Foundation backing Abdul Aziz moves court against beauty pageant
The pageant is against the teachings of Islam: Shuhada Foundation
(Web Desk) – Shuhada Foundation affiliated with infamous Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Aziz has challenged Miss Veet Pakistan beauty pageant terming it against the teachings of Islam and values of Pakistan.
President of the foundation named Tariq Asad moved to Islamabad High Court (IHC) urging for a ban on the telly content.
“This product [manufactured by the sponsor] aims at and advertises asking women to remove body hair to make themselves more sexually appealing to the opposite gender which is fundamentally shameful and against the injunction of Shariah,” The Express Tribune quoted the plea.
The petitioner also observed that the pageant would have adverse effects on Pakistani culture by dilution of that of India.
Asad believes that the pageant would pave the way for like contests to be aired in Pakistan that are in lines with Western telly shows.
The Express Tribune further quoted the petition: “Family ties would break and the values of society would deteriorate. If it [the pageant] is allowed to continue, it would degenerate the roots of our society’s culture.”
Abdul Aziz is one of the kingpins of Lal Masjid episode which was operated against by armed forces in 2007 on command of then army chief Pervez Musharraf for harbouring terrorists and indoctrination of young minds in the Islamabad seminary.
Mr. Aziz attempted to flee the besieged seminary wearing a burqa posing himself as a woman.
Aziz was suspended as imam of the mosque in 2004 and his relative was appointed as deputy imam in 2007. He is on the Fourth Schedule of Anti-Terrorism Act thus remains in observation of law enforcement agencies.
Shuhada Foundation manages cleric s legal cases and media interactions.
