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Google celebrates Huda Sha'arawi's birthday

June 23, 2020
Google celebrates Huda Sha'arawi's birthday

Who is Huda Sha'arawi? She is the woman who demonstrated with a group of Egyptian women against the British occupation (supposedly!) And suddenly, within the rituals of the "revolution against occupation," and without prior warning, they all removed the hijab, trampled it underfoot, and set fire to it! Thus began the journey of undressing for the sake of liberation! As the Google doodle expresses! So the location of this dramatic comedy was named (Tahrir Square [Liberation Square]). This reminds me of a man "of limited intellect" whom my father knew in his youth; if someone slapped him from behind, he would slap the person in front of him on the face! Huda Sha'arawi is the icon of the ideal woman for Google, and behind it the global system and capitalists: the woman whom the occupation oppresses, violates her dignity, and steals her sustenance, so her reaction is to fight Islam, which preserves her dignity and teaches her to reject occupation and enslavement to humans. Then her name becomes indicative of something other than her actions, like the general "icons" of today! Congratulations to you on Huda Sha'arawi, O her lovers, and may Allah gather you [with her] in the Hereafter just as you glorified her in this world. ************************** After what we published regarding what Huda Sha'arawi did, whom Google celebrated, some asked about the source of the information. So we say: Her story is mentioned in many books that dealt with the issue of Westernization of women, which enables the documentation of such historical events. In an article (Huda Sha'arawi, Women's Decadence, and Tahrir Square) by the writer: Ahmed Adel: Then the episodes of decline followed, so there was the famous women's demonstration in 1919 AD, in Ismailia Square, which was later named Tahrir Square, where at their head were Safia Zaghloul, wife of Saad Zaghloul, and Huda Sha'arawi. The women gathered in front of the English army barracks and chanted against the occupation. Then, by prior arrangement, and without apparent introductions, they removed the hijab, threw it on the ground, poured petrol on it, and set fire to it. And the woman was liberated according to their claim, as if removing the hijab would expel colonialism and end the English presence in Egypt.... Huda Sha'arawi did not stop at that limit, but went on to persist in attempting to degrade and despise the hijab. Regarding this, Dr. Safinaz Kazem says: (Huda Sha'arawi and her secretary "Ceza Nabarawi" threw off their hijabs and trampled them with their feet immediately upon their arrival from the International Women's Conference held in Rome in the summer of 1923 AD) [Highlighting the Truth and Correctness in the Issue of Unveiling and Hijab, Dr. Safinaz Kazem, p. (9)]. https://www.facebook.com/notes/revolutions-secret-facts/huda-shaarawi-and-women-decadence-and-tahrir-square/250158185019600/ Also, Dr. Muhammad Qutb mentioned her story in his book (Women's Liberation): (And the cause was adopted by a group of women headed by Huda Sha'arawi, and a group of men [defenders] of women's rights. And the first right that women demanded became unveiling (Sufur)! And the issue around which the controversy revolved became unveiling and the hijab!! The leader of the [Feminist Renaissance] was Huda [Hanem] Sha'arawi, who made her home a [salon] where she met men unveiled without the presence of a Mahram (15) (In the footnote, the Doctor refers to his discussion of these salons and what took place in them in his book (Our Contemporary Reality)). Then he said: (And in the midst of these serious demonstrations, the women's demonstration took place, headed by Safia Hanem Zaghloul, wife of Saad Zaghloul. The women gathered in front of the Qasr al-Nil barracks and chanted against the occupation. Then, by prior arrangement, and without apparent introductions, they removed the hijab, threw it on the ground, poured petrol on it, and set fire to it. And the woman was liberated!!! (19) ) He mentioned Safia Zaghloul as a leader in this incident, and others mentioned the presence of Huda Sha'arawi with her, as in the article above. In the footnote: ((19) Ismailia Square, where the woman liberated herself from her Islamic hijab, was named [Tahrir Square] to immortalize this great memory!) https://www.al-oglaa.com/index.php?section=article&SubjectID=309 And Allah the Almighty knows best.