Misuse of electronic media - Problems and solutions

It seems as if special arrangements are made to spoil the character of women.  There are umpteen programs on the TV channels wherein the inside happenings of a household are shown, the intimate relations between a husband and a wife are portrayed, the domestic wars between the daughter-in-law and the mother-in-law are shown.  In all these channels, the characters, the story and everything else are fictitious.

In programs, non-Mahram men are shown.  Only this is enough to spoil an Islamic society, but what is worse is that these programs spoil the thinking of the women.  That lady who was all obedience and respect to her husband and mother-in-law is now learning how to disobey and taunt them.  The lady who would not hurt anybody is now ready for (useless) argumentation.

Today in the name of equality and independence, these TV programs lead women to believe that their stay in the house is akin to being imprisoned in 4 walls with iron chains.  They are persuaded to come out of this “imprisonment” and walk along with men and become equal partners in each aspect of life.

With these tempting slogans, women have been brought out from the peaceful and chaste atmosphere of the home and are exposed on the roads, in markets, clubs and parks.  Women are excessively burdened with various exhausting works in the offices and call centers.  They have been reduced to a means of fun in shops and hotels and a source of advertisement for various products.  It is worth mentioning that women on whom Islam had placed the bejeweled crown of greatness and majesty, who had been given the garment of modesty and other great qualities, who had been given the robe of honor of chastity, alas! this same woman has been reduced to a showpiece and a toy in newspapers, TV, Internet and other media.

They have been exposed in theaters, parks and clubs and have been made a source of sexual entertainment and a means of fulfilling the base desires of the flesh.

It is doubly unfortunate that she has been made to do all this in the name of women’s freedom.

When the woman stays in her own house like a queen and takes up the responsibilities of caring for her husband, children, parents, brothers and sisters, then it is labeled as an imprisonment, but when the same woman goes out of the bounds of modesty to cook for other men, clean the rooms of non-Mahram (people with whom marriage is possible) people, serve unknown people in hotels and airplanes, welcomes customers in showrooms and supermarkets, gathers their necessary items, obeys the whims and caprices of the superior officer in offices, then it is called freedom and honor!

If somebody sins considering it a sin, then it is only a sin.  However when women are exposed in the name of freedom, then the magnitude of the sin increases greatly.