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Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 12:30 PM
Subject: Seminar on Hijab solidarity day
Dear all,
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.
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. Its not possible to
establish hijab by way of declaration made by a country or the United Nations.
Similarly its not fair to impose restrictions on this womens 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.
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