Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar
SALAAM
A FATWA BY DR ZAKI BADAWI- PLEASE SHARE YOUR VIEWS!
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Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar[/b]
Badawi said they have registered more than 15,00 assault against hijab-clad women in only three days.
CAIRO, July 28, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – [b]A leading British Muslim scholar has said that Muslim women living in the European country, where Muslims have been suffering mounting abuse and harassment since the July 7 London attacks, can take off their hijab.[/b]
"I have issued a fatwa that Muslim women in Britain have an Islamic right to take off their hijab at this point of time if attacked or fearing to be attacked," Dr. Zaki Badawi, the Dean of the Muslim College in London, told IslamOnline.net over the phone from the British capital.
Badawi said they have registered more than 15,00 assault against hijab-clad women during the past three days only, in addition to a flood of threat letters.
He asserted that in Islam hijab is originally meant to identify Muslim women, so that they might not be attacked or harassed.
[b]The scholar cited the Qur’anic verse which reads: "O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them (when they go abroad). That will be better, so that they may be recognized and not annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful." (Al-Ahzab: 59)
"If hijab becomes a reason of harm for Muslim women in Britain at this time, then I tell them to take it off so that they would not be recognized and consequently attacked," said Egyptian-born Badawi.
"Muslims (in Britain) are scared and each feels he/she is a suspect. The picture is, indeed, gloomy and we are trying all we can to address it."[/b]
A Guardian/ICM poll published Tuesday, July 26, indicated that nearly half a million Muslims contemplated leaving Britain after the London attacks.
It showed that tens of thousands of Muslims have suffered from increased Islamophobia, with one in five saying they or a family member have faced abuse or hostility since the attacks.
Police have recorded more than 1,200 suspected Islamophobic incidents across the country ranging from verbal abuse to one murder in the past three weeks.
A British Muslim of Pakistani origin was beaten to death by a gang of extremists in Nottingham in northern Britain on Sunday, July 10.
At least seven mosques have come under arson and racist attacks few hours after the bombings.
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Dr. Badawi, a prominent Islamic scholar, community activist, and promoter of interfaith-dialogue, stressed that his fatwa only applies to Muslim women in Britain.
"I staunchly opposed the March 2004 French law banning hijab in state-run schools," he said.
"However, the British case is different and hence requires a different reading."
France triggered a world controversy after adopting a bill banning hijab in public schools and institutions, which was branded by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) as "discriminatory".
Islam sees hijab as an obligatory code of dress, not a religious symbol displaying one’s affiliations.
Badawi, born 1922, is currently the principal of the Muslim College in Britain, a postgraduate seminary responsible for the training of imams and Muslim leaders in the West which he founded in 1986.
He received his undergraduate degree in theology from the Cairo-based Al-Azhar University, and a master's degree in Arabic Language and Literature in 1947.
Badawi moved to the United Kingdom in 1951 and studied psychology at University College London, obtaining his bachelor's degree in 1954 and a doctorate in Modern Muslim Thought from London University.
His teaching posts have taken him to universities in Malaysia, Singapore, Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
In 1978, Badawi was appointed director of the Islamic Cultural Centre (ICC) and Chief Imam of the London Central Mosque in Regents Park.
During that period he participated in establishing the Shari`ah Council as a facility to reconcile conflicts between Islamic law and the British civil code.
Badawi was elected chairman of the Imams and Mosques Council by the National Conference of Imams and Mosque Officials of the UK in 1984. He still holds this position.
He participated in negotiations with the Bank of England to establish the first Islamic financial institution licensed in the United Kingdom, the Islamic Finance House (IFH), which he managed for three years.
Badawi has published and lectured on a wide range of issues, including various conflicts, Islam in Britain, democracy, the rights of the unborn child, and human rights.
He is a co-founder of the Three Faiths Forum, vice chairman of the World Congress of Faiths and director/trustee of the Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism (FAIR).
Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar
Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar
Salaam
I was attacked after the twin towers tragedy. I was also sworn at and spit on. I was also 'advised' to remove my hijaab. So I thought.. Hmmmm.. do I remove my hijaab and 'save myself' here on earth, or stay covered and give myself a little more leverage in the hereafter? Tough choice. Not. Wearing this simple cloth means there's more of a chance Allaah and HIS angels will protect me. Without, He is more likely to be displeased with me. This life is short. The next is not. I'd rather suffer in this one then that. And I fear Allaah's wrath a great deal more then I fear the BNP.
Peace
Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar
exactly what i was trying to say, i jus make it far more complicated.
Thanks 😉
Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar
[quote="shoola"]Since the rise of MCB, Mr Badawi is feeling left out and needed a high profile issue like Hijab to attract attention!
Lords/ honours list etc are big temptations.[/quote]
cudnt agree with Lady Muslima more.
Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar
[quote="shoola"]Since the rise of MCB, Mr Badawi is feeling left out and needed a high profile issue like Hijab to attract attention!
Lords/ honours list etc are big temptations.[/quote]
Don't be stupid.
When did any non-fanatic British Muslim imam have a high profile in this country anyway?
So what if an imam becomes a lord. House of Lords has too many Christian clerics. An authoritative Islamic voice in the Lords is no bad thing.
It's not Professor Badawi's fault that people misconstrue his intentions of wanting to help Muslimah in this dangerous time. He did not issue a ban on the hijab. He offerred advice. If you don't like it then either respectfully disagree or shut up.
Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar
[quote="irfan"][quote="shoola"]Since the rise of MCB, Mr Badawi is feeling left out and needed a high profile issue like Hijab to attract attention!
Lords/ honours list etc are big temptations.[/quote]
Don't be stupid.
When did any non-fanatic British Muslim imam have a high profile in this country anyway?
So what if an imam becomes a lord. House of Lords has too many Christian clerics. An authoritative Islamic voice in the Lords is no bad thing.
It's not Professor Badawi's fault that people misconstrue his intentions of wanting to help Muslimah in this dangerous time. He did not issue a ban on the hijab. He offerred advice. If you don't like it then either respectfully disagree or shut up.[/quote]
easy irfan
not like u get all uptight
but I TOTALLY agree with u
Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar
Salam
i think that we muslim brothers and sisters should remain strong and shoukd not show these kafir that we are in fear. Why should we take the hijab off because of these kafir? we cant let them take over our lives. If some kafir people do abuse us we know within our hearts that they will get punished.. we just need to have some patience InshAllah.
W/salam
Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar
Important information.
It has come to our attention that a few years back during a dutch interview the socalled moedarte scholar badawi mentioned that muslim women are not required to wear hijab in europe.
I am currently engagnig in investigation but this information has been provided to me by alhamdulillah an extremely reliable source. Any muslims with information regarding this earlier fatwa should post details here.
It has also come to our attention that a few years back certain ulama of salafi sect declared a fatwa of kufr on this badawi character, again we are searching for further details.
It should be noted that badawi holds no right to negate divine law. Unfortunately by labelling him moderate those ulama who oppose his personal opinion and cite religious law to negate his fallacy are now commonly deemed as extreme. We pray ALLAH grants guidance to the people.
Message from a prominent Mawlana is that should muslims be so easy to give up their deen it really begs the question of what value is their iman.
Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar
So who is 'we'?
Have you turned into a gestalt entity?
However I would liek the new info. and reasons behind these other scholars 'fatwas'.
If we look objectively at one, we should look at all of them under the same light.
Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar
[quote="Aphrodite"]Salaam
I was attacked after the twin towers tragedy. I was also sworn at and spit on. I was also 'advised' to remove my hijaab. So I thought.. Hmmmm.. do I remove my hijaab and 'save myself' here on earth, or stay covered and give myself a little more leverage in the hereafter? Tough choice. Not. Wearing this simple cloth means there's more of a chance Allaah and HIS angels will protect me. Without, He is more likely to be displeased with me. This life is short. The next is not. I'd rather suffer in this one then that. And I fear Allaah's wrath a great deal more then I fear the BNP.
Peace[/quote]
wow. excellent post aph.
Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar
Salaam
I feel sorry for this Scholar; people are calling him all sorts.
Nowadays if one doesn’t agree with another they are quick with their Fatwa’s.
What do these Fatwa’s achieve?
If one agrees with him them they should listen to him and if they don’t they should RESPECTFULLY disagree.
Interestingly, those who spend most of their time condemning this Scholar are no way near his calibre.
In Islam doesn’t necessity override the rule?
He has said that IF a woman fears attack she may remove her Hijaab….as mentioned previously in life threatening situations even haraam is no longer haraam.
Wasalaam
Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar
[quote="Admin"]
However I would liek the new info. and reasons behind these other scholars 'fatwas'.
If we look objectively at one, we should look at all of them under the same light.[/quote]
tru
WE also need to know why/how the Fatwa of Kufr is placed on this scholar
it is not enough to say that it is from a "reliable source"
WE will not be happy unless WE are given the reasons behind the Fatwa
WE look forward to your response
Now WE will submit this post and go and post a reply on another thread
8)
Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar
[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"]
WE also need to know why/how the Fatwa of Kufr is placed on this scholar
it is not enough to say that it is from a "reliable source"
WE will not be happy unless WE are given the reasons behind the Fatwa
WE look forward to your response
Now WE will submit this post and go and post a reply on another thread
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Lady Muslima I strongly advise you to read my post carefully. I said that ulama of salafi sect put fatwa of kufr on badawi. I did not say that the reliable source put the fatwa on badawi rather i said that the information regarding the salafi ulama putting fatwa on badawi came from a reliable source.
Currently I am in the process of investigation.
MashaALLAH we are pleased that Lady Muslima has adopted our style of communication!
lol
Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar
[quote="Aasiyah"][quote="Aphrodite"]Salaam
I was attacked after the twin towers tragedy. I was also sworn at and spit on. I was also 'advised' to remove my hijaab. So I thought.. Hmmmm.. do I remove my hijaab and 'save myself' here on earth, or stay covered and give myself a little more leverage in the hereafter? Tough choice. Not. Wearing this simple cloth means there's more of a chance Allaah and HIS angels will protect me. Without, He is more likely to be displeased with me. This life is short. The next is not. I'd rather suffer in this one then that. And I fear Allaah's wrath a great deal more then I fear the BNP.
Peace[/quote]
wow. excellent post aph.[/quote]
True. Next issue, we should have a small section called post of the issue (or something). This could easily be a winning nomination.
Take Off Hijab to Avoid Harm: UK Muslim Scholar
[quote="Admin"]True. Next issue, we should have a small section called post of the issue (or something). This could easily be a winning nomination.[/quote]
Thats a good idea, it should be named somethin like "post of the month" and maybe u can write an article based on the post..off topic but its admins fault
Since the rise of MCB, Mr Badawi is feeling left out and needed a high profile issue like Hijab to attract attention!
Lords/ honours list etc are big temptations.