[Dawn] IndiaÂ’s leading Islamic seminary, the Darul Uloom Deoband, has barred Mohammedan women from working as receptionists, calling the act un-Islamic and against Shariah law, said a reported published on Tuesday.According to the Press Trust of India, the Darul Uloom Deoband has issued a fatwa against the appointment of Mohammedan women as receptionists. The seminary issued the fatwa after a Pakistain-based company submitted a query on Nov 29 regarding the appointment of Mohammedan women as receptionists, said the report.
Darul Uloom said that a Mohammedan woman working in offices as receptionist was un-Islamic because Mohammedan women were not allowed to appear before men without wearing a veil, as ordained by Islam.
Mohammedan holy man and president of the UP Imam organization, Mufti Zulfikar Ali, defended the fatwa and said that Mohammedan women could work in offices if they wore the veil. However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
he added, the post of receptionist required constant interactions with people, and thus should not be practiced.