On Saturday 28th March 2015, the Women's Section of the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir successfully hosted a historic, unprecedented International Women's Conference entitled, "Women and Shariah: Separating Fact from Fiction". It was a momentous event that united gatherings of female-opinion makers held simultaneously across 3 continents and in 5 countries: Palestine, Turkey, Indonesia, Tunisia, and Britain.

The UN will use March 8th International Women's Day this year to highlight the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a roadmap signed by 189 governments 20 years ago to improve the rights and lives of women through advancing the struggle for gender equality within nations. The agreement, covered 12 areas of concern affecting women, including poverty, violence, educational rights, armed conflict, and power and decision-making.

On the 29th January 2015, Bangladesh's Social Welfare Minister, Mohsin Ali, speaking as the chief guest at the opening ceremony of a girl's hostel in Moulovibazar, Sylhet, said, "No one can be a college student wearing the burka...Today, Europe looks at those who wear the burqa with disgust and thinks them to be Islamic terrorists....Tomorrow will let us taste where we have brought Islam to in society today".

These are serious and urgent questions that we must find indepth and enlightened answers for, to be truly from those who engage in women's issues through awareness and insight. And do not be like those who called for previous laws that they have deemed as huge gains and historical achievements yet still remain blind in their transgression, while women are left to suffer the weight of their pain with their…