Iran and Women

I was invited to attend a parliamentary meeting by the Iranian women and youth group in Committee Room 12 this morning.  It was in the celebration of the soon to come Women's international day. But there was some very difficult stories to listen too of the regime in Iran and the pain that women go through.

I have to say as a midwife that the menfolk that are controllers and oppressors of women seem to forget something very important.

That is they lived rent free for 9 months in a woman's womb without which would have no life!

A point the prophet Mohammed pbh highlighted in the response to a question he was posed... he was asked "Who should I give more affection to - mother or father"  The reply was 1x father but 3xs mother as she carried you; birthed you and nurtured you.  So the screwed up actions of the reports from Iran are not Islamic by this very point.  Mohammed pbh did is fair share in the household with chores to keep salems in the home. Of course his wife Khadija pbh was an amazing business woman and well respected in the community.

It made me think being in the historical building of parliament that in the middle ages... I would have been burned at the stake as a witch. Midwife were wise women and still are but in the days of the growing male dominated medical profession were seen as a threat.  So seems we all had a go at being prats... Time for light and love...and respect and care for one another as intended by the message of all religions.....

This is dreadful the way women are arrested and some very strange stories. This regime is not Islamic cannot be to do all this melarky.  Makes you wonder what has got in their heads to distort a beautiful message of loving all Allah's creation as Allah is Akbar..  Spiritually when you think about it -the male and female forms are only needed for this journey on the Earthly plane, to create more vehicles for the soul the body....  The soul is neither male or female but a merge of both. There should be no oppression of one over another. 

The stoning of women is way out of order and so not Islamic nor should done by anyone, it is so barbaric and links to days before the enlightenment of both Jesus Isa pbh and Mohammed pbh... Muslims follow and respect the teachings of Isa Jesus so I am reminded of the New Testament story of Jesus coming across a party of stone throwers on a woman that had allegedly committed adultery.  Remember he asked "Let he who hath no sin cast the first stone!" and no one could as they all had sin and that comes from the ego that separates us from the love and light of Allah... now the killing of woman with stones is a major sin and totally Haram as you have not to take another life. So this regime needs to stop and think what they are doing... as this ain't there way to paradise and definitely not Islam - the surrender to Gods love... 

They are not performing true jihad that is the journey within to rid self of self and become selfless and merciful to all creation.  Like in my earlier posted rap... we don't need a caliphate full of hate that ain't the way bro' the message is to love!

Good the room today was full of flowers to help buffer the darkness of the stories being shared on women's oppression... Good reminders of Allah creativity of beauty in the world for us all to enjoy....