There are no rules about how to read the Quran; the Quran is a completion of a Muslim's life

There are no rules about how to read the Quran; the Quran is a completion of a Muslim's life:

"One is not supposed to read the Quran wearing short pants, but your students do so," writes Sezer Gurbuz. One should not read the Quran without performing ablution. One should be sitting on their knees to read the Quran. There should not be any music when one reads it. No music should come from outside. So, as it is difficult to fulfill these obligations, what do you do?

Adnan Oktar: You put the Quran inside a cover it with a nice veil and put it on the wall. You dust it every two months. That's it. But when you can read the Quran wearing short-pants or without ablution, it will become your bosom friend. You will embrace it and it will become a part of you, your life. The Quran loves you with or without ablution, with or without shorts, as long as you always keep it by your side. Read it day and night. Put it under your pillow when you go to sleep. Do not leave it ever. For the sake of respecting the Quran, you alienate yourself from the Quran, let alone respecting it. Some people put it on the wall and some goes even further and say, "I do not sit in a room where there is Quran" or "I should not enter where there is Quran" they say. In that case, the only solution left is to get the Quran out of your house. Because when they take the Quran out of their house, they feel relieved. They say, "I do not lie down in a room where there is Quran.

The life is not lived where there is the Quran," they say. It can be lived. You can play music or stretch your legs and lie down around the Quran. You can read the Quran while you are lying down on your bed; there is nothing wrong with it. You can read it while wearing shorts or undershirt. This is the SCHEME OF SATAN TO ALIENATE PEOPLE FROM THE QURAN. The Quran is your life so you should keep it by your side in all parts of your life, be it in your car, under your pillow, or even when you visit the market. It should be with you wherever you go. Do not be afraid, there is nothing wrong with it. The Quran loves you. But by doing so, you will only distance yourself from the Quran. Do not fall in to this trap.

They play a similar game on women as well. They say, "Do not touch the Quran during your period. And do not go to the mosque. Do not perform prayers. Do not remember God." This way, you spend the majority of your life AWAY FROM THE QURAN. In other words, you take away the one third of your life. And with what is left of it you say, "Hell will swarm with women. The 99% of those in hell will be women." You say, "Satan is the companion of the women." What is your problem with women? You do everything you can to ALIENATE THEM FROM RELIGION. You call them "half-wits." You call them "inhuman." You call them "Semi-human." You say "Their words are invalid." You say ,"Do the opposite of what women tell you." What is this hatred? What kind of mentality is this? Even if you do not do this out of hatred, you are still on the wrong path. You are on a horrible path. They are oblivious of their actions or the damage their actions cause".

Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation on A9TV dated August 8th, 2016

Love for women in Islam

OUR PROPHET (SAAS) COMPARED WOMEN TO CRYSTAL GLASSES

Our Prophet (saas) resembled women to “crystal  glasses.”

Ayni, Umdatu’l Qari, 22/185

OUR PROPHET (SAAS) SAID THAT WOMEN ARE A SOURCE OF PLEASURE FOR HIM

 (Narrated from Muhammad ibn Umayr, Baqqar ibn Qardam and Abu Abdullah) Our Prophet (saas) stated:

“My light is the prayer and the source of my pleasure is women.”

Qulaynî, Qâfî, Volume.5, p.321, hadith no: 7.

LOVE OF WOMEN IS A MORALITY OF PROPHETS

 [Abû Abdullah]; Narrated from Ali, his father, Muhammad ibn Abû Umayr and  Ishâq ibn Ammâr:

Abû Abdullah [Jafar Sâdip (as)] stated:

 “Love of women is the morality of prophets.”

Qulaynî, :Qafî, v.5, p.320, hadith no: 1.

Shayh Tûsî, Tehzîbu’l-Ahkâm (Tahran, 1365), volume.7, p.403.

Majlîsî, Bihârü’l-Anwâr, volume.101, p.75

Tabarsî, Makârimu’l-ahlâq, v.197

Amilî, Wasâilu’sh-shia, v.20, v.22 (hadith no: 24923)

THE LOVE FELT FOR WOMAN ADDS TO ONE’S ZEAL OF FAITH

Narrated from Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attâr; Abdullah ibn. Muhammad, Ali b. Hakam, Aban b. Osman ve Omar b. Yazid:

Abû Abdullah [Jafar Sâdıq (as)] stated:

 “I don’t think that one’s faith becomes deeper unless he feels profound love for women.”

