Mixed reactions trail Muslimah beauty pageant won by Nigerian girl

Mixed reactions have trailed the just
concluded World Muslimah Beauty Pageant
organized for the Islamic womenfolk as a
suitable option to the glamorous Miss
World beauty pageant. The pageant which
held in Jakatar, Indonesia last week, saw
young Nigerian University of Lagos student,
Aisha Ajibola Olabiyi, clinch the winning
title, with a cash prize of $2,200 and a trip
to Mecca.
Muslim women and scholars have reacted
to the pageant. Some feel the pageant
violated the Islamic rule on women, while
others say it's a welcome development. See
their reactions after the cut...
Islamic activist, Professor Lakin Akintola
released a press statement commending
the organizers of the pageant as well as
felicitating with the winner. Professor
Akintola said:
"We align with the contest in view of the
fact that the criteria were not indecent
exposure and provocative postures. The
contestants were tested in the areas of
recitation of the Glorious Qur'an, Islamic
biography, Islamic jurisprudence and
current affairs. The event has also proved
beyond reasonable doubt that Islam
doesn't repress its women neither does it
push them to the background. The event
has added another feather to the cap of
Nigeria and the African continent as a
whole.
However some other scholars have
expressed their opinions against the
pageant saying "Muslimah beauty is for the
husband to see not the world."
Faraq Musadiq, the president of the Muslim
Student Society of Nigeria, UNILAG chapter
said:
Regardless of the goodness the organizers
claim they are trying to achieve with it, the
means is totally unlawful and both the end
and the means must be justifiable by Islam.
finally the prophet made it clear when he
said "Whoever copies a group is part of
them"
Also speaking against the pageant, the
President of the Muslim Students's Society
of Nigeria (MSSN), Lagos Area Unit, Alhaji
Qasim Badrudeen said
"We cant commend such act because it is
not part of our religion. Our niqab (veil) is
not for beauty contest. It is for modesty.
Hijab is our epitome of honor and should
be treated as such. It should not be used
for a dog-to-play thing and we must know
that because some people are doing it
doesn't mean we should do it. Remember
what our prophet said, anyone that
behaves like them is one of them.
Aboo aamir al-Atharee, a popular Ede,
Osun state Muslim Scholar said the Paegent
is madness, foolishness, craziness,
corruption of land calling to lewdness and
obscenity. He said
"May Allah help Eka Ashanti, the
Indonesian chief organizer of the contest to
quick repentance".
A scholar for the pageant said:
"It is a good initiative but I don't support
the word 'beauty contest' because there's
nothing like that in Islam. They should have
tagged it 'The World Quranic Competition
or something else instead of pageant"
Aisha Zarumi described the pageant as a
sinful act in the sight of Allah. She said
"It is madness of the highest order.
Innovation is spreading everywhere. End
time is near and the future of our kids is at
stake. It is a horrible act, very shameful"
Abiodun Subair said
"It is not what you contest for, simply
because others are doing it. Do we really
have to follow Christians in everything they
do, even when it leads to doom? This is un-
Islamic. We are described as the best
ummah, so we are meant to be imitated,
not imitating or copying people ignorantly."

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