VOICE OF GLOBAL UMMAH
Volume 68, March 1, 2009
St. Louis, Missouri
Editors: Mohamed & Rashida Ziauddin
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent and the Most Merciful
GLOBAL UMMAH IN PICTURES:
St. Louis, Missouri
Editors: Mohamed & Rashida Ziauddin
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent and the Most Merciful
EDITORIAL:
It is unfortunate that certain Muslim leaders continue to implement their anti-Islamic actions in the name of Islam. It is not just Taliban or Al-Queda but also leaders from other parts of the globe. One such Muslim leader is the President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, who clearly violates the tenets of Islam as it pertains to women.
The Global Ummah not only needs to be aware of such leaders but also assertively speak up against their sponsored atrocities and injustices. Below is condensed version of an article pertaining to President Ramzan Kadyrov. In the below article, we specifically object to his assertion that the seven young women who had been shot in the head "deserved to die". We also object his assertion that "describes women as the property of their husbands and says their main role is to bear children".
The Global Ummah not only needs to be aware of such leaders but also assertively speak up against their sponsored atrocities and injustices. Below is condensed version of an article pertaining to President Ramzan Kadyrov. In the below article, we specifically object to his assertion that the seven young women who had been shot in the head "deserved to die". We also object his assertion that "describes women as the property of their husbands and says their main role is to bear children".
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Feb 28, 2009 GROZNY, Russia: The President of Chechnya emerged from afternoon prayers at the mosque and with chilling composure explained why seven young women who had been shot in the head deserved to die.
Ramzan Kadyrov said the women, whose bodies were found dumped by the roadside, had "loose morals" and were rightfully shot by male relatives in honor killings.
"If a woman runs around and if a man runs around with her, both of them are killed," Kadyrov told journalists in the capital of this Russian republic.
Few dare to challenge Kadyrov's rule in this southern Russian region of more than a million people, which is only now emerging from the devastation of two wars in the past 15 years. The fighting between Islamic separatists and Russian troops, compounded by atrocities on both sides, claimed tens of thousands of lives and terrorized civilians.
Kadyrov describes women as the property of their husbands and says their main role is to bear children.
Many people suspect Kadyrov is branding the seven late November slayings honor killings to advance his political agenda. He said the women were planning to go abroad to work as prostitutes, but their relatives found out about it and killed them.
Few Chechens believe that.
"If women are killed according to tradition then it is done very secretly to prevent too many people from finding out that someone in the family behaved incorrectly," said Natalya Estemirova, a prominent human rights activist in Grozny.
Ramzan Kadyrov said the women, whose bodies were found dumped by the roadside, had "loose morals" and were rightfully shot by male relatives in honor killings.
"If a woman runs around and if a man runs around with her, both of them are killed," Kadyrov told journalists in the capital of this Russian republic.
Few dare to challenge Kadyrov's rule in this southern Russian region of more than a million people, which is only now emerging from the devastation of two wars in the past 15 years. The fighting between Islamic separatists and Russian troops, compounded by atrocities on both sides, claimed tens of thousands of lives and terrorized civilians.
Kadyrov describes women as the property of their husbands and says their main role is to bear children.
Many people suspect Kadyrov is branding the seven late November slayings honor killings to advance his political agenda. He said the women were planning to go abroad to work as prostitutes, but their relatives found out about it and killed them.
Few Chechens believe that.
"If women are killed according to tradition then it is done very secretly to prevent too many people from finding out that someone in the family behaved incorrectly," said Natalya Estemirova, a prominent human rights activist in Grozny.
GLOBAL UMMAH IN PICTURES:
President of French energy giant Areva Anne Lauvergeon (L) speaks with Niger's President Mamadou Tandja at the presidential palace in Niamey, in 2008. The first stone of a giant uranium mine was laid Monday at Imouraren in the north of Niger, during a ceremony attended by Tandja and Lauvergeon, state radio reported. (AFP/File/Boureima Hama)
Bangladeshi Shamim Mia, who worked as a camel jockey in the UAE, displays injuries sustained during his work. Bangladeshi children trafficked to the Middle East to work as camel jockeys will receive thousands of dollars in compensation for the injuries and abuse they suffered, an official in Dhaka said Wednesday. (AFP/Munir Uz Zaman)
Bangladeshi Shamim Mia, who worked as a camel jockey in the UAE, at his home in Gazipur, some 50 kms from Dhaka, on February 25, 2009. Bangladeshi children trafficked to the Middle East to work as camel jockeys will receive thousands of dollars in compensation for the injuries and abuse they suffered, an official in Dhaka said Wednesday. (AFP/File/Munir Uz Zaman)
Bangladeshi Shamim Mia, who worked as a camel jockey in the UAE, at his home in Gazipur, some 50 kms from Dhaka, on February 25, 2009. Bangladeshi children trafficked to the Middle East to work as camel jockeys will receive thousands of dollars in compensation for the injuries and abuse they suffered, an official in Dhaka said Wednesday. (AFP/File/Munir Uz Zaman)
Camel jockeys ride their mounts in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. The United Arab Emirates has given 1.43 million dollars to Bangladeshi authorities to compensate children used as under-aged camel jockeys in the desert state, a Bangladeshi minister has said. (AFP/File/Karim Sahib)
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