Women only fit to deliver children: Indian Muslim leader

Aboobacker Musliyar says women could never equal men


Web Desk November 29, 2015
Kerala Sunni leader Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar. PHOTO: FACEBOOK

A prominent Indian Muslim leader said on Saturday that women could never equal men as “they are only fit to deliver children.”

“Gender equality is something which is never going to be a reality. It is against Islam, humanity and was intellectually wrong,” All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama chief Kanthapuram Aboobacker Musliyar said, while addressing a students’ camp.

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“Women can never equal men. They are fit only to deliver children. Women cannot withstand crisis situations,” he added.

Musliyar went on to say that women do not have courage. “Women doctors can do general medicine or manage pediatrics. But they don’t have the courage for big surgical interventions,’’ he added.

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Musliyar has a history of making contentious remarks over issues concerning women and their role in society, according to the Indian Express. The leader recently spoke against women reservation in local governing bodies and also advocated marriage of minor girls which he claims ensures morality and discipline in society.

This article originally appeared on DNA India.

COMMENTS (56)

Rao | 8 years ago | Reply @Jag Nathan: You have summarised it well. These statements are products of ignorance. A survey in USA a couple of years ago showed that 40% of respondents believed in ghosts! This is in a modern scientific and technological superpower! In 800 AD circa, one the most brilliant minds in Indian religious philosophy came from Kerala. He was responsible for rejuvenating Hinduism on a philosophical plane. He walked up and down the breadth of India. He was. Adi Shankaracharya!
Noufal | 8 years ago | Reply The news is wrong. He said only women can give birth,Men cannot. And men and women are not equal.
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