FIRST STATE CONFERENCE 30th May 2010

Girls Participating in GIO Rajasthan State Conference

“We must go ahead and outshine in the field of education, but with our Islamic identity, because progress on cost of identity is a sheer loss,” said Sister Saliha Malik, Gujrat State President of the Girls Islamic Organisation. She was addressing a large gathering of girl students as the chief guest of GIO’s first state conference in Rajasthan at Muslim Musafir Khana of Jaipur. While speaking on the central theme of the conference “Let Us Spread The Light Of Knowledge, Make A Better Society,” she said that we can build a better society only by virtue of knowledge. She said that during the time of Prophet (SAWS), women played an important role in gaining and spreading knowledge, so much so that many eminent scholars used to come in order to get knowledge from them. She said that Prophet’s (SAWS) Wife Hazrat Khadeejah (RA) was a big trader as well as a good scholar and a doctor, all at the same time. Stressing on the importance of education in Islam, she said that it is obligatory for every Muslim, either man or woman to acquire knowledge.

Chief Guest Saliha Malik (President GIO Gujrat)

The conference was held as the last programme of the fortnight long statewide Women’s Awareness Campaign launched by the Women’s Wing of Jamaat-E-Islami Hind, Rajasthan. On this occasion Sister Habeeba Madani, giving Quraan sermon, said that a true Muslim keeps guard on his or her Salaat (prayers), abstains from useless and insane deeds, doesn’t even go near adultery, keeps vigil over the trusts and fulfills promises. She laid stress on achieving progress through education and fear Allah (SWT) in every deed.

Er. Muhammad Saleem Patron GIO Rajasthan

Engineer Muhammad Saleem, state president Jamaat-E-Islami Hind and patron of GIO Rajasthan, said addressing the girls that Islamic Hijab (veil) is not a barrier in the way of women’s progress; instead it is helpful and provides security to their self respect and dignity. He advised the Muslim girls to be ideal Muslims by virtue of best etiquettes and character, so that real image of Islam may come forth. He was of the opinion that the very purpose of Islam is to put to an end, injustice and ensure rights to people, hence Muslim girls should raise voice against any kind of oppression, injustice or exploitation they come across, let it be in their houses or inside the campus.

GIO State President Sameena Farheen

GIO State President Sister Sameena Farheen, introducing the organisation said, “The objective of GIO is to spread education in the light of the Holy Quraan and Sunnah, bring awareness among girl students and prepare them for the struggle to stop tyranny and injustice.

Speaking on “Knowledge in the eyes of Islam”, State Secretary Sister Ubaidah Iqbal said that today the knowledge has been split into religious and modern, which is absolutely against the Islamic teachings. “Islam commands its followers to acquire knowledge as a whole, be it religious or of science, arts, commerce or whatever is beneficial to the humanity,” she said.

Ayesha Badar Addressing The Conference

GIO member, Sister Ayesha Badar said that according to Islam there are two objectives of acquiring knowledge, one is character building and cultivating good etiquettes and second dissemination of the knowledge acquired and to benefit the masses by it. She said that nowadays a Muslim girl has to face many difficulties in the campus while keeping her Islamic identity. They are branded as backward and orthodox and they suffer discrimination on the part of teachers as well as fellow students. “We can counter the challenge by our good manners and by being excellent in our studies,” she added.

           On this occasion, girls of GIO Gujrat, Jaipur and Jodhpur presented beautiful Islamic songs.

Members Of GIO Jodhpur Reciting An Islamic Song

RESOLUTIONS

Ubaidah Iqbal Secretary GIO Rajasthan

Addressing The Confrence

Following resolutions were passed on this occasion:-

· This conference of the Girls Islamic Organisation of Rajasthan welcomes the recently passed, though very late, the ‘Right To Compulsory Education Bill’. This house demands from the government that the benefit of the act should reach to the downtrodden sections of the society and minorities, especially girls.

· This house expresses deep concern over the ever increasing nudity in the society, especially obscene demonstration of the female body in the Films and advertisements. This house demands from the government to immediately ban the films and ads that promote nudity. Beauty contests, in which the dignity of woman is shattered, also be banned.

· In some countries of the world including ours, Islamic Hijab is uselessly being made a topic of debate. This house unanimously resolves that Islamic Hijab is not a hindrance in the way of our progress, instead it safeguards the women and adds to her dignity. This house appeals to one and all to try to understand the Hijab and its benefits and not to target the sisters who want to live in modesty.

· This house demands from the government to grant reservation to the Muslims in proportion to their population in education, army, police and other departments, as until every citizen of the country doesn’t get justice, establishment of peace is not possible and our country cannot progress.

· We believe that the Women’s Reservation Bill, recently presented in the parliament is based upon injustice, as the women of weaker and backward sections and Muslim women have been neglected in it. This house demands from the government to reconsider this bill and a quota be allotted to the women of backward sections and Muslims.

· This house condemns the increasing incidents of female foeticide in the country and demands from the elders of the society and the government not to deprive the daughters of their right to live and to put a check on the heinous crime like female foeticide.