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Written by Zahra A | October 2025
In the history of Islam, there are names that shine as beacons of faith and justice:
Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), Hazrat Ali (AS), and Hazrat Abbas (AS) — men who were not only symbols of courage but also exemplars of respect, kindness, and justice toward women.
Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) lived alongside Bibi Khadija (SA), a great and successful businesswoman, with trust and compassion. He never silenced her voice; rather, he relied on her wisdom and faith in the path of prophethood.
Hazrat Ali (AS) stood with Bibi Fatima (SA) in love, trust, and justice, never resorting to force or humiliation.
Hazrat Abbas (AS) sacrificed his life in Karbala to protect the dignity of women and children.
They defined honor through protection, not control.
Yet today, in Afghanistan, thousands of preachers on minbars, parents in homes, and people in streets tell women:
“Be like Khadija, like Fatima, like Zainab. Do not speak to men, stay at home, do not raise your voice!”
Are you like Hazrat Muhammad and Hazrat Ali that you expect this?
Did they ever shout at women?
Did they beat their wives or daughters for failing to prepare meals on time due to heavy work or delays in other tasks?
Did they treat their daughters as criminals because they were born girls, not boys?
Did constant violence cause women to tremble when seeing their fathers, brothers, or husbands?
Were their women or daughters forced to beg for basic necessities such as clothing?
Were their mothers beaten in front of their children to the point of near death?
Did they forbid Bibi Khadija from trading?
Did they prevent Bibi Fatima from speaking out in defense of her rights?
No — never!
But today, in our homes, Afghan women live in silence, trembling from the fear of “honor.”
Daughters are denied education because “a woman’s place is at home.”
A woman who works is labeled “immoral,” and if she remains silent, she is still insulted.
This is no longer Islam.
This is a false Islam — a religion emptied of justice and stained with oppression.
True Islam, the Islam brought by Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), liberated women from ignorance and fear, and recognized them as equal in humanity alongside men.
After the tragedy of Karbala, Bibi Zainab (SA) stood against Yazid.
In the midst of unimaginable pain, she became the voice of truth. She was a woman who embodied faith with strength and courage.
Today, Afghan girls fight with all their might, raising their voices in pursuit of education, because they refuse to become victims like their mothers or illiterate girls who witness oppression daily.
They work because they no longer want to depend on anyone.
They study because they cannot trust men who should be their protectors, yet have become sources of pain.
Afghan women do not want to abandon Islam;
They want to abandon a false, patriarchal Islam —
an Islam stripped of justice and love, turned into a tool to control women.
Religion means dignity, not imprisonment.
Honor means support, not violence.
Faith means love, not fear.
And Afghan women seek only what God and the Prophet ordained 1,400 years ago:
Rights, respect, and a life of dignity.
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