HT Bangladesh: Oppression of women can be solved by the Islamic system only
Tuesday, 08 April 2008
Women section of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bangladesh organized a day long exhibition today at the national press club entitled ‘Oppression of Women – The Way Forward.’ The exhibition started with an opening speech by Fahmida Farhana Khanom, the Media Representative of the Women section of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bangladesh. In her speech she said the purpose of the exhibition was to show that oppression of women is a worldwide problem. It is not a phenomenon which exists in the Muslim world only nor is Islam the cause of women’s oppression. Rather the capitalist system which dominates the world today is the real cause of women’s oppression, both in the East as well as the West. The capitalist system with its slogan of women’s rights, equality and empowerment has made women as mere sex symbols to be viewed, enjoyed and profited from. As a result of this the capitalist fashion industry, diet industry, advertisement industry and not to mention the pornography industry make use of women to accumulate profits in the amount of billions of dollars. This is the ugliest form of women’s oppression.
Fahmida Khanom also said women’s oppression cannot be solved under the capitalist system no matter how many ‘women development policy’ are announced. These policies are nothing but slogans whose real aim is to eradicate the Qur’an from the people’s lives and turn women into sex symbols as in the capitalist West. As for the talk of equal property rights, it is nothing but propaganda by the capitalist government which has not even managed to provide food, clothing and shelter for most of the people including women. It is only for the benefit of the few secular capitalist women of the high class who are smitten by the Western culture, not for benefit of the common women.
The true solution to women’s oppression is the Islamic system which has secured political, economic, legal and marital rights for women 1400 years ago. Islam dignifies women and elevates the status of women as a mother, wife and daughter and the status of all women. The Prophet (SAW) said, “The world and all the things in it are precious but the most precious thing in the world is a righteous woman.” Fahmida Khanom ended her speech urging everyone to work for the re-establishment of the Khilafah which will ensure that the honour of women is protected and secure the rights granted to her by Islam.
After the speech, the exhibition was visited by women from all walks of life throughout the day. There was an open discussion from 3.00pm-5.00pm. Women section of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bangladesh issued a book on the occasion of the exhibition entitled ‘Oppression of Women: The Islamic Solution.’
The following is a press release from the new women’s media representative of HT in Bangladesh.