chidichidi
09-06-2006, 05:28 AM
A seminar was held yesterday in Dhaka, in VVIP lounge of Press club to mark the International Hijab Solidarity Day. A report of the seminar as published in The New Nation is reproduced below for your information and use.
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Protect right to take Hijab, seminar told
The need for protecting the right of muslim women to take hijab (scarf on head) was emphasized at a seminar in Dhaka yesterday.
Speakers at the seminar marking the ‘World Hijab Solidarity Day’ noted that some western forces, which are envious of Islam and its progress, are engaged in a propaganda against Hijab. The Assembly for Protection of Hijab, Bangladesh, organized the function.
Justice Abdur Rouf, former chief election commissioner was the chief guest at the seminar, which was presided over by Prof. UAB Razia Akhtar Banu of Dhaka University and vice chairman of Assembly for Protection of Hijab, Bangladesh. A keynote paper was presented by Dr. Meera Momtaz Sabeka, Assistant Professor, Salimullah Medical College ,Shah Abdul Hannan former secretary to the government, Barrister Fatema Anwar, advocate, Bangladesh Supreme court, Nasima Hasan, Assistant Professor, Manarat University and Kaniz Fatima, Lecturer, Darul Ihsan University, and Mostofa kamal Majumder, editor, The New Nation, took part in the discussion.
Justice Abdur Rouf said that hijab guaranteed the personal dignity of women. It is an inalienable right of woman, he said. It’s not possible to establish hijab by way of declaration made by a country or the United Nations. Similarly it’s not fair to impose restrictions on this women’s wear, Justice Rouf said, terming the restrictions imposed by the government of France as aggression against civilization. He demanded withdrawal of the restriction.
Shah Abdul Hannan said that hijab has emerged as a sign of progress from a situation excesses where some schools of thought believed that women should be restricted to the four walls of home. Only the forces of evil want to make people including women naked.
He said that education and law came under pressure along with hijab in muslim countries after their colonization. Hijab was under pressure when muslim countries like Iran, Turkey and Indonesia were under dictatorial regimes. But why should such attacks come in liberal countries like France, which spread the message of liberty, equality and fraternity, he asked.
shakil
Protect right to take Hijab, seminar told
The need for protecting the right of muslim women to take hijab (scarf on head) was emphasized at a seminar in Dhaka yesterday.
Speakers at the seminar marking the ‘World Hijab Solidarity Day’ noted that some western forces, which are envious of Islam and its progress, are engaged in a propaganda against Hijab. The Assembly for Protection of Hijab, Bangladesh, organized the function.
Justice Abdur Rouf, former chief election commissioner was the chief guest at the seminar, which was presided over by Prof. UAB Razia Akhtar Banu of Dhaka University and vice chairman of Assembly for Protection of Hijab, Bangladesh. A keynote paper was presented by Dr. Meera Momtaz Sabeka, Assistant Professor, Salimullah Medical College ,Shah Abdul Hannan former secretary to the government, Barrister Fatema Anwar, advocate, Bangladesh Supreme court, Nasima Hasan, Assistant Professor, Manarat University and Kaniz Fatima, Lecturer, Darul Ihsan University, and Mostofa kamal Majumder, editor, The New Nation, took part in the discussion.
Justice Abdur Rouf said that hijab guaranteed the personal dignity of women. It is an inalienable right of woman, he said. It’s not possible to establish hijab by way of declaration made by a country or the United Nations. Similarly it’s not fair to impose restrictions on this women’s wear, Justice Rouf said, terming the restrictions imposed by the government of France as aggression against civilization. He demanded withdrawal of the restriction.
Shah Abdul Hannan said that hijab has emerged as a sign of progress from a situation excesses where some schools of thought believed that women should be restricted to the four walls of home. Only the forces of evil want to make people including women naked.
He said that education and law came under pressure along with hijab in muslim countries after their colonization. Hijab was under pressure when muslim countries like Iran, Turkey and Indonesia were under dictatorial regimes. But why should such attacks come in liberal countries like France, which spread the message of liberty, equality and fraternity, he asked.