Hujjat al-Islam Madani said that the issue of chastity and hijab is a political weapon in addition to being a religious duty and added, “We are engaging in a serious battle today.” RNA – Speaking at the “Chastity and the Hijab” Conference which was held by the Chastity and Hijab Committee along with al-Zahra University in Qom, Hujjat al-Islam Sayyed Mahmoud Madani, the dean of this university and said, “The origin of poor hijab is more of a political discussion than a discussion on natural pleasure.”
Explaining that the issue of hijab and chastity is political weapon in addition to being a religious duty, he added, “We are engaging in a serious battle today.”
He added, “We have a legal limitation in regard to the discussion of hijab and chastity and that is the boundary of what which is obligatory and that which is forbidden and we have a security and protective boundary that prevents us from reaching the boundaries of what which is obligatory and that which is forbidden. We also have a boundary of precaution which we must not cross.”
Hujjat al-Islam Madani stated, “The next issue is the limit of security which we must observe. In this regard, the regulations of chastity and hijab were discussed in the council of al-Zahra University for several months and its cultural issues were taken up by the deputy of cultural propagation [Hujjat al-Islam Hoseyn Tehrani].”
His Eminence said, “We must not go out of the limitations of equilibrium in regard to the issue of chastity and hijab and go to extremes. Our ultimate goal is to educate people and if we find that excessiveness has the opposite effect, it will certainly have to be reconsidered so that we don’t go astray from the correct path.”
He emphasized, “We must be sensitive to extremists in regard to chastity and hijab in order not to turn people away from region.”
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