18April 2008
Ref: WOMEN DEV POLICY: Clerics want provisions for equal rights dropped.
Comment: Very sickening indeed! Despite being a "Muslim majority" nation; in Bangladesh the ground reality is that it is not an Islamic Republic/State and it never was, nor ever ruled by Islamic Law. There should not be any bone or cloud toward that notion. The "laws of the land" are mostly British (presumably non-believers or at least non-Muslim) those are often spiced up over time with so-called Democratic legislative Assembly of Bangladesh. Most of these "Gand-father laws" were written by "non-believers" (British) and have been working fine with these hostile Muslim brothers as well as with entire Bangladesh for years on almost everything (criminal/civil/
It does not make any sense that some of our super devoted Muslim brothers (clerics) become or have become unruly only when equal rights of women are discussed. Shouldn't they, first of all, start their feast fight against Banks/Financial Institution (Shodkhor/interest violates Sharia Law) or against corrupted politicians/
Mohammad Gani
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