Women
are held in very high regard in the Afghan society and family life. Not
only are they compassionate mothers, beloved sisters, free-willed
wives, treasured daughters but are also considered the tribes honor and
the nations dignity because it is these women who breastfeed their
children by reciting ‘Bismillah’ (In the name of Allah) and teach them
about protecting their religion, honor and country in the cradle. It is
women who expound Jihad, zeal and sacrifice for the defense of Islam and
it is women who indoctrinate young men with creed and present them for
service to their religion, nation and country.



The
honorable status of women in Afghan society in reality gets its origins
from Islam. In the time of ignorance, women didn’t even have the right
to live; they were buried alive or were distributed and treated as
property. When the divine religion of Islam first dawned, it foremost
gave women the right to live, then rights in heritage, ownership, trade,
marriage of choice, education, teaching, Jihad in the path of Allah,
judiciary, issuing fatwas, giving advise, worship, giving infidels
security and all the other rights of life. The Prophet (SAW) said:
(
من كانت له بنت فأدبها فأحسن أدبها، وعلمها فأحسن تعليمها، وأسبغ عليها من
نعم الله التي أسبغ عليه كانت له سترا أو حجابا من النار. (رواه أبو نعیم
الأصبهاني)
Those
who have a girl, discipline her with the best discipline; educate her
with the best of education and cover her with the blessings with which
Allah has blessed him then she shall become a shield between him and
fire, meaning he shall be protected from the fire of hell due to his
daughter.
And
for those who oppress women, they have been addressed with the harshest
of terms in Islamic Sharia for example the saying of Allah: {وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ}
When
the female infant buried alive would be asked “For what sin was she
murdered”? meaning that questions shall definitely be asked on the day
of reckoning.
Islam
has also brought with itself some rulings for women which protect their
chastity and dignity for example the hijab therefore it is stated at
the end of the verse regarding covering:
{ذَلِكَ أَدْنَى أَن يُعْرَفْنَ فَلاَ يُؤْذَيْنَ} (الأحزاب-59)


That
will be better, that they should be known (as free respectable women)
so as not to be annoyed. Hijab is reality is a fortress of a woman which
protects them from immodest, unreligious and harmful people.
In
this dark period of American occupation and in complete disagreement of
our Islamic and national customs and culture, women are intentionally
being pushed towards ignorance; are having to face inhumane conditions
under the name of democracy; are being oppressed by unconstrained
militias who work under the shadow of the invaders; are being kidnapped;
are made to cry day and night due to barbarism and cruelty; they burn
themselves up to a stage where their screams are heard throughout the
world and even tough it is being maliciously used by the media, still no
one bothers asking about them. Surely to Allah we belong and to him is
the return.
Therefore
it is an obligation upon the Mujahideen and the entire nation to
protect the rights of women in these sensitive times; regard it as their
duty; forward sacrifices in its defense; all means should be utilized
in attaining their due Islamic rights; they should not be left alone to
the cruelty and abuse of oppressors and they should protect this
national honor with full determination and unshakable will.