Daughters of Al Huda (II)

KARACHI: Institutions like Al Huda should be banned if not at least strictly regulated. I remember its students visiting my school — they think they know all there is to know about religion and the need to guide misguided (read wealthy) women. I’ve seen people become intolerant and narrow-minded after taking their classes. Their focus seems to be on making their own lives, as well as that of others, unbearable, as if religious obligations are not actually a good, private part of spiritual life but rather meant as a punishment from God. Huda means “right guidance”. How ironic!

Ayesha Hoda

Published in The Express Tribune, August 24^th, 2010.