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Saudi Cleric Fired for Rejecting Segregation of Sexes – Ahmed Qassim Al-Ghamdi
Saudi cleric fired for advocating mixing of sexes
— AP: “The head of Saudi Arabia’s powerful religious police has fired the chief of the Mecca branch for advocating the mixing of the sexes, an official from the force said Tuesday.”
— “Ahmed bin Qassim al-Ghamidi’s suggestion in a newspaper interview this week that men and women should be left to mingle freely directly clashed with a central preoccupation of the force.”
Saudi Gazette – April 6, 2010: “Segregation of sexes: Hai’a chief stands by his comment”
— “Ahmed Qassim Al-Ghamdi, the head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (the Hai’a) in Makkah, has said he will not go back on his previous comments on the segregation of the sexes, and described opposition to his views from within his own organization as disgruntled individuals trying to ‘get their own back’.”
— “With a notable security presence and an audience of both sexes, Al-Ghamdi addressed the Taif Literary Club Sunday on a series of sensitive topics, although questions put to him concerning his views on segregation were blocked by the chairman and any attempt to broach the subject from other angles was quickly put paid to.”
— “Al-Ghamdi said, however, that the policy was not of his making.”
— “‘I didn’t ask the club to bar the subject or any questions on it from discussion,” Al-Ghamdi told Okaz. ‘You can write in the newspaper from my own mouth that I still hold to the view I expressed on ikhtilat, and I won’t go back on it, and I’ll continue to repeat what I wrote.'”
— “In an interview reported by Saudi Gazette last December Al-Ghamdi spoke at length on the subject of the mixing of sexes – “ikhtilat” – in which he described it in the current usage as ‘a recent adoption unknown to the early people of knowledge’.”
— “‘Mixing used to be part of normal life for the Ummah and its societies,’ he said, adding that the word ‘in its contemporary meaning has entered customary jurisprudential terminology from outside’.”
— “‘Those who prohibit ikhtilat cling to weak ahadith, while the correct ahadith prove that mixing is permissible, contrary to what they claim,’ Al-Ghamdi said.”
— “The Sheikh revealed, however, that among those who opposed his views were some Hai’a officials who he had previously ‘punished for administrative irregularities’.”
— “‘Their response was a form of vengeance. They were trying to stir trouble and get their own back,’ he said, believing them to have seen the interview as a ‘provocation’ and a chance to take revenge for being punished. “Some of them were extremists in thought, something which we won’t accept in the Hai’a,” he said.”
December 11, 2009 – Saudi Gazette: Hai’a chief: Kaust an ‘extraordinary move and huge accomplishment’
— “The head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Makkah has added his voice of support to the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Kaust) and addressed the issue of “ikhtilat” – the mixing of the sexes – that has prompted numerous scholars and commentators to speak out in recent months.”
— “‘The term ‘ikhtilat’ in this usage is a recent adoption that was unknown to the early people of knowledge,’ Sheikh Ahmed Al-Ghamdi said in a lengthy interview with Okaz.”
— “‘Mixing was part of normal life for the Ummah and its societies.'”
— “‘The word in its contemporary meaning has entered customary jurisprudential terminology from outside,’ Al-Ghamdi said.”
— “‘Those who prohibit the mixing of the genders actually live it in their real lives, which is an objectionable contradiction, as every fair-minded Muslim should follow Shariah judgments without excess or negligence,’ Al-Ghamdi said.”
— “‘In many Muslim houses – even those of Muslims who say mixing is haram – you can find female servants working around unrelated males,’ he said.”
December 16, 2009 – Saudi Gazette: Makkah Hai’a head rumored to face dismissal over interview
Congo rape crisis ‘increasing’
Congo rape crisis ‘increasing’
— Daily Telegraph: “As many as 14 women are raped every day in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, almost half of them in broad daylight and more than half in their own homes, according to a study published on Thursday.”
