A world where nothing is wrong anymore?

I’ve been reading about the murdered Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch for a while, and I agree that she shouldn’t have been killed. Honour killings have no place in Islam, and we should all condemn such acts of violence. People should stop saying things like “she had it coming” or “she deserved it” because we are genuinely no one to decide all of that. However, I would like to disagree with every single person who thinks highly of Baloch and applauds her on the way she behaved on social media, calling it “women empowerment” or a “woman breaking the norms and finding freedom”.

While I agree women should have their rights and their freedom, I would also like to put forth the fact that freedom has certain boundaries for everyone. A fish cannot fly in the air and call it freedom and a bird cannot swim in the ocean and call it freedom. The vast skies for the bird is freedom and the vast oceans are freedom for the fish.

I feel like we are living in a world where nothing is wrong anymore. What’s wrong is wrong and there is a certain way a man and woman are supposed to lead their lives. And I’m not the one saying that, the Quran says so.

Do not try to normalise the antics that Baloch had been pulling for a while now as “freedom of expression”, “freedom of speech” or “women empowerment”. She is not our role model. She does not represent girl power.

With that said, it doesn’t mean we’re allowed to kill someone because of it. We can, however, disagree with the lifestyle that she promoted and choose not to follow that path. I know a lot of people might not agree, and I might even be called sexist, but I don’t care. This is what Islam says, and it’s not only my own opinion. With that said, rest in peace Qandeel Baloch.

- The reader is a student based in Islamabad, Pakistan.