On August 14, 2021, a reprehensible and unfortunate incident occurred in grater Iqbal Park, Lahore around 1900 hrs. Later on, social and mainstream media flooded with various trends, videos, and talk shows. I personally believe that prompt legal action should be taken against all the perpetrators for their heinous crimes, and they should be behind the bars. Moreover, if that was a publicity stunt then the girl and her facilitators should also be penalized because the act is a severely fatal blow to all the women who are genuinely striving to fight against harassment and molestation. These types of incidents simply reflect the prevailing sick and “animal instincts” of our society, these incidents expose that we are rapidly heading towards moral downfall and collapse, breaching legal and moral barriers. The government along with all social institutions miserably failed to even identify and address the root cause of the problem associated with physical and sexual violence against vulnerable groups. Whenever there is talk of women’s rights, it is propagated that Islam has oppressed women, deprived them of their rights, and kept them as prisoners. Isn’t it a fact that countries and institutions that talk about women’s rights have emerged a hundred … Continue reading Islam and women’s rights vs. Feminism