Yemen: Dead Yemeni child bride tied up and raped
Yemen: Dead Yemeni child bride tied up and raped: mum
— Gulf News: “Nijma Ahmad says daughter described how her 23-year-old husband had tied her up and forced himself on her”
Pakistan: Extremist lawmakers Object to Domestic Violence Law for Women’s Rights
R.E.A.L. summarizes reports on a new proposed domestic violence bill in Pakistan, opposition to it, and reports on domestic violence in Pakistan. In August 2009, a similar bill was reportedly “passed” by the Pakistan National Assembly, but was rejected due to inaction by the Pakistan Senate and the rest of the Pakistan government by December 2009. In January 2010, the U.S. government announced plans for $7.5 billion in aid for Pakistan.
— April 8, 2010: AP reports: “Pakistan edges closer to banning domestic violence”
— after acid attack on her face, destroying her left eye, wife Zakia Perveen said “I just thought it was my destiny, my fate.”
— “Rights advocates hope a proposed law banning domestic violence will chip away at such attitudes, giving women a more even playing field and bringing Pakistan in line with a growing number of developing nations that have outlawed spousal abuse.”
— “But Islamist lawmakers in Parliament are objecting, claiming the law could tear apart the social fabric by undermining families.”
— “In 2008, there were at least 7,571 incidents of acid attacks, rapes, spousal beatings and other violence against women, according to The Aurat Foundation, a women’s rights group. Because the group relied mostly on media reports, the figure is likely a vast undercount.”
— “Other surveys have shown up to 80 percent of wives in rural parts of Pakistan fear physical violence from their husbands, while 50 percent of women in urban areas admit their husbands beat them, according to a 2009 U.S. State Department report on Pakistan.”
The February 1, 2010: Aurat Foundation – Statistics of violence against women in Pakistan in 2009. report states that:
“The number of cases of violence in different categories of offenses and their province-wise breakdown is as follows. There were:
— 1384 cases of murder:
(752 in Punjab; 288 in Sindh; 266 in NWFP; 39 in Balochistan; 39 in Islamabad);
— 604 cases of honor killing:
(245 in Punjab; 284in Sindh; 14 in NWFP; 59 in Balochistan; 2 in Islamabad);
— 1987 cases of abduction/kidnapping:
(1698 in Punjab; 160 in Sindh; 64 in NWFP; 13 in Balochistan; 52 in Islamabad);
— 608 cases of domestic violence:
(271 in Punjab; 134 in Sindh; 163 in NWFP; 22 in Balochistan; 18 in Islamabad);
— 683 cases of suicide:
( 448 in Punjab; 176 in Sindh; 43 in NWFP; 10 in Balochistan; 6 in Islamabad);
— 928 cases of rape/gang-rape:
(786 in Punjab; 122 in Sindh; 7 in NWFP; 4 in Balochistan; 9 in Islamabad);
— 274 cases of sexual assault:
(227 in Punjab; 44 in Sindh; 0 in NWFP; 2 in Balochistan; 1 in Islamabad);
— 50 cases of stove burning:
(33 in Punjab; 10 in Sindh; 4 in NWFP; 1 in Balochistan; 2 in Islamabad);
— 53 cases of acid throwing:
(42 in Punjab; 9 in Sindh; 1 in NWFP; 0 in Balochistan; 1 in Islamabad);
— 1977 cases of violence were of miscellaneous nature (vanni/swara, custodial violence, torture, trafficking, child marriages, incest, threat to violence, sexual harassment, attempted murder, suicide & rape) in the four provinces and Islamabad.”
A year ago, similar media reports stated efforts were in progress on a new domestic violence law in Pakistan. In August 2009, Dawn reported that a “private bill” on domestic violence had passed in the Pakistan National Assembly, which required approval by the Pakistan Senate. The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) in Pakistan has previously warned that a law against domestic violence will “push up divorce rates,” according to Dawn. But by December 25, 2009, ANI reported “the [Pakistan] Government has seemingly lost sight of it.” On December 25, 2009, ANI reported: “when the bill was sent to the Senate, Mohammad Khan Sheerani, of the JUI-F, raised some objections, leading to a deferment of hearing, and then the Government slept on the matter and now the bill has lapsed… to make it a law the Government was required to get the bill passed through the upper house within 90 days of its receipt.”
— In another report by Shirin Sadeghi, Pakistan group Women Protection Project’s Dr. Khola Iram states “When you talk about domestic violence in Pakistan, some men in the educated classes, for instance, say that women are not the ones who are dying, it’s the police officers, they are all males… They don’t consider citizen security as security of women also.”
