MPACUK: WOJ – Part One

 Like many British Muslims, I sat and watched “Women Only Jihad”. Just got in time to come to my room and switch on the TV. InshAllah I hope to give my analysis on it and what effect it has on it since then. I want to start from the beginning to the long term effect. Why this documentary was made to be, what was it aims, Why MPACUK has succeeded in one of the biggest taboo topics in the South Asian Community. What message this has sent out to those who see Muslims as a threat.

Analyzing the documentary, I got 3 main aims from what MPACUK was trying to achieve. These were:

1. A Right to Pray

2. A Right to Education throughout their lives

3. A Right to be represented by a Muslim woman on the committee Board.

1. A Right To Pray:

There is Islamic legitimacy for Muslim women to come and pray in their local Mosques, but some agree and some disagree, but should a Mosque only be for one particular Madhab or a Multi-Madhab? I believe Muslim women who do not have responsibilities should be encouraged to come to the Mosques and learn about the Deen (Will be talking more about that shortly), help the children in their home work or just at least be some sort of guidance to young Muslim girls who don’t have a role model to look up in this society.

The problem itself derives from the South Asian, mainly from the Pakistani, Bengali, Gujrati Muslims. There are cultural aspects which people are trying to drive into the Islamic teachings, such as forced marriages, honor killings etc. No outrage on that yet!

Rules & regulations: Yes, there are rules and regulations for this, and where exactly do these men expect the Muslim Women to learn this from? From the kitchen or the Lectures inside the Mosque?

No Space: If there is no space, they must make space for it. If they cannot make space they must allow the Muslim women to pray after the men have prayed.

My View: Totally Back

2. A Right to Education throughout their lives

I can count a few Muslim women in my extended family who were bought up in Pakistan but were never taught how to read Quran. I’ve asked these aunti’s many times and the answer was “at our time the women’s role wasn’t to get educated but look after our family”.

Here I can see why this same mentality of the Muslims has come from. This so called “no women education policy” is alien to Islam, no wonder we don’t have prominent Alimah who can help the future mothers of Islam.

Those MPAC Sisters (some mothers), have done a huge favor to the future of the Muslim women of Islam, they have bought the issue of Muslim women onto the top of the agenda within our very own communities (don’t believe me look at the response on MPACUK’s website). A future generation of Muslim Mothers laps won’t be a cradle of un-educated mothers but that of an educated mother who can teach and upbringing a Muslim child who will save and protect the Muslim Community. A revival has begin where the mothers laps will be a cradle for the defense of the Muslim Ummah, and inshAllah will bring up Children who are more dedicated than Salah hu Din. 

My View: Totally Back

3. A Right to be represented by a Muslim woman on the committee Board.

I want to tackle this one with a head on approach. Would we have the likes of Irshad Menji if point 2 and 3 were implemented? How can a Community prosper if a significant number of it’s population isn’t included in the decision making of the well being of the Muslim Community? Exactly who is talking about the domestic violence or sex before marriage?

There has just been a post by “Dontask” stating

“representation on the comitee board will bring what exactly ?”

Making somosa’s, kebabs for the men? What do you think? How do Muslim Women communicate if there are issues which are related to them? How are men suppose to tackle force marriages, without women’s input? How are they meant to tackle demostic violence if they are not going to talk to the Muslim Women? It’s like saying there is no point in having a GP in our community or a Fire Station as we don’t need it.

My View: Totally Back

The Methodology:

I’m not going to sit here and point fingers at one group, both groups could have done much better in represent their side of the story. In the room with LCM, it was totally wrong for Anjum to start blame game, but what most of these disagreeers have forgotten is the fact that the MPACUK Brothers did it behind doors, which they have turned a blind eye to (who wants to bet that they will turn a blind to this one).

MPACUK have been asking for a change for 6 years, so did they just had enough of waiting another 6 years for a change? Maybe they just had enough seeing Muslims turning a blind eye to the injustice of in the Muslim World? How long more should we wait for our soldiers of Islam?

What the people have not realised yet is that the Men simple cannot fight this war all alone. Don’t believe me? Check out what happened with the Niqab issue. Don’t you think we need more people like Halima Hussain, Catherine Hussain, Anika to defend the Muslim veil.

Mind you these women did not come from the Mosque’s but from MPACUK for the defense of Islam. Why should these young Muslim women come to defend Islam and Muslim when infact it should be the responsibly of the Ulema and the Mosques?

But, I do believe MPAC needs to use the best tactics with the right people, and I believe this has given a big shock wave to it’s enemies.

• MPACUK: A superb idea but re-thinking tactics on the Muslim Community, Works fine with the Zionists.

• LCM: Grow up, and start respecting the Muslim youth, and get a bloody backbone in Jack Straws case.