Qulaynî, Qafî, v.5, p.320, hadith no: 2.

İbn Bâbeveyh, Men lâ yehzuruhu’l-fakîh, c.3, s.384.

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Abu Maliq narrated from Abu Abbas:

I heard Imam Sadiq say:

 “As the servant’s love for Allah becomes more profound his faith improves even better.”

Ibn Bâbawayh, Man lâ yahzuruhu’l-faqîh, v.3, p.384.

OUR PROPHET (SAAS) TOLD HIS COMPANIONS THAT THEY SHOULD LOOK AT THOSE WOMEN THEY WANT TO MARRY

Jabir who heard our Prophet (saas) saying, “When one of you want to marry a woman, he can look at those attributes of her that will encourage the marriage if they can.” said, “I wanted to marry a concubine. I followed her, saw some of her attributes that would encourage me for marriage and I married her.”

Abu Dawud Niqah: 18, Thirmirpi Niqah: 5

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Mugire isr Shuba wanted to marry a woman. Our Prophet (saas) said, “Go and see her since meeting is better to get along well.”

Muslim Niqah:74, 75, , Ibn Majah, Niqah: 9, Tirmizi, Nikah:5

OUR PROPHET (SAAS) LET THOSE WOMEN  WHO MARRIED WITHOUT THEIR OWN CONSENT DIVORCE

In the time of our Prophet (saas) the father of a lady called Hansa was married by her father without her consent. Upon this, she consulted  our Prophet (saas) and terminated the marriage.

Buhari Niqah, 42

OUR PROPHET (SAAS) LIKED WOMEN AND FRAGRANCE MOST IN THIS WORLD

Narrated from Ali ibn Ibrahim and Hafs ibn Al-Bahtari:

 “I do not like anything in your world except for women and fragrance.” 

Qulaynî, Qâfî, v.5, p.321, hadith no: 6.

WITH THE REVELATION OF THE QUR’AN PEOPLE STARTED TO APPRECIATE WOMEN

… Omar ibn Al-Hattab told;

“I swear on Allah’s name that we did not attach any importance to women while we were ignorant (before he started to live by the Qur’an). Once Allah sent verses about them and granted rights to them, we also started to give rights to them.”

Buhari: Qitabut-Tafsir, Surat at-Tahrim, 1/283; Muslim: Kitabut-Talak, 4/190

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“In ignorant times people did not attach any importance to women, when Islam came and Allah mentioned their names, we understood that they have rights on us..”

Buhari: Libas 12/418

ALL SORTS OF ORNAMENTS AND ADORNING ONESELF IS ALLOWED IN ISLAM

Quotation from Tafsir al-Qabir: Unless there exists a particular prohibition about her, all sorts of ornaments and adorning oneself are allowed.

Fahruddin Ar-Razi , Tafsir-i Qabir, 14/53

REFERENCES: Catechism on Women and Family, Şule Uysal, (PAGE; 7- PAGE; 182- PAGE 215- PAGE 237- PAGE 241- PAGE 269)

2012-05-09 11:15:28 

A Muslim Woman Knows How to Dress in Accordance with the Qur'an

One important point that needs to be made here is that a Muslim woman knows perfectly well how to dress in accordance with the Qur'an so there is no need for a man to tell women how to dress. A man has no right whatsoever to interfere in what a woman wears, much less tell her how to dress or judge her. God has not given man that right. Today, this is an important matter that needs to be brought up and emphasized, especially in Muslim societies.

A woman may wear the head-covering, or cover herself up entirely or uncover her head or wear low-cut clothes. Once she says, “I am a Muslim,” nobody has the right to judge her. It is known only in the Sight of God which is more virtuous. It is sincerity that counts in the faith, not clothing. In the same way that someone who covers up entirely may be insincere and go to hell, a woman who wears low-cut clothes may also earn the right to enter paradise. It is God alone Who will decide.