— Shirin Sadeghi reports “Dr. Iram is subdued as she explains that Pakistan, a nation of over 90 million women and girls, does not have a domestic violence law.”
— Shirin Sadeghi also tells of how Pakistani women have been “married” to inanimate objects and even pigeons to save their inheritance. Shirin Sadeghi reports: “The concept of marrying a female family member to an inanimate object, such as the Koran, or an animal, is too often employed to ensure that the inheritance will never be lost. ‘We had a case in Bhawalpur where the lady was married to a pigeon just to save the inheritance. I mean, what kind of Islam is that?’ Dr. Iram says.”
— March 2009 report – Pakistan woman Irshaad asks: “Is it really a punishable crime to beat or scold one’s wife?” She says she is not beaten as often now that her husband has gotten sick.
— See also Google search on “domestic violence bill in Pakistan”
Other R.E.A.L. postings on Pakistan women:
March 11, 2010: U.S. State Department Human Rights Report on Women in Pakistan
Pakistan: 647 women killed in the name of ‘honor’ last year
Pakistan: Latest Honor Killing:How A Deleted Cellphone Video Led To Murder
Pakistan: Violence against women increases by 27 percent: official
Pakistan Women Acid Victims Seek Hope — Women “Treated Like Commodoties”
Pakistan: Man kills wife over ‘honor’
Slavery in Pakistan: “Girl sold in open auction”
Pakistan: Taliban kill two female teachers in Bajaur
Pakistan: Bombing in Peshawar Targets Women, Children
Pakistan: Acid burn victim seeks help to fight her misery
Pakistan: Suicide Attack Targets Women’s Cafeteria at Pakistan University
Pakistan — Karachi: “Man slays sister’s husband over honor” for being married
Pakistan: “Mother of nine killed over honor”
Pakistan: Top Pakistan university to ban kissing
Pakistan Federal Shariat Court acquits rape convict
Pakistan “Honor Killing”: “Bodies of couple found in well in Gadap Town”
Pakistan “Honor Killing” based on “Karo-Kari” — Kubra Bibi — mother of two, strangled
Pakistan: Human rights group hails new law for Pakistani women — PCC states it will “provides protection to working women at workplace from sexual advances and intimidation”
Pakistan Mob Tortures Women, Forces Them to Walk Naked in Public
Pakistan: “7 more girls escape from Women Crisis Centre” — fear to be killed by relatives
Pakistan: “Honor Killing” of Daughter and Boy
Pakistan: Suspected “Honor Killing” of Pregnant Wife, Two Teenage Daughters
Pakistan Christian Post: “Honor killing of 40 women in month of May, 2009, in Sindh”
Pakistan — 60-year-old woman charged with “blasphemy”
Pakistan “Honor Killing”: Bride’s family accused of double murder
Pakistan: Man kills cousin for ‘honor’
Pakistan: Jirga orders marrying off three minor girls
Pakistan: “Honour killings in Sindh rise in second quarter: report”
Pakistan: “122 cases of women being burnt were reported in Lahore”
Pakistan: Another “Honor Killing” of Eloped Couple — Barki
Pakistan “Honor killings”: Couple, including teenage bride, mother, sister murdered
Pakistan high court orders release of “honor killing” convict
Pakistan: 16 year old girl sold to 62 year old man
Pakistan: Wider cooperation stressed to fight women trafficking
Pakistan: ‘Violence against women on rise as perpetrators go scot-free’
Pakistan’s Lahore: Man kills sister in the name of ‘honor’ — in front of other family members
Pakistan: Update on Tasleem Solangi “honor-killing” case
Pakistan Karachi: When a woman’s right becomes a ‘sin’
Pakistan: Report on Al-Huda International – “Many girls have been ‘transformed’ by Ms Hashmi who now believe in limiting their existence to the four walls of the house”
Pakistan: “Karo-Kiri” used to justify so-called “honor killings”
Pakistan: woman forced to kidnap because of misogynist hate against women
Canada’s Roohi Tabassum “Faces possible honor killing if deported to Pakistan”
Pakistan: “Brother kills girl for honor”
Pakistan: Honor Killing in Pakistan takes lives of two men one woman
Pakistan: Female Pakistani Singer Killed In Peshawar — Ayman Udas
Pakistan: “honor killings” in Sindh
Pakistan: “Brother kills girl for honor”
Pakistan: Pashto female singer killed
Pakistan: Taliban gunmen shooting couple dead for adultery caught on camera
Pakistan: NWFP: Couple shot dead on jirga’s order – Kala Dhaka
Pakistan: Eloping Niece Murdered by Extremist Uncle Over “Honor”
Pakistan: Daughters Murdered by Extremist Father
Pakistan: Study Finds So-Called “Honor Killings” a Major Portion of Pakistan’s Homicides
Pakistan: Taliban whip 17 year old girl
Pakistan: Taliban destroy over 100 girls’ schools in Swat
Pakistan: Husband chops off wife’s nose on alleged infidelity
Pakistan woman asks – is it a crime for her husband to beat her?
