Berita Sheikh Al-Tantawi tak bagi pelajar wanita berpurdah di Uni Al-Azhar memang disambut baik dek MCC (Muslim Canadian Congress). Deme dah ajukan kepada Ottawa (Federal) supaya ban- kan juga niqab di sini.
Personally, rasa offended dan sedih sebab yang melarang memakainya adalah orang Islam juga. MCC, saya tak hairan sangat sebab falsafah dorang, nakkan persamaan taraf lelaki dan perempuan. Termasuklah mahu wanita jadi imam solat di masjid2, macam Aminah Wadud.. Astaghfirullahal azeem..
tapi Sheikh Al-Tantawi? I don't wanna say anything but bila dia kata purdah has nothing to do with Islam, that is totally unacceptable. Kita semua tahu Ummul Mukminin berpurdah. Larangan wanita berpurdah semasa haji pun ada. Jadi kenapa kata tiada asas dalam agama, keh pun tak paham (buat2 tak paham .. ).
Sebelum ni dah ada tengok gambar Sheikh Tantawi bersalam dengan perempuan. Kat link ni.
Tanya2 lagi kat pokcik G jumpa pulak cerita ni. So, judge lah sendiri.
Offended, sebab we muslim women tak perlukan orang lain untuk menentukan apa yang kami boleh dan tidak boleh pakai. Orang lain boleh jalan2 tengah bandar separuh bugil. Yang bugil terus pun ada dorang bior, kenapa pulak yang nak tutup seluruh tubuh badan dan muka, tak boleh?
Semalam kawan baik telefon. Dia tanya ada tak dapat berita pasal demonstration. Saya tak tanya dah demo pasal apa, dah dapat rasa, mesti ada yang nak buat demo bantahan aman. Kawan tu kata, tadi dia jumpa sorang lady, white converted lady yang berniqab tengah photocopy flyers pasal demo. Dia kata dia mintak satu, nak bagi kat anak dia. Anak dia pun berniqab. Saya kata, saya tak dapat lagi maklumat tapi rasanya saya memang tak dapat ikut. Pastu malamnya, saya dapat forwarded email dari sorang lagi ukhti.
Mesejnya..
1ST DEMONSTRATION - Toronto, Canada
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009
Queen's Park, Toronto
2:30 p.m. WE MARCH!!!
*THE EVENT IS ORGANIZED AND THERE ARE CERTAIN POINTS TO PAY ATTENTION TO, SO PLEASE CHECK THE WEBSITE:
http://www.niqaabis.com/index.html
Kelmarin dapat email dari ukhti yang sama. Mintak ramai2 tulis surat kepada MP kawasan masing2 supaya mereka tidak menyokong permintaan MCC.
Letter template below:
To:
I am appalled at the recent request of the Muslim Canadian Congress to ban Muslim women from wearing the niqab and burqa in Canada. It is my belief that the state has no business in dictating to its citizens what they can or cannot wear. The Muslim Canadian Congress would like to stop muslim women who choose to wear the niqab and want to make this an official law. I strongly disagree with this request. As quoted in their press release stated on their website (http://www.muslimcanadiancongress.org/20091008.html) they state that the niqab has nothing to do with Islam. In fact this is their belief and not the belief of the vast majority of Muslims.
Regardless, whether it has anything to do with Islam or not is besides the point, but to ban it is an affront to those who agree that it is their desire and choice to wear it. Personally, I believe that the niqab is a choice that every woman should be able to make for herself and she should be free to make that choice without the government dictating what she can or cannot do or making it illegal to her. Allowing such a ban will only help in the infringement of womens rights in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms that we strongly uphold and adhere to.
As a practicing Canadian Muslim, I would like to let my MP and the Canadian government know that I do not agree with the position of the Muslim Canadian Congress. They represent a minority and in fact do not represent me or my family in any way or form and I would like to take a stand and make this clear. It is my hope that you are receiving emails from others in our community who also have the same stance in this matter.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Saya c&p surat ni. Mintak tolong yang membaca blog ni kalau ada kawan2 di sini yang bersimpati supaya mereka juga menghantar kepada MP masing2. JazakAllah khairan. BaarkAllahu feekum.
To find your MP's email address or office address, get it from here.
Panjang sikit n3 kali ni. Terima kasih sudi membaca. Maaf, lambat update. Koi sibuk amat wehnya.... Esok, pagi petang ande(ada) appointment. Permisi dulu deh.. :)