When people adopt guides other than the Qur'an, problems arise that are unsuited to human nature and will invariably make trouble of one kind or another. These also cease to be individual problems and can transform into social conflicts or problems. The distinction based on forms of dress – such as with or without the head-covering, or low-cut clothing versus covering up entirely - is a false perception that has no place in the Qur'an and leads to tensions in society. God reveals in a verse that according to the Qur'an, superiority lies not in dress and external appearance but in piety, or taqwa (acting out of a fear of God):

Children of Adam! We have sent down clothing to you to conceal your private parts, as well as to be an adornment to you, but the garment of piety–that is best! That is one of God's signs, so that hopefully you will pay heed. (Qur'an, 7:26)

Faith is lived and made reality in the heart. Faith manifests itself through moral virtues, a person's warmth, affection, generosity, forgiving nature, quality, culture, manners and conception of art and science; in short, in everything. It is therefore important to evaluate people through their moral values, not by their external appearance.

No matter what their external appearance, people who say, “I am a Muslim” are all precious Muslims. It is wrong to discriminate between them. Nobody has the right to discriminate.

http://www.harunyahya.com/en/Articles/199091/A-Muslim-Woman-Knows-How-to-Dress-in--Accordance-with-the-Quran 

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Islam encourages personal hygiene, grooming and looking attractive

In the religion fabricated by the bigots, people, especially the women are expected to look their worst. Let alone putting on make-up and wear attractive clothes, they are banned from even carrying out the simple personal care tasks that would ensure a beautiful look. Some of the fabricated hadiths that ban using perfumes are as follows: 

The prayer of a woman who uses perfume for this mosque is not accepted until she returns and takes a bath like that of sexual intercourse (perfectly). (Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 33, Hadith 4162)

If a woman uses perfume and passes the people so that they may get its odour, she is so-and-so, meaning severe remarks. (Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 33, Hadith 4161)

If a woman wears perfume for anyone other than her husband, her prayer will not be accepted unless she washes that scent from her body as if washing off sexual intercourse." (Man La Yahzaruhul Faqih, v. 3, p. 440)

Using perfume for other than one’s husband brings a woman shame and fire (of hell). (Nahj al-Fasaha, 2382) 

Fabricated Hadiths that Prohibit Tattoos, Removal of Facial Hair, Esthetic Dental Work

God has cursed those women who practice tattooing and those who get themselves tattooed, and those who remove their face hairs, and those who create a space between their teeth artificially to look beautiful. (Sahih Bukhari, Book 72, Hadith 815)

Fabricated Hadiths that Prohibit Wigs, Eyebrow Plucking, Tattoos

God has cursed such a lady as lengthens (her or someone else's) hair artificially or gets it lengthened, and also a lady who tattoos (herself or someone else) or gets herself tattooed. (Sahih Bukhari, Book 72, Hadith 820)

The Messenger of God (pbuh) cursed the woman who does tattoos and the one who has them done, and those who pluck their eyebrows. (Sunan Ibn Majah, Chapter 11, Hadith 1989)

Fabricated Hadiths that Prohibit Women from Going out of Doors in Attractive Clothes

The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: “O Fatimah! The angels of the seven heavens and the seven earths curse the woman who decorates herself, dresses up and goes out of her house so that men may admire her beauty. She becomes the target of Divine wrath when she is alive. When she dies it is ordered that she be thrown into hell.” (Shahabul Akhbar, Dastaan-e-zanaan, p. 11)

Imam al-Sadiq: "For someone to be brought low and disgraced, it is enough to wear clothes that will spread their fame (in such a way as to attract people’s attention and cause them to point that person out)." (Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.78, p. 252)

Hazrat Ali: "Wear thick clothing (that does not reveal the body) because people who wear thin clothing also possess thin (weak) faith." (Bihar al-Anwar, Vol.79, p. 298)

The Messenger of God (pbuh) forbade women to wear clothes that would attract people’s attention and from wearing accessories that make noise when they went out. (Mustadrak al-Wasail, Vol.14, p. 280)

Fabricated Hadiths that Maintain that Women Lose Paradise by Preoccupying Themselves with Gold and Clothes

I looked into paradise and the minority of its inhabitants were women. So I asked, “Where are the women?” And I was told, “They are preoccupied with two red things: gold, and saffron,” meaning jewelry and dyestuff for clothes.

