Thank you for your reminding us of the plight of the Pashtun people. May Allah Most High grant them-and other Muslms worldwide-relief from their suffering. Ameen.

Just as you share my sentiments, I share yours, too.

However, I don’t feel that anywhere in this article did I say or even remotely imply that I approve of the situation that you describe. All I am saying is that the media portrays certain actions taken by certain Muslims as Islamic, and that by doing that, they are twisting the facts and misrepresenting my religion. For anyone to infer anything else from what I said is simply a misreading of what I wrote.

The genocidal oppression of the Pashtun people being perpetrated in Pashtunkhwa (NWPF+FATA) is often portrayed as a very one sided conflict between the good guys and the bad guys, this is what can be expected from Western media however I had hoped that respectable scholars associated with an institution such as Sunnipath would have taken a more holistic view of the situation.

I do not disagree with the sentiments expressed by Sh Karamali, only the conclusions about protagonists and antagonists that can be infered from the language used.

Jazak Allah Khair for commenting on this.

~ Amna

Jazakallah khayr for responding back to my comment. After reading it again I feel I was not as clear as I should be. I seek your apology for it. When I said people in the west I meant general layman(as there must be many visiting SP) who knows nothing or nearly nothing about Islam and when they see people acting like this they think its how the Islam asks them to treat their womenfolks which is ridiculous.

I hope its clear and forgive me for any offence I might have caused.

Request for Duas.

Wassalam

Great article, thank you.

You missed a puncation after the words “Most Merciful & Compassionate” in the first line. If I read at the blogs frontpage, it looks like you read the headlines that blow up schools with the name of Allah. Please correct it.

Thank you for your comment. I second everything that you say.

I intended to comment on the unacceptable actions of certain individuals, not to malign the people of a particular region. I re-read what I had written earlier and reflected on your comment and decided that I should reword the way I say things. I’ve now removed all mention of any particular region.

wassalamu `alaykum

Hamza.

SunniPath and all the female scholars and teachers all over the world are a inspiration for someone like me who has 5 daughters.

and there is no success but in Allah
Abdul Latif Al-Amin

MashaAllah it was an interesting read and no doubt is absolutely true. Islam has raised the status of women, it doesn’t degrade us. However, coming from the same region I can say for sure that people who are behaving like this are doing so due to culture rather than their religion. Alhamdulillah the Shyukhs I have met up til now respects so much their wives, daughters and sisters that many a time it got me welled up as I start thinking this is how Rasoolullah saw honored his women (as we read in the Sirah) and their is certainly no oppression seen in the households who are educated well and who practise shariah rather than culture but those who are arrogant and are proud on their culture, the situation is disgusting!! I’m gutted to see what happens there and then they claim to be Muslims! O God where are we heading up to?! Aameen to your dua.

P.S This was not directed at anyone but I think I should say it as many people from the west thinks(as the image portrayed by the media) this is how the women are treated in Indo-Pak, [mainly because of their lack of knowledge on Islam]. Though this is the majority but there are a lot of other people who respect their women like they deserved to be.