Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with a group of women on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Hazrat Fatima al-Zahra (SA). The meeting was held at Imam Khomeini (ra) Hussainiyah in Tehran on Wednesday morning.
Ayatollah Khamenei said that the women of Iran’s Islamic society should try to follow the path of Hazrat Fatima al-Zahra (SA) in all fields including in their social and political activities.
“The issue of women in Islam is one of the strengths of Islam. Islam has a strong logic and a rational foundation in all areas related to women,” he said.
He noted that there are two approaches in such subjects in the world, one being the Western approach which is also prevalent in non-Western countries, and the other being the Islamic approach.
“These two [approaches] oppose each other,” he said.
But the outstanding issue, according to the Leader, is that the West avoids getting involved in debates and research about these topics.
Many questions in these subjects are not addressed by the West, he said, adding that the Western civilization tries to advance its agenda by creating controversies and commotion, exploiting arts and cinema, and using force, the internet, and so on.
The West “is not willing to answer the questions. The reason is that the West has no logic,” he asserted.
Elsewhere in his speech, Ayatollah Khamenei described Hazrat Fatima al-Zahra as the best role model for Muslim women.
He said women’s presence in different managerial, political, social, and cultural positions has no restriction in Islam.
The Leader also criticized the idea of “gender equality”, saying although it is preferable in some instances, it does not make sense in others.
He then introduced the notion of “gender justice” as the ideal to strive for, saying it can be applied everywhere.
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