The Purdah Police

A brilliant critique of the Mullahs in society. A mullah is the erstwhile sword of damocles on every Muslim`s head. I`ve on occasion attended a few ``segregated`` weddings here and there... but always ended up non-segregating it ... by shifting to the women`s side after a a while.

Re: # 5

Hey, doesn`t Aisha mind? :)

Re: # 6

Actually, as a true family man, Yasser often is driven by the need to be with us women -Zoya and his mom in addition to me, from the time we walk in to such disasterous events they call weddings-- which we have made a point to reject for the reason that a wedding celebrates a union of equality between a man and a woman, and segregating them is counterintuitive as well as damaging to everything that a marriage stands for- trust, intimacy, joy, sharing...

So anyway, Zoya is often sent to yell for her Baba, and later after my hubby secures himself in a position next to me often descried as ``chipakna``, the great knockon effect leads to many cousins and uncles also joining in to `check on things` and eventually making themselves comfortable next to the women in their lives like little pups.

Such weddings are rare though, mostly in Pakistan weddings are the only time the displays in Liberty market and Zamzama come alive, and what good would they be without men ...As Uncle Nand will attest to the one he attended of my friend Sara, this is a time of little inhibitions, and an overriding happiness...

According to Fatima Mernessi, Pardah Police are often women who are postmenopause and somehow feel that lack of sexual identification makes them androgynous enough to abuse the authority of patriarchy. This unnatual state puts them in a high risk category where they`d be the first to hop on to the waiters if they could get away with it.


Aisha Sarwari

a different topic, but the same thread of fundamentalism versus reason. You can`t let an untouchable woman touch your shadow. But you can rape her.

It is truly a shame that still for some people Islam begins from the beard of a man and ends on the Purdah of a woman.

hahaha....a comical look at the farcical islam being practiced in society these days.

i agree its quite outrageus and unacceptable....but thanks for keeping it so humorous :)

Absolutely right!
These English speaking ex-playboy dari walahs with cute non purdah observing daughters and old purdah observing wives once used to be an endangered species. Now they show up in abundance.

I once had a fruitful argument with one such uncle about the significance of facial hair in Islam. He called it sunnat and I countered it with the argument that the prophet (PBUH) didn’t have access to good shaving equipment. He got furious so I asked him if he was such a dedicated follower of the prophet why doesn’t he get rid of his Honda and Prado and get a camel for travel purpose. Obviously he didn’t have the answers. So I am a labeled Kafir and Munkir but I couldn’t care less.

Every time I visit back home I find out that a couple of my friends have turned into dari walahs. My question to them is always the same. Bhai 100 choohey poorey ho gaye kya?

I pray that Allah keeps us away from the wrath of dari brigade.