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Saturday 24 April 2010

[wanita-muslimah] Scholar slams 'un-Islamic' practice

 

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Scholar slams 'un-Islamic' practice Publish Date: Saturday,24 April, 2010, at 01:18 AM Doha Time

By Anwar Elshamy
Staff Reporter

Qaradawi: urges Islamic clerics to pay regular visits to Muslim minorities around the world


Qatar-based Islamic scholar Sheikh Yousuf al-Qaradawi yesterday slammed the practice of denying women access to mosques by Muslims of South Africa as well as of the Indian subcontinent and said that he was surprised that women were not allowed to attend any of his lectures in Johannesburg during his recent visit there.

The scholar said the same tradition, which he called "un-Islamic", existed among the Muslims of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
In his Friday sermon, Sheikh Qaradawi said that during his visit to South Africa, he was surprised by the "unreasonable practice" of not allowing women from entering mosques as well as by the ban to videotape his lectures in Johannesburg.

"It was my first visit to South Africa and I was impressed with its Muslim community's commitment to Islamic rules as well as its unity, but it was the ban on women's entry into mosques which drew my attention. I told the (community members) that this was un-Islamic and they should stop it," he told a congregation at the Omar bin Al-Khattab mosque at Khalifa South.

"I know they did that because they follow the Abu Hanifa school of thought but they should know that time has changed. If Abu Hanifa himself were with us today, he would have changed his mind. It is unreasonable that women could now go to universities, markets and travel, but are not allowed to enter a mosque in some countries. I noticed a similar practice by Muslims in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, who follow the same school of thought."

One of Abu Hanifa's most famous religious edicts was that he allowed women to work as judges, he pointed out. Qaradawi, who is the chairman of the International Union for Muslim Scholars, urged Islamic clerics to pay regular visits to Muslim minorities around the world, saying that this would enhance their link with Islam and protect them from "falling victims to Christian missionaries".

"I hope that Muslim philanthropists will arrange such visits so that we could help Muslim minorities," he said, while observing that the South African Muslims were keen on being in touch with Muslims elsewhere, and were fervent in their support of Jerusalem occupied by Israel.

About the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud, which caused massive disruption to air traffic around the world, he said that it showed the greatness of God's power which, he said, made humans "helpless" even with the best technology they had.

"Some call such acts wrath of nature, but who is behind nature? If the volcano had continued for more days, the world's airlines would have gone bankrupt and people would have been stuck everywhere," he added.

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