Pakistan – Fear of death stalks women in Swat
Other R.E.A.L. postings on Pakistan religious minority women:
Pakistan: Pregnant woman killed for changing sect — from Sunni to Shia Islam
Pakistan: 25 Hindu girls abducted every month; forcibly converted to Islam
Pakistan Report: Christian Woman Raped, Tortured — Protests Denied
Pakistan: Report of Attack on Christian Family to Get Withdrawl of Rape Cape — Muneeran Bibi
Pakistan: Reports of Christian Girl Burnt Alive After Rape
Pakistan: Activists warn, the murder of a 12-year-old Christian girl could go unpunished
Pakistan: Violent Death of Girl in Pakistan Spurs Push for Justice
Pakistan’s Punjab: Christian Girl Attacked For Saying She’s Pakistani
Pakistan — ICC report on rape of Christian minority girl
Pakistan — ICC Report: “Pregnant Christian Dragged Naked through Pakistani Police Station”
Pakistan — Muslim Forces 12-year-old Girl to Convert, Marry Him
Pakistan: Lahore Christian woman threatened with “blasphemy” charge
White Nationalist Hate Group Seeks to Take Away Women’s Voting Rights
— the Virginia-headquartered, white nationalist hate group Occidental Dissent today called for taking away the rights of women to vote in America in a report “Why Voting Should Be Male Only”
— the white nationalist Occidental Dissent group argues that “unlimited democracy with universal suffrage is a terrible idea, and largely responsible for the problems we face”
— the white nationalist group concludes that “regardless of the other failings of society, any state constructed in the future must restrict the vote to men only. A failure to do this will result in disaster.”
— see also screen shots of the Occidental Dissent white nationalist group calling for taking away women’s suffrage: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
— the mission of the white nationalist Occidental Dissent group is the “the creation of a Jew-free, racially exclusive White ethnostate in North America”
— the Occidental Dissent’s efforts have recently been praised by a group called “The Alternative Right,” whose members have included “VDARE friend” Richard Spencer and Youth for Western Civilization (YWC) leader Kevin DeAnna. Alternative Right’s Kevin DeAnna is also a Deputy Field Director with the “Leadership Institute.”
Both the Occidental Dissent and VDARE have been supporters of the “white nationalist hate group” American Renaissance (AmRen) to hold events in the Washington DC area; Alternative Right has also interviewed AmRen’s Jared Taylor to defend his views on “white nationalism.”
We urge all those who promote racial hate or misogyny to support our universal human rights. Choose Love, Not Hate. Love Wins.
Subjugation of women threatens US security: Hillary Clinton
Nigeria/Italy: Former sex slave tells story of ‘trip of no return’
Canada: Muslim child brides on rise
Canada: Muslim child brides on rise
— Toronto Sun: “Top immigration officials in Canada and Pakistan say all they can do is reject the sponsorships of husbands trying to bring their child-brides to Canada. The men have to reapply when the bride turns 16. The marriages are permitted under Sharia Law.”
India: “Islamic clerics oppose women’s reservation”
India: “Islamic clerics oppose women’s reservation”
— IANS: “Maulana Saeed-ur Rehman, principal of the Lucknow-based internationally renowned Nadwat-ul-Ulema seminary, told IANS: ‘It was un-Islamic for any Muslim woman to contest an election in a secular nation.'”