“Today a woman is picturised as a ‘woman’ rather than respected as a mother, a sister and a daughter. A lady, who fetches more money and works like a man, gets more respect in the society than a naive lady who does not believe in vanity,” said Engineer Muhammad Salim, Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Rajasthan Zone, while addressing a huge gathering of women at a symposium on Making an Ideal Society and The Role of Women at Arco Place Hotel in Jaipur on May 28. He said women play a pivotal role in making an ideal society. If women nurture, socialise, and mould characters of their children, one can hope for a healthy generation. The symposium was part of a two-week long (16-30 May) JIH Rajasthan’s campaign, Be the Protector of Womanhood.
Ishrat Hayat, Jaipur Ladies Wing Organiser, said such symposiums, lectures and other programmes were held at different places in the State. She said JIH wants women to know their rights and also reminds them of their responsibility, which they seem to have forgotten in today’s world of materialism.
Nisha Sidhu, NFIW state general secretary, said Islam has given various rights to women, which other religions seem to have ignored, but unfortunately they are not being benefited of such rights. She said today Islam is being targeted. Hence it is the duty of Muslim women to come forward and counter them. She urged women to get quality education and play their part in building an ideal society.
Mehrunnisa Khan, Principal Angels Public School, lamented that today a woman has become a commodity. Woman is used to earn easy and handsome money in films and televisions by exposing their beauty, which is shame to the womenfolk. She said Allah has given some virtues to women which if not utilised in real cause could mar a family.
Naseera Zubairi, co-organiser of the programme, said the society seems to ignore the contribution of women. Today undue media hype is given to burqa, which has not been a mere tradition in Islam rather it is a gift given by the Creator to women to cover their honour and dignity.
Ubaida Iqbal, State Secretary Girls Islamic Organisation, reminded the gathering that women’s prime responsibility is to nurture the forthcoming generation and make it the strength of society and the country. She feared that if women fail to accomplish this duty, the society cannot be saved from further deterioration.