Fabricated Hadiths that Maintain that Women Should not be Given Nice Clothes

Help women by not giving them nice clothes to wear.

The reason for quoting all these fabricated hadiths is to be able to show how women are despised in the religion of the peddlers of superstition, and how they are regarded as foolish, lacking in character and generally irrelevant. These commands, which appear nowhere in the Qur’an, are depicted by way of these false hadiths as if they were a part of the faith. In this way, not only is female beauty done away with, a model of society in which their wisdom and character is also taken away is thus described. From then on, the lives of those who are already frozen, soulless and loveless become increasingly more atrophied.

When female beauty, one of the greatest blessings of this world, is done away with, both their own souls and their idea of society sink to the bottom. As we have discussed in detail in preceding sections, by disregarding women’s minds and ignoring the ideas of women who are capable of sharp and detailed thinking, capable of taking precautions and with a much wider understanding than that of men in a great many regards, the societies in question are deprived of many benefits. The most disturbing thing is that women in these societies also believe in this false religion and see nothing wrong with regarding themselves as inferior. The women in question have become used to looking no different to men and being exceedingly ill-groomed, to having no opinions on anything, to being ignorant and leaving all decisions to men and generally submitting to men.

The fact is, however, as we have already seen, that God refers in verses to those who render adornments and nice things unlawful. Such people behave in contravention of the Qur’an:

Say: “Who has forbidden the ornament of God which He has produced for His servants and the good kinds of provision?” Say: “They are, in the life of this world, for those who believe, (and) purely for them on the Day of Resurrection.” In this way We make the signs clear for people who know. (Surat al-A’raf, 32)

As we have already seen in detail, women are delightful and valuable in the view of the Qur’an; female beauty is a blessing. Female intelligence can lead societies to very broad horizons. God has bestowed all these beautiful attributes on women; He praises them and protects them. These fraudulent statements in the fabricated hadiths above are completely rejected by the Qur’an.

It must not be forgotten that the people who try to ban beauty and the blessings beloved of God are fanatics. It is therefore a very great mistake to condemn those who think that the world of the fanatics is the true one and thus criticize the true Islam out of this ignorance. The people who really abide by the Qur’an are those who know that beauty and adornment are blessings from God, not those who want to ban them.

Adnan Oktar: So long as Muslims keep standing against the arts, music and women’s choices about clothes, Islamophobia will occur all around the world

ADNAN OKTAR: So long as Muslims keep standing against music, against the arts and against women’s wearing revealing clothes - for instance, because my friends are wearing revealing clothes here, I receive lots of messages about them, even though the relatives, the mothers and the sisters of those people are also wearing such clothes, yet despite that, their subconscious is filled with those ideas. Europe is also fed up with them. These people are against sculpture, against painting, against music, against entertainment, against the laughter of women, against women going outside, wearing revealing clothes, against men cutting their beards, and the punishment (they see fit for those acts) is always death.

When this is the case, people feel terrified. Islam is misrepresented as a religion of terror. That is the reason why such an antipathy is formed. Then they call it  ‘Islamophobia.’ There is terrorophobia actually, people are terrified because of terror. You are spreading terror. What does it have to do with Islam? The things you are talking about have nothing to do with Islam. You are talking about a system of terror and you are misrepresenting it as Islam. You have named terror as Islam. There is compassion, mercy, love, arts, science, aesthetics,  beauty and everything in Islam.

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Women are more superior to men in terms of compassion, affection and in meticulousness. Male superiority must be removed

Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation on A9TV dated November 24th, 2014

-  Mr. Oktar, Mr. Erdoğan gave a speech on giving value to women and said, ‘You cannot bring man and women to an equal position. This is against creation. In business life, you cannot put a woman and a man through the same conditions. You cannot lay the burden of a man on a woman. It was like this in the communist regimes. Men and women are not equal, but they are equivalent. We must emphasize justice. Also you cannot commit violence toward women. And if they get older by your side, you cannot even huff and puff to them.  These are our values. Our religion has given women an authority, maternal authority. I used to kiss the bottom of my mother’s foot and say 'Here I find the smell of the Paradise.’”

