Pakistan: Religious Affairs Minister asks Prime Minister to Rename Women’s Day "International ...

The irony is that World Hijab Day is observed annually all over the West, with non-Muslim women donning hijabs in solidarity with Muslim women who are supposedly oppressed by fictional racist, “Islamophobic” yahoos. Meanwhile, no one is standing with the real oppressed women: the ones who are threatened, brutalized, and even killed for daring not to wear the hijab.

Noorul Haq Qadri’s request shows how Sharia-compliant Western feminists already are, without even realizing it.

Pakistan’s Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri has appealed to Prime Minister Imran Khan to declare March 8, International Women’s Day, as International Hijab Day, said a think tank, Policy Research Group (POREG).

This comes at a time when the Aurat March organisers Friday announced their manifesto for 2022 based on the theme of “Reimagining Justice” in Pakistan. Aurat March, which was first held in the city of Karachi in 2018, is now organized every year to celebrate International Women’s Day. The march highlight the issues women face in Pakistan however the Minister’s appeal to Imran Khan do not promote forward-thinking which the women desire.

The minister said that “Aurat March” held across Pakistan on that day since 2018 goes “against the principles of Islam.”…

In a statement he wrote, “No organisation should be allowed to question or ridicule Islamic values, norms of society, hijab or the modesty of Muslim women at the Aurat March or any other event held in connection with International Women’s Day as these acts hurt the sentiments of Muslims in the country.”…

https://www.jihadwatch.org/2022/02/pakistan-religious-affairs-top-dog-asks-prime-minister-to-rename-womens-day-international-hijab-dayEnter