The Response to Those Who Compare Satellite Dishes to Other Inventions and to the Education of Girls

Question:
We do not deny the innovators among the people of sins. You say that you have responded, but you do not say that you will advance, and yet you are strongly denying it today. After a period of time, you bring in a person and then inform us that it is not despicable. You have attended the sermon, the prophets, and the facilities for girls, and now you do not hand them over. What is the response to these people?

Answer:
The response to these people is clear. The satellite dish is not forbidden because it is a dish or because it is made of iron, but because of the evil it brings. It is not a manufacturing process like other industries. If it only brought good and only broadcast good, there would be no blame. But when it broadcasts obscenity,
and evil and atheism from every direction, with no control over it, it has become forbidden for this reason.
It is not forbidden because it is a dish or because of its manufacture. As for the telegraph, there is no harm in it. It has good benefits for people. It transmits messages and news, and no evil comes from it. There is no comparison between the telegraph and the satellite dish. This is a recording of people.
So we do not deny these industries and inventions. We do not deny them, but we deny what contains evil among them. We deny the use of what contains evil and advise staying away from it because of the evil in it. If it were purified of evil and contained only good, we would say nothing about it. It mixes the telegraph with the satellite dish. This is obvious deception. Yes.
Likewise, the education of girls in their religious matters and their interests is not prohibited. What is prohibited is free mixing, immodesty, and other forbidden matters. If the education of girls is free from these prohibitions, there is no harm in it. It may even be obligatory, as they are Muslims and in need of knowledge and in need of what benefits them. The education of girls in itself is not blameworthy. The blameworthy thing is when it is mixed with something that is not education. Is removing the hijab part of the education of girls? Is their mixing with men or with male students part of the education of girls? Part of the education of girls is not mixing truth with falsehood, or the beneficial with the harmful. Do not mix this with that. If the education of girls is free from prohibitions, then it is either recommended or obligatory. Yes. The important thing is that if the good in it is predominant, we do not forbid it. But if the evil in it is predominant, it is forbidden. Or if the good and evil in it are equal, it is forbidden. Yes. So prohibition follows harm and follows the evil that is in it. Yes.