00:00The Muslim body has backed sexist Maulana.
00:03In fact, you would remember he had said that don't belittle clerics for religious remarks.
00:08He said that people who disagree need to accept his remarks,
00:13backing the brazen sexism by Kerala Maulana.
00:16The cleric has said that women must live within their homes.
00:20He had said that women without parda can be destructive.
00:23Abu Bakr had said that women must only deliver kids and that's all that they should do.
00:27Abu Bakr faction met with Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satishan last night.
00:33This comes after Chief Minister had strongly opposed to the statement that had been made by Abu Bakr.
00:39The leaders said that they informed the Chief Minister that Chief Minister had misinterpreted Islamic history
00:44when he spoke about Prophet's wife participating in the war.
00:48Now, according to Samas, Chief Minister has every right to oppose or support Kanta Puram's statement,
00:54but they raised concerns over the misinterpretation of Islamic history
00:58and stated that Kanta Puram did know about Islam.
01:02The meeting was fixed earlier, but after Chief Minister's statement,
01:05the leaders raised this issue in that very meeting.
01:14After the faction of Abu Bakr, not just backing him,
01:17but also taking this to Chief Minister V.D. Satishan,
01:21who had opposed what Abu Bakr had said.
01:23Abu Bakr, making that very regressive statement,
01:28he had said that women must say only in their four walls.
01:32They must only deliver kids.
01:34They should not do anything beyond that because if they come out,
01:37they can be destructive.
01:39Let's listen in to what the faction is now saying.
01:46They must not do anything beyond that because of Quran.
01:53The people who have said that the people who have said that they are not doing anything,
01:59they must be able to do anything.
01:59They must not do anything, they must not do anything.
02:15Let me take this to my colleague, Shibhi Molkeji, joining us on the broadcast.
02:19Shibhi do share with us the details of what happened in that meeting,
02:24given how Chief Minister had put forth his position straight up.
02:27But will the Chief Minister budge now, given the faction is exerting that pressure?
02:32Or can we see any sort of appeasement?
03:04It's not the first time organizations like Samastad made regressive statements against
03:08women, but earlier also it has happened.
03:10And most of the times we see political parties refusing to comment on it, refusing to interfere
03:15in it.
03:15But this time that was not the case.
03:17All the political parties, whether it's TTIM, Congress or the BJP have made this stance
03:22very clear that they stand against the statement.
03:24And it's a statement that should not be supported in a year like 2026 and also in a state like
03:30Kerala that always propagated progressive ideas.
03:33So, we are learning that TTIM will stand by it.
03:38Of course, they are a very influential body.
03:40They are very influential when it comes to election deciders also.
03:45But at this point, taking a political stand is very important, is what the Congress has
03:50decided.
03:50And that's why right after this statement was made, we saw the Congress ministers coming
03:55out and hitting out at the statement saying that, you know, we stand, we stand, we oppose
03:59it.
04:00But what is concerning for the Congress is the Muslim League stand.
04:03The Muslim League has gone on to shield Abu Bakr Muslea saying that he's a religious
04:07scholar.
04:08Whenever a religious scholar says something, it should be seen in that way.
04:10And he might have spoken on angles of protecting women or, you know, safeguarding women in
04:16times like this, where women are more targeted.
04:19And that's how the Muslim League tried to shield them.
04:22Apart from that difference, the Congress has made it stand clear that they stand, you know,
04:27against this statement.
04:28And whoever tries to intimidate the government also, they will not, you know, they will not
04:33give up to those pressures is what they're learning at this moment.
04:37All right, Shibi, many thanks for getting us those details.
