Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 455
! ! 455 boycotted. The radio is quite beneficial for listening to academic and literary speeches, the news, literary articles , or dramas without any musical accompaniment. Other than that, neither qawwali [ Muslim devotional music ] nor na’at is permitted. A child runs around naked, belting out the sounds, ‘Aaa, Aaa’. The qawwali singers also croon , ‘Aaa, Aaa. ’ If singers chant these notes , you fondly listen to them , but if they showed up naked , you would run far away from them. Thus , the very actions children engage in, singers also engage in when singing their songs. T hese preoccupati o ns express a vulgar mentality which could destroy your dignity. It is the Lajna ’s responsibility to reform them. It was revealed to me , “ Islam will prosper if you c an reform fifty percent of the women. ” By indicating such a number , this suggests that reforming even fifty percent would be a great accomplishment. There is no difference between you and non - Ahmadi wome n, ex cept that you give your money in chanda and they spend their money in the cinemas. Even you have not yet achieved the true spirit of faith. None of the women among you can engage in a scholarly discussion. You are unable to address any gathering. A fter completing your household chores, the spare time you could have given to God is instead given to these singers and dancers , while listening to the radio. What allotment can you then expect in God’s house? How will your next generation grow up t o reform others ? Who will be responsible for the reformation of the future generations? The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa instructed you to marry so that your numbers grow and Islam prospers. However, what good is that generation wh ich does not grow up to be soldier s for Islam ? Subsequently, the education you seek is with the intention to obtain a job. If you work, then who will take care of your children? An English education is not bad in itself but the intentions are faulty , and if the intentions are faulty the results will naturally be ruinous. If you tread the wrong path, you will only receive a faulty outcome. When girls are highly educated it is hard to find a match for them, unless they choose not to work and they only acquired an education for the sake of knowledge. If a high school graduate marries a man with an elementary - level schooling , then I will be convinced that she