Amasa Firdaos, the ‘radical’, ‘recalcitrant’ and ‘rebellious’ child of Islām has won both the battle and the war after all the initial gragra by non-Muslim bigots and their hypocritical siblings among the Muslims. With this singular act, Firdaos has not only carved a niche for herself, but has also paved way for aspiring female Muslim lawyers to wear their hijāb with pride throughout their academic sojourn without any fear of intimidation or harassment.
Firdaos’s unprecedented uncompromising and heroic fight for the right of female Muslim lawyers will go down in history as one of the greatest sacrifice ever made by a young but devout, resilient and determined Muslim in the face of staunch opposition from both within and without her faith and profession. Her name will be imprinted in all major print media, books and journals. Her case will be cited in courts, from the High to the Supreme.
In an era when most Female Muslims:
* Voluntarily ‘dress to kill’;
* Hide their Muslim identity;
* Dress to imitate and please the Kuffār;
* Look down upon Hijābis and Niqābis as less humans;
* Compromise their faith to achieve political correctness, et cetera,
Firdaos bint Amasa stood by her faith in clear defiance of preposterous regulations that are deliberately skewed towards marginalizing Muslims and violating their fundamental right of religion. She represented Islām in the most civil manner, devoid of rude confrontations and disrespect for constituted authorities. She fought for the right of the yet to be born aspiring female Muslim lawyer in a country where Muslims only boast of numerical superiority with little or nothing to show for it.
I congratulate her on this epoch making feat. May Allāh continue to guide her way.
However, my true hero for this wonderful achievement is Malam Amasa, Firdaos’s father: the man who stood by his ‘fundamentalist’ little daughter and supported her actions and decisions even though it was at the expense of her career. In an era when most Muslim parents would have:
* Publicly denounced the action of their daughter;
* Called a family meeting to warn, intimidate and harass her;
* Pronounced her a bastard child and accuse her mother of infidelity;
* Coerced her to abandon her shenanigan or stand being disowned;
* Labeled her all sorts of nasty appellations: extremist, mad-salafist, brainwashed wahhaabist;
* Harassed and even arrested whoever her Ustaadh or suitor is;
* Laid a curse on her over her insistence to stand by her faith and conviction;
...Malam Amasa encouraged his daughter to fight on as he’s got her back. With this assurance, she waxed stronger and stronger by the day.
JazākumuLlāh khayran sir.
To all the Muslim parents out there intimidating and harassing their children for choosing Islamic values over the madness of modernity and civilization, may Allāh open your hearts to see and accept the truth.
To everyone who supported Amasa Firdaos’s cause...individuals and organizations, this victory is for you all.
I’m so so happy!!!!!
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