Md Joynal Abedin Khan :
An Imam (cleric) has announced barrier recently thru a mike (loud speaker) of a mosque on women farming in Kallayanpur village of Kumarkhali upazila in Kustia district.
He made the announcement after holding a discussion with his six associates in a secret place in the area on December 8 which is totally violation of a verdict of High Court in connection with the Fatwa.
The members of law enforcing agencies arrested
six persons, including the Imma after filing on Tuesday night after filing a case in this connection, Abdul Khaleque, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kumarkhali Police Station told The New Nation on Wednesday.
“They used the mosque’s loudspeakers that evening to spread the news,” the OC said.
He said the six arrested would face charges under the special powers act, a controversial military-era law.
Rights groups have protested that ruling, saying villages far from country’s secular courts use fatwas to issue sentences that go against the nation’s laws.
Women were once largely confined to the home in rural areas, but a labour shortage has meant millions now work in the fields during harvest or crop sowing season.
Women also account for some 80% of four million workers in the country’s 4,500 textile plants – the mainstay of the impoverished nation’s economy.
According to the case statement, Abu Musa, the Imam of Kallayanpur mosque have announced through a mike that the moving of any woman in crops field is totally invalid (Haram). He also urged the all local people to resist the women to work in field at any cost, it mentioned.
They took the decision after prayers on Friday, banning women from going out of their homes, it added.
Meanwhile, Police arrested six people on charge of issuing a fatwa banning women from working on farms, said Shahidul Islam, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Kumarkhali Police station. Of them, three were taken to police custody following a remand order of a local court on Wednesday, the police official said.
Sultana Kamal, right activists and former advisor of a caretaker government, said, “We should create social awareness against the dogmatic religious people and should develop moral development to alleviate the oppressive familial environment for women.”
She mentioned, “Bangladeshi women are making progress in many fields. “Bangladeshi women are putting up enviable successes in different sectors. The advances made by our women are now being discussed all over the world.”
Earlier, Fatwas were banned in 2001, but the nation’s highest court in 2011 ruled that they could be issued on personal and religious matters if they did not impose physical punishment.
An Imam (cleric) has announced barrier recently thru a mike (loud speaker) of a mosque on women farming in Kallayanpur village of Kumarkhali upazila in Kustia district.
He made the announcement after holding a discussion with his six associates in a secret place in the area on December 8 which is totally violation of a verdict of High Court in connection with the Fatwa.
The members of law enforcing agencies arrested
six persons, including the Imma after filing on Tuesday night after filing a case in this connection, Abdul Khaleque, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kumarkhali Police Station told The New Nation on Wednesday.
“They used the mosque’s loudspeakers that evening to spread the news,” the OC said.
He said the six arrested would face charges under the special powers act, a controversial military-era law.
Rights groups have protested that ruling, saying villages far from country’s secular courts use fatwas to issue sentences that go against the nation’s laws.
Women were once largely confined to the home in rural areas, but a labour shortage has meant millions now work in the fields during harvest or crop sowing season.
Women also account for some 80% of four million workers in the country’s 4,500 textile plants – the mainstay of the impoverished nation’s economy.
According to the case statement, Abu Musa, the Imam of Kallayanpur mosque have announced through a mike that the moving of any woman in crops field is totally invalid (Haram). He also urged the all local people to resist the women to work in field at any cost, it mentioned.
They took the decision after prayers on Friday, banning women from going out of their homes, it added.
Meanwhile, Police arrested six people on charge of issuing a fatwa banning women from working on farms, said Shahidul Islam, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Kumarkhali Police station. Of them, three were taken to police custody following a remand order of a local court on Wednesday, the police official said.
Sultana Kamal, right activists and former advisor of a caretaker government, said, “We should create social awareness against the dogmatic religious people and should develop moral development to alleviate the oppressive familial environment for women.”
She mentioned, “Bangladeshi women are making progress in many fields. “Bangladeshi women are putting up enviable successes in different sectors. The advances made by our women are now being discussed all over the world.”
Earlier, Fatwas were banned in 2001, but the nation’s highest court in 2011 ruled that they could be issued on personal and religious matters if they did not impose physical punishment.
