By: Mohammed Al-Ariky
I heard
something rare from someone close to me so much, which was a pretty silly thing
to hear. A month ago, he traveled to hometown, Taiz (Cultural and Industrial
Capital of Yemen). “I think I fall in love with a girl wearing Niqab in Taiz,
called Radhwa” my best friend Farouk said at the first gathering. My shock behind
this simple statement creates then serious questions should be answered.
Her
Entity
Love is
the highest value for the whole humanity. In the past or in the future you give-and-take
love. Nevertheless, you cannot love someone has no perceptible features and personality.
You do not know who is. I intend that our faces are the real mirror of our own emotions,
impressions and even thoughts. Consequently, our faces must be in the IDs, passports
and so on. How can I smile? With no face. That smile would be inside me if
there were no mirror, makes it seen to the surrounding. At the same time, how
can I feel one’s smile with covered face?
Well, not
only smiles! Let us thinking of anger, satisfaction, boredom, sadness and
tiredness. It completely goes to be more complicated. I agree that eyes can
deliver our messages but they must be part of the face, not the only visible
part of it. Seeing two beautiful eyes in unsympathetic black noise, it just
like seeing two beautiful pearls in mud.
Religious
Traditions’ Poison
I have tried
to ask number of Sheikhs (scholars in Sharia) about that piece of cloth. They said
as usual on TV shows that women should cover their faces in order to avoid seducing men in streets and public transportations. “These are
instructions of God (Allah)” they said.
I do not
know what confirmations they have. However, I am sure that there is no direct
and obvious order from Allah. There are many and many views about covering,
face or other parts of woman’s body as a principle. Instead, there is
an obvious order in Holly Quran to lower our eyes, both men and women. Because there
is no reason to build walls in front of our feelings and be foreigners to each
other.
After he
laughed so loudly, Farouk sharply looks to me. “Not just that, in some
regions of Yemen, they believe that even women’s eyesight itself is prohibited
(Haram) and they have been making fatwas describe every part of woman’s body as
shameful (Awrah)” he said. We live in the world of extremism!
As a
young man, I am completely shocking every single day with new bad rules in our society
that, in fact, not related to Islam or any other religion. Those rules are
nothing more than stupid traditions. Actually, we need some searches to proof
that their roots are disgusting personal opinions or wrong explanations of verses
of Holly Quran.
Get
Your Desire In Secrecy
On the
other hand, Niqab has very significant positive side in our society. This piece
of cloth makes girls unknown. Hence, they can freely do whatever they want. For
instance, girls can easily build companionships with boys especially in schools,
universities and work. Relationships could definitely grow to love story,
illegal marriage or staying very strong friendship for years in the future.
Girls can do bad things socially refused, breaking the religious siege. Niqab successfully
saves them, as well as keeping their perfect image as good Muslim girls. ‘Good
girl’ means no love before marriage, no relationships with men, covering
whole body and believing of superiority of male over female.
“Any social mistake is made by a bad girl”
I think this is the golden rule heads this culture. It is an extreme way of
thinking. I believe that love can overcome all obstacles anyway. Everyone lives
here can easily conclude that girls persevere looking for love. Why should
girls live with black shields in order to, as they wrongly learned, protect
themselves from wild animals and vampires in streets?
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