Warning and comment on the Peking Women’s Conference

Question

Praise be to Allah.

The fourth international conference on women has been announced in
the media, to be held from 9-20/4/1416 (4/10/1995) in Peking, the capital
of China. I have read a agenda prepared for this conference which
includes 362 items in 177 pages, and the statements published by a number
of scholars in the Muslim world stating the danger posed by this conference
and the evil consequences it will bring to humanity in general and the
Muslims in particular. It became clear to us, from the agenda mentioned
above, that this conference is a follow-up to the conference on population
and development which was held in Cairo in Rabee’ al-Thaani 1415 AH,
concerning which statements were issued by the Council of Senior Scholars
and the Founding Committee of the Muslim World League, both of which
were headed by myself. The two statements both condemned the conference
mentioned, because it went against the religion of Islam and opposed
Allaah and His Messenger (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and because it promoted promiscuity
and the violation of sanctities, and aimed to turn human societies into
herds of animals, so the conference should be boycotted… etc.

Now comes this conference which is along the same lines as the Cairo
conference, focusing on the equality of men and women in all areas.
The proposals of the document referred to above have been adopted by
the General Secretariat of the United Nations on the basis of principles
of kufr and misguided means of achieving that, including the following:

Calling for the abolition of any law that distinguishes between men
and women on the grounds of religion; calling for promiscuity in the
name of “practising safe sex”; encouraging single-parent families; educating
the youth, boys and girls, about sexual matters; fighting discrimination
between men and women; calling upon young men and women to destroy the
differences between the two sexes that are based on religion; telling
them that religion is an obstacle to equality… and other obvious examples
of kufr and misguidance that are mentioned in the document. This plot
is against Islam and the Muslims, and indeed against humanity as a whole,
to rid it of chastity, modesty and honour.

Hence it is obligatory for the Muslim authorities and all those to
whom Allaah has given power over the Muslims’ affairs, to boycott this
conference and to take the necessary measures of preventing its evils
from reaching the Muslims. They must present a united front against
this immoral assault. The Muslims must take precautions against the
plots of the plotters and the hatred of those who hate.

We ask Allaah to foil the plots of our enemies and turn them against
them. We ask them to bring these efforts of theirs to naught, and to
give the Muslims and their leaders the strength to do what is in their
best interests. May He reform them, men and woman alike, and grant them
happiness and salvation in this world and in the Hereafter, for He is
the One Who is Able to do that. May Allaah bless our Prophet Muhammad
and his family and companions, and grant them peace.