Daughters of Al Huda (II)
Institutions like Al Huda should be banned if not at least strictly regulated.
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 24th, 2010.
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 24th, 2010.