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Hezbollah’s Naim Qassem shameful speech on women stears controversy
25-9-2017
The words of deputy secretary general of Hezbollah, Sheikh Naim Qassem, on the second day of Muharram, has steered controversy on social media especially that he demeaned divorced women in general and undermined their value, capabilities and status in society. His speech was largely criticized on social networking platforms and he was requested to apologize for this and for the injustices practiced in the Jaafari spiritual courts. Qassim, in his address to the system of schooling and education, gave the following example: “A teacher, who happens to be a divorced woman, can negatively influence her female students by instructing them and lecturing then on life which is a replica of her own wretched and shameful experience as a divorcee”. Qassim also expressed his resentment over co-ed education and co-ed schools environment whether in the classroom, on trips or on various occasions. He voiced his disapproval for virtual networking between men and women, describing it as a form of illegitimate or illegal meeting in privacy between a man and a woman. (An Nahar, L’Orient Le Jour, September 25, 2017)
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