Charmonai Pir calls for awareness to protect the new generation from Western feminism

Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim (Charmonai Pir), Ameer of Islami Andolan Bangladesh, has called for awareness among women to protect the new generation from the influence of Western feminism. He said Western feminism has turned the bond of mutual help and responsibility between women and men into a contest. He said awareness must be raised to save the generation from this trend.

He said this on Monday as chief guest at a workshop for district and metropolitan leaders of the party’s women and female student wings. It was held at the central office of Islami Andolan Bangladesh in Purana Paltan, Dhaka. The party’s central women and female student affairs office organised the workshop.

The Charmonai Pir said Muslims have their own social customs, social life and culture. In the Eastern societies shaped by Islam, the relationship between women and men rests on mutual help and responsibility. He said Almighty Allah has described women and men as garments for one another. The base of this bond is respect, responsibility, cooperation and empathy.

He said families and society have grown through the joint efforts of women and men. But Western feminism has split women and men into separate groups and set them against each other. It has turned a bond of friendship and harmony into a bond of conflict. He said it is urgent to raise awareness among women to protect the new generation from this situation.

Criticising the government over the overall state of the country, the Ameer of Islami Andolan Bangladesh said the public does not see clear signs of success in how the government runs the country. Instead, he said, the signs of failure are becoming plain. He said the law and order situation is worrying. In the last few days, cocktail blasts and arson attacks on vehicles have happened in Dhaka and other parts of the country. He said effective steps must be taken to stop these incidents.

Demanding control of commodity prices, he said the prices of daily essentials have been out of control for a long time. The government must act to bring them down. He also said justice must be ensured in setting the minimum wage for workers.

Mr. Sheikh Md. Abu Taher, central secretary for women and female student affairs of Islami Andolan Bangladesh, presided over the workshop. The party’s joint secretary generals, Principal Hafez Maulana Mr. Sheikh Fazle Bari Masud and Mr. Shah Iftekhar Tariq, spoke as special guests.