When I was sixteen, I was presented a burqa by one of
my relatives. I threw it away.

The custom of purdah is not new. It dates back to 300 BC. The women of
aristocratic Assyrian families used purdah. Ordinary women and prostitutes
were not allowed purdah. In the middle ages, even Anglo-Saxon women used to
cover their hair and chin and hide their faces behind a cloth or similar
object. This purdah system was obviously not religious. The religious purdah
is used by Catholic nuns and Mormons, though for the latter only during
religious ceremonies and rituals. For Muslim women, however, such religious
purdah is not limited to specific rituals but mandatory for their daily life
outside the purview of religion.

A couple of months ago, at the height of the purdah controversy, Shabana
Azmi asserted that the Quran doesn't say anything about wearing the burqa.
She's mistaken. This is what the Quran says:

"Tell the faithful women that they must keep their gaze focused below/on the
ground and cover their sexual organs. They must not put their beauty and
their jewellery on display. They must hide their breasts behind a purdah.
They must not exhibit their beauty to anybody except their husbands,
brothers, nephews, womenfolk, servants, eunuch employees and children. They
must not move their legs briskly while walking because then much of their
bodies can get exposed." (Sura Al Noor 24:31)

"Oh nabi, please tell your wives and daughters and faithful women to wear a
covering dress on their bodies. That would be good. Then nobody can
recognise them and harrass them. Allah is merciful and kind." (Sura Al
Hijaab 33: 59)

Even the Hadis�a collection of the words of Prophet Mohammed, his opinion on
various subjects and also about his work, written by those close to
him�talks extensively of the purdah for women. Women must cover their whole
body before going out, they should not go before unknown men, they should
not go to the mosque to read the namaaz, they should not go for any funeral.

There are many views on why and how the Islamic purdah started. One view has
it that Prophet Mohammed became very poor after spending all the wealth of
his first wife. At that time, in Arabia, the poor had to go to the open
desert and plains for relieving themselves and even their sexual needs. The
Prophet's wives too had to do the same. He had told his wives that "I give
you permission to go out and carry out your natural work". (Bukhari Hadis
first volume book 4 No. 149). And this is what his wives started doing
accordingly. One day, Prophet Mohammed's disciple Uman complained to him
that these women were very uncomfortable because they were instantly
recognisable while relieving themselves.
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