ADNAN OKTAR: This is a very nice speech.

It is correct, if the women do hard work that would be an oppression, it is against creation. We have talked about this many times before. This is the perspective of Islam, this is the force of the conscience.

-  ‘They are not equal but they are equivalent’, he says.

ADNAN OKTAR: Now, in that sense, women are more and more superior. They are superior in compassion, mercy, cleaning, punctiliousness, meticulousness, thinking about details. So they are not equal; they should have more and more rights, the superiority of men should be removed. For example, there should be more women in the assembly.  Women should work on light tasks. Men should do the hard work, because his body is suitable for that. So, we should give priority to women. In that way, they are not equal. Women should have more rights. Women should have more advantages. They should be superior in terms of the advantages. When we say they are not equal, it might be misunderstood: It can be understood in both ways, the first meaning is that men are superior to women. That is how it is understood in Europe like this. It is understood in the opposite way. Erdoğan can make a new speech and strengthen this idea. So the superiority of women should be accepted. It should be accepted that women and men are not equal; women are superior. They are more superior in compassion, mercy, love, politeness and in everything, cities are established for women, they are established because of women. The cities are established for women. So, the superiorities of women should be emphasized. But if it is said like that, it is unfinished so it didn’t make the right impact. The examples which are given are not enough. If he explains that with more comprehensive examples, Erdoğan would have more appearances in the press and it would be more impressive. Otherwise it will stay unfinished and it would continue as a negative view and that wouldn’t be good. Because women are more clean, more merciful, more compassionate, more tactful, they think more about details, they are more side with aesthetics, they are more artistic, isn’t that true? True. There is nothing to deny. This is a scientific truth. This should be understood clearly.

For example, in business life, women should be accepted for the jobs first; for example, women should be accepted in the assembly first. They shouldn’t be given hard work. Their superiority should be accepted. The equality should be removed, this is important. By the force of quality, beauty, by the force of the good morality, we must give superiority to women, just like we give superiority to the mothers, in a positive way.

For example foreigners have that; when a woman is getting out of the car, first the man gets out and opens the door and holds the hand of the woman and helps her to get out of the car. This shows her superiority. For example when a woman enters a room, the others stand up; this shows her superiority.

Everywhere we must show the superiority of  women; the superiority of  women is the beauty and the ornament of a civilization. This is morality, this is the superiority of morality.  This is a beauty.

This has to be done, and that’s the entire matter.

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The idea that women are crooked

Woman has been created from a rib and will in no way be straightened for you; so if you wish to benefit by her, benefit by her while crookedness remains in her. And if you attempt to straighten her, you will break her, and breaking her is divorcing her. (Sahih Muslim, Book 8, Hadith 3467; an-Nasai)

The creation of human beings is described in detail in the Qur’an:

We created man from the purest kind of clay; then made him a drop in a secure receptacle; then formed the drop into a clot and formed the clot into a lump and formed the lump into bones and clothed the bones in flesh; and then brought him into being as another creature. Blessed be God, the Best of Creators! (Surat al-Muminun, 12-14)

No verse of the Qur’an says anything about woman being created from a rib bone and being crooked. In contrast to these terms employed by fanatics, our Almighty Lord reveals that men and women were created “in the best of forms:”

It is God Who made the earth a stable home for you and the sky a dome, and formed you, giving you the best of forms, and provided you with good and wholesome things. That is God, your Lord. Blessed be God, the Lord of all the worlds. (Surah Ghafir, 64)

The words “if you attempt to straighten her, you will break her” in the false hadith in question implies that she is crooked in both body and mind and can never be put right; however, no such words appear in the Qur’an. This shows the basis of the fanatics’ anger-filled attitude toward women.

The lesson we receive from the Qur’an is this; everyone, man or woman, has flaws and can make mistakes. According to the Qur’an, these flaws should be corrected by pointing them out in kindly language, showing the person what is right and wrong, and addressing the conscience of the person in question. Nobody has the right to cast anyone aside and say, “This person can never be put right.” Someone who does that and regards himself as superior may see that the person he regarded as “incorrigible” is actually in a better position than him in the Hereafter. Only God knows who is on the true path.

