Indonesia's Liberal Social Laws Betray Muslim Women with Fake Freedoms

News:

Several Miss Universe Indonesia candidates have registered police complaints accusing organisers of sexual abuse.

One of their lawyers said that the contestants were asked to take off their tops for "body checks" and photographs two days before the finals on 3 August. The organisers allegedly told the women they had "to examine any scars, cellulite or tattoos on their bodies". "I feel that my rights have been violated," one of the contestants said. "It has affected me mentally. I have had trouble sleeping," she said, speaking to the media, alongside other complainants, earlier this week. Local television blurred their faces in the broadcasts to protect their identities. Mellisa Anggraeni, a lawyer representing three contestants who complained, said many others would come forward. Police in the capital Jakarta issued a statement saying they would investigate further.

Comment:

It is a complete contradiction to expect that a competition that objectifies women and measures their success and winning based on body image should respect women.

The Indonesian government has already permitted to violate and objectify females in allowing such haram events to take place in the first place. The liberal capitalistic policies of monetising women’s bodies for advertising and marketing purposes will attract the worst personalities to manage these events. The poverty and lack of opportunities for women to earn high wages from respectable jobs fuel the desperation for women to enter these degrading animalistic shows where they parade exposed in front of audiences or vote on who is received to be the “best” at humiliating themselves. The Khilafah will outlaw access for the Ummah to such events and punish those who violate the honour of women, as there is no room for this in true Islamic societies.

[وَاللَّاتِي تَخَافُونَ نُشُوزَهُنَّ فَعِظُوهُنَّ وَاهْجُرُوهُنَّ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِ وَاضْرِبُوهُنَّ فَإِنْ أَطَعْنَكُمْ فَلَا تَبْغُوا عَلَيْهِنَّ سَبِيلًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيًّا كَبِيرًا]

“And as for those women [wives] whose protuberant behaviour [nushūzahunna] you have reason to fear, reprove them [first]; then desert them in bed; then jolt them; and if thereupon they pay you heed, do not seek to harm them. Behold, Allah is certainly most High, Great!” [4:34]. Insha’ Allah we will soon see our future daughters aspire to the noble personalities and works of our beloved mother of the believers Khadija (ra) instead of joining the social meat market designed by the liberal capitalists and colonial influencers in our lands.

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Imrana Mohammad
Member of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir