Ayatollah Ghoraifi:

Chastity and hijab are crucial parts of the women’s empowerment plan

Referring to plans for strengthening Muslim women's position today, ayatollah Ghoraifi said, “Chastity and hijab should be an important part of these projects”.

News ID: 443177

Date: 28 January 2019 - 09:22

RNA – “Currently the slogan "Strengthening the position of women", is one of the slogans that have been voiced by the ruling organizations, associations and intellectuals”, Ayatollah Seyyed Abdullah Ghoraifi one of the Bahraini prominent Islamic scholars said among the prayer goers at Imam al-Sadiq Mosque in Ghoful district of Bahrain.

“From the Islamic viewpoint, chastity and hijab are important parts of strengthening the position of the Muslim woman and it is necessary to assign these issues as important parts of the current plans for strengthening the status of the women”, ‌Ayatollah Ghoraifi stated.

“The motto ‘strengthening the position of women’, is a beautiful and attractive slogan, but it should not be followed through non-Islamic plans and ideologies”, Bahraini scholar pointed out.

Ayatollah Ghoraifi emphasized that such slogans should be based on religious teachings so that women play their role in the family and society, just as Islam has ordered

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