The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) concluded their 192nd meeting on Thursday with the ruling that women are un-Islamic and that their mere existence contradicted Sharia and the will of Allah. As the meeting concluded CII Chairman Maulana Muhammad Khan Shirani noted that women by existing defied the laws of nature, and to protect Islam and the Sharia women should be forced to stop existing as soon as possible. The announcement comes a couple of days after CII’s 191st meeting where they dubbed laws related to minimum marriage age to be un-Islamic.
After declaring women to be un-Islamic, Shirani explained that there were actually two kinds of women – haraam and makrooh. “We can divide all women in the world into two distinct categories: those who are haraam and those who are makrooh. Now the difference between haraam and makrooh is that the former is categorically forbidden while the latter is really really disliked,” Shirani said.
He further went on to explain how the women around the world can ensure that they get promoted to being makrooh, from just being downright haraam. “Any woman that exercises her will is haraam, absolutely haraam, and is conspiring against Islam and the Ummah, whereas those women who are totally subservient can reach the status of being makrooh. Such is the generosity of our ideology and such is the endeavour of Muslim men like us who are the true torchbearers of gender equality,” the CII chairman added.
Officials told Khabaristan Today that the council members deliberated over various historic references related to women and concluded that each woman is a source of fitna and a perpetual enemy of Islam. They also decided that by restricting them to their subordinate, bordering on slave status, the momineen and the mujahideen can ensure that Islam continues to be the religion of peace, prosperity and gender equality.
Responding to a question one of the officials said that international standards of gender equality should not be used if they contradict Islam or the constitution of Pakistan that had incorporated Islam and had given sovereignty to Allah. “We don’t believe in western ideals, and nothing that contradicts Islam should ever be paid heed. In any case by giving women the higher status of being makrooh, it’s us Muslims who have paved the way for true, Sharia compliant feminism,” the official said.
The CII meeting also advised the government that to protect Islam women’s right to breathe should also be taken away from them. “Whether a woman is allowed to breathe or not be left up to her husband or male guardian, and no woman under any circumstance whatsoever should be allowed to decide whether she can breathe or not,” Shirani said. – Pakistan Today, 15 March 2014
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BHARATA BHARATI 
While the knuckleheads on this Pakistan Council deserve to be ridiculed, let’s keep in mind that the very real subjugation and oppression of women is not a laughing matter.
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Yes, we are aware the article is satirical. But there is still the problem of direct quotes which gives the article authority.
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Sir are you aware that this is a fictional article? Khabaristan Today is a satirical feature? Like theonion.com. They are actually on your side making fun of Islamic hardliners. The funny part is no one knows when Pakistanis are making a joke. No one gets it.
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how can this man speak for all woman, even non-muslim woman.
i am concerned about how muslims plans include “whole humanity”
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There is nothing wrong with Islamic teaching, but the trouble are from these bunches of ulama, ustaz, ayatollah and so on so call the expect in Islamic law and teaching and never look at themselves and the one who will never except the progress of the world and that make the muslim left behind in both knowledge and living style. They only knows how to issue fakwa that against the other people. they even create hatreat among the muslim and people living together. There are many thing to comment and tell that muslim never seek to improve themself and when the surbodinate is doing better they angry. They became lazy. In short, and say it in a dirty way is that all these joker cocks already dyfunction and so they declare women are haram!!!!
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If the news item is untrue, why hasn’t the Maulana sued the newspaper for libel / defamation? He is a high profile political and religious figure in Pakistan. He does not have to tolerate this kind of reportage if it is not true.
It is the Maulana’s direct statements that give the news item authority.
The Maulana is quoted as saying: “We can divide all women in the world into two distinct categories: those who are haraam and those who are makrooh. Now the difference between haraam and makrooh is that the former is categorically forbidden while the latter is really really disliked,…” And, “Any woman that exercises her will is haraam, absolutely haraam, and is conspiring against Islam and the Ummah, whereas those women who are totally subservient can reach the status of being makrooh. Such is the generosity of our ideology and such is the endeavour of Muslim men like us who are the true torchbearers of gender equality,…” And again, “Whether a woman is allowed to breathe or not be left up to her husband or male guardian, and no woman under any circumstance whatsoever should be allowed to decide whether she can breathe or not,…”
Direct statements are not satire though they may be quoted in a satirical context.
Here is a definition of satire: “Satire is a genre of literature, … in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government or society itself, into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon and as a tool to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society.” (Wikipedia)
So satire is not necessarily untrue. It is just a way to express a criticism of a statement or event that is outrageous.
And the Maulana’s statements are certainly outrageous!
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Hi everyone
This news piece is from the satire pages of Pakistan Today.
It means the news is not true.
But its very brave of a country with Syariah law to allow such news pieces to be featured online!
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One day…one day…the truth shall victor, and their heads shall be subdued by their own shame and sins. The lost people who claim they are moslems, but instead they kill Islam from inside.
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When are some people going to take their heads out of their ass ?
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Perhaps more shocking than the declaration itself is the fact that it was made by a well-known Pakistani politician who heads the Pakistan government’s Council of Islamic Ideology.
Without women there would be no Islam at all—or have Pakistani men acquired the ability to make their own babies without the medium of the despised woman?
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