What was the story of the question about liking the picture of a veiled woman? Iran and world’s news

Mehr News Agency – Art Group – Atieh Moezen: During the last week, the question of the “Mahia” contest became a sideline in social networks; A question related to the Islamic ruling like The image of a veiled person on social networks, followed by other related questions in the same contest, quickly became a controversial sideline in social networks.

this questions But it is planned in a competition called “Mahiya”, a competition that Sohail AsadAn Argentinian convert to Islam and living in Iran is in charge of its implementation, and of course, a spiritual advisor accompanies him during the competition and provides explanations about Sharia questions. A contest that tries to present jurisprudential topics in an entertaining atmosphere and in an attractive form to the audience, and now requires more special sensitivity on the questions.

with Hossein Nasiri, the producer of the “Mahia” competition, under the pretext of the reflections of this marginal question related to hijab and like We had a frank conversation about it in the virtual space and media circles, the result of which you can read below.

* Recently, one of the questions of the competition found many margins in the virtual space. Can you explain about the questions of the program and that this Question on what basic designed?

This question has been on the show in various forms since the beginning, and I think this was the second time it came up. jurisprudence of virtual space topic It is detailed and jurisprudence He talks a lot about virtual space. We can’t even express many things and we don’t express them, and we tried to find more social rules in the program. Finally, a Muslim person should Behavior Cyberspace also has Islamic rules ankle jewlery be Now for a while no one believes in Islam Okay The assignment is clear.

* What is the design of the questions based on, for example, from a book? Dermi Do you bring it or do the agents plan it themselves?

We have a council in which jurists have been used. The members of this council first come up with a jurisprudential issue that, for example, needs to be proposed, and then in the Writers’ Council, which consists of media activists, the subject is discussed on television, because many of these Subjects It does not have the ability to be televised.

Each of these has expertise in a field. And after the topics are selected by the Jurisprudence Council, it goes to the Writers Council, who are four people, and they design the questions. Editor-in-Chief, Reza Aiyozi is the program which adapts the output of all these. Anyway, you or about the rulings and jurisprudence Program You don’t make or If you make it, jurisprudence is about these issues.

* But it is not possible to have an absolute and decisive view on all rulings, even the scholars themselves differ in issuing rulings in some cases, especially in the field of current affairs…

I am exposed to calls different I have been, and if I say it with conviction, it is because every item in the program is worked hard and well explained. And Yet Mahiya’s audience has also been satisfied. You only saw a photo but did not see our expert’s explanation when this question was asked. Because no one broadcasts those explanations. this Question There is no wrong question here. In addition, in the program, we try to ask questions in such a way that we do not enter into disputes between scholars.

* For example, about this like Depicting a person without a hijab means that you have seen that the authorities have commented on this and had a consensus?

There are principles in jurisprudence that Based on It tells the obligee to act. For example, you think Mr Makarem says that Shajarian’s music is halal, or does Mohsen Chavoshi enter in the example? Our jurisprudence is in a way that puts it on the person. A music may be halal for you but haram for me.

* Does it mean that posing such a question and determining its definite answer was the result of your own ijtihad? According to your words, Mr. Makarem or other authorities do not come into the example. But you entered into topics that were perhaps too superficial…

This is your opinion. You can say this about many Islamic rules. There may be people who consider Islam superficial. but Okay Our religion has rules that affect the behavior of a person published in cyber space transition Is.

* Sympathetic critics of the program argue that where the audience is involved in important issues in religious life, these cannot be the subject of a question on television…

Yes if all hundreds Question It was raised in Mahia in the same way. I accepted your words. However, many issues have been proposed in different topics and have covered various parts of a person’s social life. Know this, it is a very difficult task to run a judging contest on TV. Because we are facing the limitation of jurisprudential areas that can be presented in the media. We cannot raise many judgments related to life issues because we are in the public media. Of course, this point does not mean that those issues should not be raised, but for example, can we raise special rulings for women? no However, after raising hundreds Question And the jurisprudential ruling is only one question that has attracted the attention of people who have never seen the program at all and do not consider themselves to be the audience of the rules of religious life.

One of the contacts called that night and thanked him and said that his problem with his wife is why he took the pictures of the women like and even said that his life is falling * And how much should be done based on the issues of the day and the issues affecting the society?

