While Iran’s Islamic body compelled cartoon characters to wear a hijab, Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) took it a step further and banned female actresses playing ‘hoors’ on television.
The CII is basically a constitutional body that influences legislature based on the member’s idea of whether or not a certain law is repugnant to Islam.
Based on their understanding, the body slammed the display of women as ‘hoors’. CII even dubbed this completely ‘inappropriate in light of Islamic teachings‘.
The move comes after a young girl was presented as a ‘hoor’ at a 12th Rabi-ul-Awal celebration in Multan. Many sections of society slammed the display of the young girl as a ‘hoor’ given the context of the term.
For context, hoors are virgin females made for men that go to heaven. However, the Quran mentions men in Jannah (heaven) and their wives, not these virgin rewards.
“Enter the Garden, you and your wives, you will be made glad. There will be brought round for them trays of gold and goblets, and therein is all that the souls desire and eyes find sweet and you will stay there forever. This is the garden, which you are made to inherit because of what you used to do. Therein for you is fruit in plenty whence to eat.” (Az-Zukhruf 43: 70-73)
Netizens are not appeased by the CII’s recent move at all. The Islamic body’s decision didn’t address the paedophilic undertones in the matter of depicting a potentially underage young girl as a ‘hoor’.
https://twitter.com/mSaleemJaved/status/1453406131108331521
Especially when there was so much push back from the clergy when the matter of chemically castrating child sexual abusers was raised. Even though chemical castration is a temporary and reversible process.
'Castrating rape convicts un-Islamic': Council of Islamic Ideology pic.twitter.com/f6VZqIufFM
— Mohsin Nisar Malik (@MuhsenNysar) October 28, 2021
The body’s statement came after a woman was displayed as a “hoor” (heavenly figure) during a procession on 12th Rabiul Awal, as per videos that went viral on social media.
During the same meeting, the CII members decided that naat, marsiya, and qaseeda were against Islamic teachings.
According to a report in GEO News the body called for a ‘uniform standard’ for religious celebrations.
“CII also objected to the ostentatious exhibition of religious rituals and suggested a uniform standard to be maintained when it comes to religious ceremonies.”
The CII also objected to the ostentatious exhibition of religious rituals and suggested a uniform standard to be maintained when it comes to religious ceremonies.
