My question was broader than that. What if there is a permanent space station or planetary base? Surely the exemptions you mention cannot be permanent in such a case, therefore modification of the rules governing such religious practices must be possible, if Islam is a religion for all times to come. Or should we limit Islam to Earth and that too excluding the areas beyond the Arctic and Antarctic Circles?
You need to elaborate now, honestly I am not getting what changes you are trying to suggest.
I am now wondering if we are looking at sending expeditions to convert Martians to Islam, and they may ask a question like if "Oxygen is halal for them or Haram"
These what if scenarios need not be constructive or full of development and progress where man searches for and finds new worlds etc. my what if scenario of world would go crazy someday has high probability to happen. (What if world war breaks out everything is destroyed and some of us are left to live our remaining lives in desert with nothing from this present world?)
I don't know about you, I have seen women in this society get a very preferential treatment regardless of who they are.
I have only seen them getting preferential treatment irrespective of whether they deserve it or not, just because they are women and in some cases pretty dolls. May be different experience but I live in the same society you live in, and at one hand you say its not liberal at all, but at other you say they afford preferential treatment to women. Well what is it then?
I wasn't trying to say that it is wrong, the point is that wasting the Govt's money, resources and someone's opportunity is . I am saying they usually don't work because of very obvious reasons, radicalized interpretations of religion can be held responsible here.
So that radicalized religion has no problem when government money is being wasted on their education but that radicalised religion is held responsible when it comes to them working in offices?
And you don't think that your Thaaarki society is the main reason to prevent them from working in offices and feel secure? The same Thaaarki society that would seek refuge in radicalised religion when it comes to honor saving of their own family female? You don't think hypocrisy of your thaaarki society has more to do here than radicalised religion?
You are being naive here, out of suppose 50 boys of a second year class, ten would be intelligent students with concerns about how they want to progress in their careers, rest would be into p*rn, dating, girl friends, parties, gangs etc. And those 40 when they make it to offices are the ones that make work life of these women miserable not the radicalized religion.
Last time, I remember my Lord and your Lord granted all of his finest creations the ability to distinguish between right and wrong and to decide whats best for them. One thing Muslims and specially Pakistanis need to learn, you don't need to teach or enforce everything. Humans have awarded a brain that is capable of free critical thinking, don't limit it. Zia didn't make anyone a good Muslim or even their prayers respectful in the eyes of God by closing down shops forcibly or using stick carrying low level enforcers, fear might be the best motivation for doing something but it isn't effective at all.
Last time I remember my ALLAH and your ALLAH would ask us for our duties towards our children, free thinking is one thing but it does not mean that I would let my 8 months old to put anything in his mouth because he thinks freely and assumes it to be safe, I would not let my 3 year old run freely on roads with traffic because this is what his free thinking wants him to do.
Excess of everything is bad and I don't see how Zia is even relevant here? my debate with you is simple I have no problem with any criticism of man written literature or their actions, my point is your hypocrite thaarki society, you wish freedom and equality of rights for opposite gender and hold religion as an opposing root cause to it, whereas I say majority of your society has no sense of religion, its your Thaaarki hypocrite society that misuses the religion abuses it for its own personal interests (and by society I mean both male and females), that is the main hurdle and reason for any development.