it is not enough to focus solely on providing food, building housing, and establishing schools. more important than all of that is prioritizing mental health and brain development.
we must not remain silent in the face of what a group of so-called “professional fatwa issuers,” including some preachers and representatives of various religious movements, are saying. such rhetoric serves to please the enemy, deepens our backwardness, and distracts us from addressing the pressing regional and international issues that threaten to overwhelm us, all while we remain preoccupied with outdated matters that have become an unfit legacy for confronting the various challenges of the 21st century.
no sane person would accept preachers addressing controversial or nonexistent issues, such as how to deal sexually and financially with a “slave woman,” meaning a woman owned by a man who has the right to do whatever he wants. it is permissible to have sexual intercourse with her without her approval, like an animal.
one of them even said it is the right of the buyer not to have sexual intercourse with her until she menstruates and purifies! and other similarly troubling questions.
another preacher told a large crowd, including doctors and engineers, which is not surprising, that if we defeat our infidel enemy and implement religious laws, everyone in their cities will automatically become “captives” of the victorious army. these captives – men, women, and children – would be distributed among the warriors (mujahideen), who would then sell whatever they needed in the “slave market.” the preacher stressed that this is more merciful to them and better than killing them.
what is the purpose of raising such controversial and imaginary issues? what useful knowledge can possibly come from such nonsense? isn’t this rhetoric a clear reflection of the backwardness and superficiality of those who promote it? why do our governments allow these semi-ignorant individuals to mislead the public instead of stopping them?
they incite instead a view of life by keeping their followers living in a primitive mentality. by glorifying slavery and outdated practices for buying and selling men and women, they destroy the essence of human development and the evolution process.
despite it being a horrible institution, slavery existed in many societies throughout history. britain abolished slavery in 1807, followed by most of the new world, particularly america. britain abolished slavery as an institution in 1833, followed by several european countries. approximately 800,000 people were freed, most of them from the caribbean.
the ottoman empire abolished slavery and the slave trade by decree in 1857, although slavery persisted until the founding of the republic of turkey in 1924. slavery also continued in the arabian peninsula and the gulf region until the early 1960s.
our very existence is at risk of extinction. a day will come when we will deeply regret our silence on these issues.
egyptian writer adel noman states, “we do not need countless bodies issuing thousands of fatwas day and night. the answers are readily available on every phone” and website. relying solely on clerics stifles initiative and critical thinking. at the very least, fatwas based on superstitions, myths, and jinn, as well as those irrelevant to the modern era, which contradict science and reason, and fatwas exploited by people to evoke laws, customs, and values, should be rejected.
here, i also hope that his highness the prime minister and his excellency the deputy prime minister will take urgent action to end this chaos and its quasi-official impact on legal construction it causes.
– ahmad alsarraf


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