Islam introduced veils but told men to lower gaze

IIUI rector calls for spreading awareness about religion

ISLAMABAD: Islam had introduced the concept of wearing a veil for women, but at the same time, it told men to lower their gaze as well.

This was stated by International Islamic University Rector Professor Dr Masoom Yasinzai while speaking at the third two-day international conference on “Contemporary Women Issues and their Solution from Islamic Perspective”. The conference is being organised by the Islamic Studies department of the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC).



Dr Yasinzai said that Islam was not merely a religion, it was also a complete code of life. Moreover, he said that no other religion ascribes as much respect and honour to women as Islam does.

Quoting the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Dr Yasinzai said that heaven lay beneath the feet of one’s mother. He continued, quoting a Hadith, “the best amongst you is the one who treated well with his wife”.

He stressed that this is the respect and honour which Islam accords to women.

Further, he said that Islam had introduced the veil for women because the precious status women enjoy in its code. Islam also, he added, had direct men to lower their eyes.  Stressing that there were no rights for women before Islam, he added that today Islam was being wrongly portrayed in the world and that it was time to spread awareness about Islam in its true spirit.



NUML Director General Brig Muhammad Ibrahim said that it was the responsibility of the Ulema, scholars and researchers to tell the world about the real teachings of Islam.

He hoped that in the presence of national and international scholars participants will learn something great

Published in The Express Tribune, October 26^th, 2017.