Islam gives us knowledge and insight into how to avoid these mistakes, to raise ourselves above social and moral evils. The only thing lacking is our reluctance as Muslim women to share that knowledge with the world.
That is why I am talking about Islam and about how wonderful it is to be a Muslim woman every chance we get.
That is why I thank God every morning and every night for making me a woman.
The Prophet (pbuh) gave every woman a gift. Imagine if you will, that each and every one of us got a pretty box when we are born and in it is a beautiful lamp.
When we praise Islam and list out our various rights, we are praising the beauty of that lamp, and admiring its colours but until we actually turn it on, we do not use it or fulfil its purpose.
It is a wasted gift.
When we press the on-switch, the light it gives out will illuminate not only our path but also the paths of those around us. As long as we leave it off, we will stumble in the darkness and sadly, make those around us - our children, our men and our fellow sisters - stumble too.
I therefore consider this to be my challenge: to switch on my lamp and light the world with it!
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