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Our society is presently bereaved of the true understanding of human rights. It is oscillating between criminal discretion of powers that be to jettison God and the godless religious sycophants. The drivers of its policies are under the stupor of occultism and befogged minds. It is pregnant with hydra headed teething quagmires. Ordinary men suffer excruciating penury which blurs their reasonability. Fantasies and nudism have become the way of life of the youths. The elders while time away with intoxicating wines and prostitutes.
The spate of moral corruption is unimaginable. Crimes continue unabated. Fornication is now a pastime, vulgarity in music and arts, profanity in worship and friendship, violent abuse of power with temerity, collection of bribery by all opportunists in uniform and outside it, breakdown in the family system, criminal tendencies and violation of human rights.
We now face the stark reality of survival or ruin. The terrorism of Boko Haram has sent many innocent souls to the grave, the terrible state of our roads have taken more lives, the poor health situation has aggravated existence with worse ailments, the poor quality of education has damaged the future of little children.
Instead of tackling our problems from the root, we are engaged with cutting the branches. Whatever we suffer today are the dividends of our human system. We cannot jettison the law of God in whatever garb and think that all will be well. Today, we see our girls in spaghetti tops’, ‘wicked straps’, ‘mono straps’, ‘tubes’, ‘show me your belly’, ‘belly buttons’, ‘bare backs’, ‘cut offs’, ‘ tank tops’, ‘muscle shirts’, ‘hort tops’, ‘tight hip-hugger jeans’, and feel unperturbed, we see our children watch terrible films, we feel the future is secured. It is very glaring that the hues and cries of Hijaab being used by the Boko Haram is only an argument for the mentally deluded; before Boko Haram Muslim ladies have been denied and oppressed for Hijaab during NYSC camps; during data capturing for PVC, BVN, our women were harassed to show their ears as if it is the means of identification. It is nothing but a deliberate and continuous humiliation and harassment! Must all these continue? It must stop, and that is what HIJAB DAY has come to remind the world.
As the Muslim world mark Hijaab day, we should note that it is not a celebration but a promotion of the values of hijaab; not a protest but an enlightenment on the divinity of the dress. History is replete, in the past and in the present, how ladies in Hijaab have been icons of scholarship and starling academic performance, winning different awards. We are in a civilized world when empirical studies should guide out thoughts, if we will not believe in God. No single research has been conducted that Hijaab affects economy, academics, health, etc. To the contrary, research has been carried out that Muslim ladies in Hijaab have better and healthy skin, since it is not exposed as others do using body creams of all kinds.
Hijaab registers the presence of a Muslim lady as a decent and an intellectual icon. She detests sexy cloth and goes for Hijaab. It conceals her beauty and reserves it for her husband because great minerals are concealed by natural order until unearthed when needed. Hijaab makes her skin fresh and saved from contaminations of different kinds. Unlike all other wears of women, Hijaab saves men from temptation that can fire their basal selves. Anthropologically, Hijaab makes a Muslim woman see all people from her own world while they cannot all see what she is. Hijaab emphasizes the spiritual over the material, unlike other who are desperately busy exhibiting their shapes, contours, complexion, hijaab keeps a Muslim lady calm, cool and calculated. She is sealed nectar.
All arguments against Hijaab only show how potent it is in keeping women more responsible. It is unfortunate that the world now celebrate intellectual sickness at the expense of its reawakening. Hijaab is part of our history and can never become an artifact. It is a divine right that no mortal can deny. It is even, according to the feeble human law, a constitutional right that can never be rubbished away. It is a practical demonstration of morality that no moral element can detest. It has always been part of the life of great women like Mary, mother of Jesus and many others. Most importantly, it is one of the cornerstones that make a Muslim woman.
A stitch in time, they say saves nine. We should allow Muslim ladies to wear their Hijaab without molestation. We as elders may be patient and diplomatic about the whole issue but the generation of the upcoming youths is different. They belong to the Internet age. They now have access to information on several websites that are at times even violent, ISIL, ISIS, BH, etc. We should have foresight by not denying any religious group fundamentals of their religion so far it does not infringe on others’ right. Hijaab to the Muslim is fundamental and does not cause problem for anybody. As others have right to be indecently dressed, the Muslim lady has right to be well dressed too.
All noises about Hijaab are purely Islamaphobic. Even the so called advanced country like France banned Hijaab. Italy imposed fines. A Lagos state Principal flogged a little girl scores of canes because of merely covering the hair with Hijaab. Why? A graduate during NYSC camp was also because of same molested. Why?
Enough is enough. We should be futuristic and strategic in handling religious matters. Muslims have sacrificed a lot of principles of their faith in this country, but because we are tolerant and wisely rescind to silence and due process, people have taken it for granted. In most government schools, more than 90 percent of our daughters are denied the wearing of Hijaab, whereas we pay taxes and we are entitled as majority to democratic dividend not in cash but in moral living. After all, it is the Muslims who are more sincerely committed to polygamy, thus even if were of equal number at the beginning, out advantage as a polygynous group will have given us the edge.
Let us give Hijaab full support. Let all women embrace it. Let our girls in schools use their Hijaab. Let us reflect over the impact Hijaab makes and that of the indecent wears. Hijaab is a fulfillment for a Muslim lady. It is her life. So, no one should take it.
By Adeniyi O.Z. (PhD)
For TariQQ Consult Nigeria (TCN)
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