With regard to the article "OIC's human rights arm focuses on family values" (Apr. 23), family values include a couple's right to enjoy happiness in the home with each other. This depends on a woman's right to a home in which she is respected - not hit, not shouted at, not controlled, not prevented from having a career, not divorced on a whim, not lied to by a husband who sneaks and lies his way into a Misyar marriage, and not sold to an old man so that her father can make money. But I am betting that these family values are not ones the OIC will ever put in place. AN, Online response I am glad to see that we recognize the importance of mothers in society, but we must note that in Saudi Arabia mothers are not allowed to transfer their nationality to their own children. When a child is born from the womb of a Saudi mother, how can that child be an expatriate after birth? As a result of this discrimination against women, families break apart. These children of Saudi women leave their homes to secure a future in other places where they are given citizenship and equal rights. Saudi mother, Online response Individual responsibility and accountability are the basic unit of Islamic society, culture and civilization with its mandatory laws and responsibilities. The strength of family values and the home are the basic and most important part of the entire structure of Islamic society. Following that are the absolutely mandatory responsibilities that one has for one's parents, especially if they are elderly and for one's children. Social welfare is the responsibility of the entire society with the mosque as the unifying unit. An-Naeem Fikkargah, Online response