By the way, in “Mahya” we tried to express the issues that people are involved with in the society. About this issue like You may not have been involved in taking the picture, but one of the contacts called that night and thanked him and said that the problem with his wife is why he took the pictures of women. like and even said that his life is falling. He has shown the same program to his wife from TV.

* Does this mean that this person is affected by seeing such a question?

Now it will either be affected or not. I wanted to say that this issue is one of the issues of the day and many people are involved in it. Maybe it doesn’t matter to you.

* Of course, what I am saying is that this question was turned into a sideline in order to have a positive effect in the field of knowledge of rulings…

The “Mahiya” model is basically for those who live based on Religion accept We are on the side of those who have chosen a religious lifestyle, and we are reminding them of Sharia rulings in the form of a competition. Therefore, “Mahiya” is a program that has its own audience, an audience that seeks to learn jurisprudence and Islamic lifestyle. Now, the words of people who do not accept this rule at all have no effect on the essence of the matter.

* Of course, maybe you have the right to draw a line in your audience so easily. The problem is that we do not have a program in Sedavsima for those whose duties are not so clear or even for those who have questions about religion and sharia issues beyond jurisprudence.

By the way, I think it is the opposite. Many of the organization’s programs underline this a model It doesn’t exist, and you can’t definitively say who its target audience is. Most of the competitions on TV are about entertainment. I went to a wedding two weeks ago and saw a guy who said he was thirty years old is the manager A school in mood and every time the program starts, he watches it and notes down some points and shares them with the high school kids. It was interesting to me and I asked if he had told this to 162, who said that he had called and said that Mahia was a fun call for him. He emphasized that other programs Issue He is not…

* Not only am I not a critic of this program, I happen to believe that it is necessary for television to have such programs. Especially since we always present jurisprudence in a dry and formal way with a table and a speaker, and now you brought it up in the form of a competition. But my question is, shouldn’t there be more sensitivity on the question design in such a field?

Yes. There is no wrong spelling. No one throws stones at a train that is standing still. We have gone to more than a dozen episodes of the program and several thousand Question We have planned in the program. Maybe if at another time It was like this It would not be marginal.

* But do you still think these questions are society’s problem?

I am asking how many TV programs are the problem of society as you say?

* We definitely want to talk about the organization’s programs as a whole, maybe the answer to this question is a large volume, but right now we are talking about the example of your program.

You see, we can never satisfy the other party. God also tells the Prophet that you cannot please everyone.

* Don’t you think this is a projection? According to you, you have watched a hundred episodes of the show, why didn’t they have a negative reaction?

Not even one person who is my audience told me that I did something wrong, for example, my audience is not present in a channel that is considered obscene. We always want to measure the gray area in TV and we make programs like this. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, but specific audiences need different level of programs.

* In general, these are fun programs, not religious or non-religious! You have to compare your program with a religious work program, which we probably don’t have anymore with the religious entertainment model on TV.

You see, Mahia’s competition could have been a table and two chairs, and its name was Zalal Hakam or God’s side. But now it is an entertainment program and has a good audience.

* Now your audience is more than God side program?

The comparison with a program that has been on the air for 15 years is completely wrong… you can see the beginning episodes of many brand or celebrity programs, it might not be bearable at all. This analogy is not correct because we have never had such a program on TV.

Many of these people who are criticizing are criticizing Islam, not because, for example, TV broadcasted such a thing * Yes, I also agree, comparisons should not be made. Does that mean you are doing trial and error now?

no My assignment is clear. I have made a program that raises social issues based on religion. We are talking about Islam’s opinion about the environment. Many of these people who are criticizing are criticizing Islam, not because, for example, TV broadcasted such a thing.

* In this way, whoever criticizes the program means criticizing Islam, while the audience wants to see their main issues in the program…

I think you don’t see this program much. We raised all jurisprudential issues and we emphasize that practical issues are useful. I had a greeting with one of the television directors. I didn’t think this person was religious at all, and then he told me that he was watching Mahia with his son and then they answered the questions of the competition together. It was very interesting to me that a director made this show based on entertainment with his child.

* I wish you could name some of them.

I can’t… these are personal opinions. But in the end, I have no intention to create a schism in the society, and what we said was not a mistake. Now you may say that it was not a good timing for the plot, I say that there was a difference between the time of recording and the time of airing of the program.