Traveling to Dubai is ‘a sin’ SHEIKH Mohammed Al-Shannar was unknown before the appearance of Twitter. Now, he can be considered an electronic virus that came to us through the computer wires. The Twitter Sheikhs, who have lately multiplied, are known for their weird fatwas (religious edict). They included harassing women cashiers for religious reasons seeking reward from Allah. A few days ago a woman questioned Al-Shannar on Twitter about the religious ruling on traveling to Dubai without a Mahram (male guardian). He answered her that traveling to Dubai is Haram (sin) even with a Mahram if there was no dire necessity. As he uses the word Haram emphatically, we will not waste our time trying to analyze this Twitter fatwa. We will, instead, look, along with him, for other convincing reasons that may make traveling to Dubai sacrilegious. The first of these reasons, according to my humble opinion, is that a woman can walk alone in the streets of Dubai after midnight without being harassed by anyone. This is because there are strict laws that will deter anyone who dares harass women whether out of admiration or for religious reasons seeking reward from Allah. These laws will make women safe and will protect their dignity. The second reason that makes traveling to Dubai a ‘sin’ is that the Indians, Bangladeshis, Egyptians, Saudis, Danish and Emirati citizens are all equal before the law. They are all human beings regardless of their origins or religious beliefs. Al-Shannar and his followers were not able to produce a society which treats all people equally. May Allah help the foreigners. Dubai also has obtained international awards in land utilization. According to a book written by its ruler (Glimpses of Thought), Japan has sent a delegation to gain experience in this field from this small Gulf emirate. Sheikh Al-Shannar does not see or criticize the Saudi notary publics who forge land deeds thus usurping the rights of others. In Dubai everything is clear from the moment you enter the airport. There is a green lane and a red one. Everybody is responsible for the lane he or she chooses. The Al-Shannar school deals with life as if it is a hypothetical world like the Twitter. They consider themselves the good people while the others are the bad people. The curse should fall on the US, South Korea and all those who have helped invent Twitter and smartphones. They allowed that there live among us people from the Stone Age. I hope that Afghanistan would invent a smartphone to enable Sheikh Al-Shannar and his people to give fatwas and spark religious harassments just by a single touch of the button. Let us have our unreligious Korean or American smartphones to tell us that at least we are living in the 21st century. Khalaf Al-Harbe Okaz
Posted on: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:17:53 +0000
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