I am honest. There is no clear link with Islam.

Don’t ask BBC WORLD or CNN or any other XYZ intellectual on what they feel about Muslim Women, despite; ask the believing women what she feels being it!

                                                                                                     - Mujahid Deputy

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         Well, I had a glance at the opinion column of The Times, dated, 10^th May 2012, a UK based newspaper, where I saw a piece of writing itching to be read-out , which later on appeared in The Hindu on 18^th May 2012 by title ‘Reshaping Islam for the Modern Age’. “Let’s be honest. There is a clear link with Islam”. Yes, this was the sarcastic headline of the article in the opinion column of the (The Times) based on the controversial case of a group of Muslim men landing up in a jail last week for sexually abusing young white girls.

Islam has so far become a theme for the lame ducks to be a successful writer and to be visible throughout the world. Simple, if you are not well known, write something against Islam and you will be a ‘Whitebread’ award winner tomorrow or you may be known as ‘German Author of the year’.

Let me restrict myself to a latest writing of a budding Islamophobia, the writer, David Aaronovitch, who suggested that Islam was inherently Misogynist: a culture that treated its women as “red meat”.

As we know, not only in Islam, but in every community there appears to be having black sheep’s who are squarely responsible for the diminishing of the religious image. But, it is vile to blame the religion for what they do, well, it’s what they do; not the religion. Mr. Aaronovitch seemed to be not interested in writing when nobody blamed Christianity for the conduct of hundreds of priests found involved in child abuse scandals around the world.

Now, what allows Mr. Aaronovitch to have such inane perception about Islam? Well, its simple; the hated towards Islam. It’s very easy to put forward the allegations on any religion, but it needs to be logically proved.

Freedom of expression; yes, according to this fundamental right, you can criticize Islam; if you found anything illogical in it and nobody will be having objection towards it. If... and only if you are well knowing about what you want people to know.  Though I’m not a good advisor, here is a sincere suggestion to Mr. Aaronovitch (a writer who might not like my writing) before raising figure towards the religion, you ought to well know about the teachings of Islam rather the way a modern Muslim practices.

Meanwhile we have another lady, Samia Rehman, a writer and a daughter of Pakistani immigrants writes about misogyny in Islam. “Most of this misogyny is justified on the basis of Qur’an and the tradition of Prophet Mohammed. The question is how to pull out of the quagmire of misogynist practice and interpretation and revive its pro-women ethos,” she writes.

Well, it seems to me like a devil is quoting the scripture. In fact, Islam treats women precious than a diamond and this can be justified on the groundings of Qur’an the teaching of the Prophet (pbuh). The simple answer for your precious question is quite simple; Stop devoting your intellectuals (if you have any) on the issues which does not exists in Islam; Come up with a different tactics if you covet to tear down the image of Islam, It’s just a suggestion, you can think over it.