CAIRO – Finding serenity in Islam, a former beauty queen
of Democratic Republic of Czechoslovakia has reverted to Islam, settling down
in Dubai where she works.
According
to a report by Al Quds Al-Arabi newspaper in London, Marketa Korinkova has
embraced Islam months ago and changed her name as Maryam.
An
international fame production designer, super-model and film actress, Marketa
Korinkova surprised her fans by making this announcement, The Siasat Daily
reported on Monday, February 29.
In
2012, she was elected Miss Motors in a beauty contest held in Italy, after
which she gained fame.
According
to the paper, Maryam has been thinking of embracing this faith for the past
three years. She made a public announcement in Dubai of her accepting Islam.
She
said that the status given to Muslim women in Islam attracted her to accept
this faith.
Maryam
holds a master’s degree in English Literature from Charles University of
Prague.
Later,
she did her MA in Production Designing from National Film and TV School of the
Royal College of Arts, London. She also worked for BBC.
Islam
sees hijab as an obligatory code of dress, not a religious symbol displaying
one’s affiliations.
The
status of women in Islam is often the target of attacks in the secular media,
with many citing the Islamic dress as an example of the “subjugation” of women
under Islamic law.
Yet,
the truth is that 1400 years ago, Islam recognized women’s rights in a way that
grants them the utmost protection and respect as well, a combination other
systems fail to offer.
Islam
granted them freedom of expression, political participation, business and
financial rights, and asked the rest of society to hold them in high esteem and
offer them due respect as mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters.source-
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