It is indeed in the Qur’an: “And stay in your houses. Do not display yourselves with the display of the time of ignorance. Be regular in prayer, and give alms, and obey Allah and his messenger. Allah’s wish is only to remove uncleanness far from you, O people of the house, and cleanse you with a thorough cleansing.” (33:33) And thus no one can object without being accused of “Islamophobia.”
“‘Grand Mufti’s remarks on women are absolutely correct’: Muslim Jamaat chief Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi backs Kerala cleric’s call for women to remain at home,” OpIndia, August 31, 2026:
Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi defended Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar’s remarks, saying women’s honour and dignity are best preserved by remaining at home, while maintaining that Sharia does not prevent Muslim women from working in offices while wearing hijab.
The controversy surrounding Kerala’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad, popularly known as Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar, has intensified after Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi, president of the All India Muslim Jamaat, came out in support of his remarks on women’s participation in public life.
Responding to the controversy, Razvi Bareilvi said that the Grand Mufti’s statements were “absolutely correct” from the perspective of Sharia and claimed that his remarks had been misunderstood.
According to Bareilvi, Kanthapuram contended that Islam accords women honour and dignity by protecting them from unnecessary exposure in public spaces. He argued that women are the “adornment of the household” and that their dignity should not be turned into a subject of public display or ridicule.
Bareilvi further claimed that the Grand Mufti had not intended to suggest that Muslim women could not work or perform their professional responsibilities. Rather, he said, women could continue working in offices and carrying out other duties while observing hijab.
His comments come amid a growing controversy in Kerala over Kanthapuram’s recent remarks that women should remain confined to their homes and should not enter the public sphere.
What did Kerala’s Grand Mufti say about women?
Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar, who is widely known as the Grand Mufti of India and serves as general secretary of the All-India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama and the Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, made the remarks while speaking at the Hubbul Rasool conference in Kochi.He explicitly said that women should remain within their homes and stay away from the public sphere, attributing the position to the Quran.
“Women should remain confined within their homes. They should not enter the public sphere. The Holy Quran says so,” Kanthapuram said.
Bean🫘 says
Over 100 Girls Under 12 Identified as Likely Forced Islamic Marriage Victims in Britain. Of those identified, 27 of the girls were said to have been under the age of five.
“This sudden rise in forced marriages tracks almost perfectly with the Boriswave, which saw the Tories import four million new people into the UK. The Conservatives will never be forgiven for this complete and utter betrayal,” Zia Yusuf said.
somehistory says
“women’s honour and dignity ”
Of course. women have less “honor” and “dignity” than do camels and desert rats.
These statements should be read to women who show support for any aspect of islime any place, any time.
There is no “honor” nor “dignity” for women in islime. The whole bucket of rancid evil lacks honor and dignity; there is no value in the putrid slime to which rabid muzzies adhere. The ghouls, goons, slugs and thugs are rampant propagandists.
Wellington says
Both stunning and instructive that a good portion of mankind still pays respect to a retrograde book from the seventh century AD. Were the Islamic world left entirely on its own, with no contact whatsoever with any other civilizations, and especially Western Civilization, it would be even worse off than it is now and it’s awful enough as it is. A la Churchill, the strongest retrograde force in the world.
But Islam is superb at one thing and that is parasitically gobbling up the achievements of others, even often times claiming credit for them, and then using them to continue furthering all its warped, malevolent and stupid designs. Did I mention that I despise Islam?
Thinker1 says
Super! Start with the politicians.
Walter Sieruk says
The oppressive misogyny of Islam is upheld by Islam’s Sharia Therefore; it should be made known that the actual origin of Sharia. It had been revealed in a Time –Life book with the title MESOPOTAMIA: THE MIGHTY KINGS copyright 1995 ” For that future history book about the ancient pagan world of Mesopotamia informs the reader that “many Islamic laws resemble the Babylon and Assyrian forebears.” . page 150.
Therefore Sharia is of pagan origin and therefore has no value or worth.
Walter Sieruk says
The words of that Grand Mufti reveal the truth exposed about of the oppressive misogyny by a scholar of Islam with it’s Sharia had revealed the disturbing horrible truth in her book “Control of behavior and disregard for human life are key elements in Islam ideology.” Furthermore, the author also exposed that `” Women is Islam are considered unclean, deemed inferior even to dirt.” [1]
[1] THEY MUST BE STOPPED by Brigitte Gabriel, pages 171,172.