The fanatics’ superstitious belief that women are flawed and deficient right from the outset has been strengthened by the idea that it is also impossible for them to change subsequently. Many false hadiths therefore contain false information to the effect that good women are very few in number and that most women are not worthy of Paradise.

Bigotry: The Dark Danger

Chapter 3: The Fanatics’ Hatred of Women
http://www.harunyahya.com/tr/Books/191085/Bigotry-The-Dark-Danger/chapter/15444/Ch3-The-Fanatics%E2%80%99-Hatred-of-Women

Individual freedoms and the regulations on clothing

Individual freedoms and the regulations on clothing

The simplest definition of freedom, which has had varying interpretations in the past, is to be able to behave and act with no external intervention, hindrance or pressure. Everyone is born with the same human value. They must therefore live equally free, regardless of religion, nationality, race or opinions, and must enjoy the same human rights. Rights and freedoms cannot be limited by the majority or the strong; their implementation and protection is one of the main propulsive forces behind a prospering society.

Democratic countries, with their respect for individual rights and freedoms, differences and private life, are equally progressive in the democratic sphere. In societies with properly functioning democracies, people’s rights and freedoms are respected and protected even if they are not approved of or encouraged by others. In countries that lack a developed democratic structure, however, the majority - or the strong - can place limitations on those who do not resemble or are not of them.

There is no doubt that Turkey has recently striven to become a more transparent and advanced democracy. It has made great progress on the road to democracy with its radical reforms in recent years. The latest freedom introduced, for students at high and middle school to wear the headscarf as of their 5^th year, is an excellent development in terms of Turkey’s opening up to democracy, and students who so wish have begun attending classes wearing the headscarf across the country. However, the ban on dyed hair, make-up, moustaches and beards previously enshrined in the Ministry of Education Regulation on Clothing and Appearance has been preserved entirely, and piercing and tattoos have even been added to the list. Accordingly, students at schools cannot dye their hair or have themselves tattooed or pierced. This has led to renewed debates about democracy. Many people are saying that the limitations in question have cast a shadow over the democratic gains of recent years.

However, the world changes, opinions change and pressures evaporate. The best thing to do is to adapt to advances and change on the path to democracy as much as one can.

Young people are without doubt those most affected by change. Young people now wish to be free, to live at ease and in happiness and to spend their best years free from pressure. They do not want strict discipline. Young people who wish to be pierced or tattooed want to be free to do that, without hindrance, and to enjoy their youth as they see fit, just like those choosing to wear the headscarf. Young girls who want to wear make-up to look nice or young boys who feel more handsome when they grow a beard no longer want to be restricted. Middle and high school are when they want to look their best. Let us let them dress as they please, happy and free from pressure. Schools should be brightly colored and vibrant. The peace, joy and energy that come from freedom should be felt everywhere. If the underlying reason for restrictions is a fear that young people will become degenerate, well, colors have never made anyone degenerate. The same goes for beards, moustaches, tattoos and ear rings.

The fact is that individual rights are among the most demanded human rights in the world no matter from which religion, nation or ideology one may belong to. When individuals’ rights are taken away, the result is fear, unease, restlessness and insecurity, and that inevitably leads to a structural sickness. People whose individual freedoms are taken away lose their joy, zeal and creativity. Instead of being relaxed and productive as they are when they are free and able to express themselves as they please, they become unhealthy and introverted; that does nobody any good because a youth freed from repression and able to think freely, represents the hope of the nation and a guarantee for the future. Moreover, the youth are one of a nation’s greatest forces. Turkey, with its youthful population, must make the best use of this feature and encourage young people to be free, to think freely and have the sense to assume great responsibilities.

Adnan Oktar's piece on Urdu Times & Arabian Gazette 

http://www.arabiangazette.com/individual-freedoms-rights-regulations-clothing/

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Hostility Against Women

Ladies wearing low-neck dresses are perfect Muslims; so are those wearing headscarves. Bearing hostility against women wearing low-neck dresses is as shameful as bearing hostility against women wearing headscarves. We condemn both of these attitudes. 

(A9 TV; September 10th, 2014)