Hijab — Page 158
158 I do not ask you to be confined and get so frustrated that you have no outlet to express your emotions, but there has to be a limit to it. Stay within bounds and do as you wish. Guard your modesty as it always enhances a woman’s dignity. In earlier days even the Christian women used to be modest and wore long dresses. Those belonging to noble families had even more modesty, with sleeved outfits. They also wore scarves. Gradually women have gained liberty. A Christian woman in the UK has written an article that men who call for women’s freedom and assert that those who wish to unveil and expose themselves should be allowed to do so, are not actually longing for women’s liberation. Instead, they wish to fulfill their own desires. The same lady writes that women are fooled by men. Women have their own honour and so, be mindful that an Ahmadi woman must be highly chaste. ” (Waqfaat-e-Nau Class Canada held on July 11, 2012, in Al-Fazl International, September 28, 2012) During a tour of Germany, Huzoor Anwar atba answered questions from girls in a Waqfaat-e-Nau class. One girl asked a question about Facebook in that Huzoor Anwar atba has stated that it is not good and prohibited its use. On this, Huzoor Anwar atba said: “I did not say that if you do not leave it, you will be the sinner. Instead, I said that the harms of Facebook are greater and the benefit is little. The boys and girls who have Facebook accounts may come to a point where the vices tend to propagate. The boys make contacts and sometime girls get trapped and upload their immodest pictures on Facebook. You may have sent a casual picture to your friend and she may upload it on Facebook and from there it may reach Hamburg and then New York and Australia and so on. And then contacts develop from those countries. Then groups of men and women are formed who distort the pictures and blackmail further. Thus, vice propagates on. Therefore, it is