Whenever I read about raids, accidents and denials involving the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, certain questions come to my mind: Can virtue be guarded? Is virtue only related to preventing a relationship between men and women or khulwa (unrelated men and women meeting in seclusion)?
Are there not thousands of ways in which we can build illegitimate relationships away from the eyes of the commission, or society for that matter? Are there not homosexual relationships that cannot be caught because khulwa only applies to a man and a woman in seclusion? Are not corruption, injustice, nepotism, cheating and other ruthless acts a violation of virtue and as such should be caught and punished?
The list of questions can go on and on. Does virtue have specific features so that when we see somebody we can immediately know if he or she is a virtuous person or not? Does a woman wearing an abaya and covering her face, or a man wearing a thobe with a high hemline and a long beard, give enough indication that she or he is virtuous? read more............
Are there not thousands of ways in which we can build illegitimate relationships away from the eyes of the commission, or society for that matter? Are there not homosexual relationships that cannot be caught because khulwa only applies to a man and a woman in seclusion? Are not corruption, injustice, nepotism, cheating and other ruthless acts a violation of virtue and as such should be caught and punished?
The list of questions can go on and on. Does virtue have specific features so that when we see somebody we can immediately know if he or she is a virtuous person or not? Does a woman wearing an abaya and covering her face, or a man wearing a thobe with a high hemline and a long beard, give enough indication that she or he is virtuous? read more............
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