what do you think,,women must wear hijab or it is bad thing??
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Why Do I Wear Hijab?\n\nI probably do not fit into the preconceived notion of a "rebel". I have no visible tattoos and minimal piercings. I do not possess a leather jacket. \nIn fact, when most people look at me, their first thought usually is something along the lines of "oppressed female." \n\nThe brave individuals who have mustered the courage to ask me about the way I dress usually have questions like: "Do your parents make you wear that?" or "Don't you find that really unfair?" \n\nA while back, a couple of girls in Montreal were kicked out of school for dressing like I do. It seems strange that a little piece of cloth would make for such controversy. Perhaps the fear is that I am harbouring an Uzi underneath it. \n\nOf course, the issue at hand is more than a mere piece of cloth. I am a Muslim woman who, like millions of other Muslim women across the globe, chooses to wear the hijab. And the concept of the hijab, contrary to popular opinion, is actually one of the most fundamental aspects of female empowerment. \n\nWhen I cover myself, I make it virtually impossible for people to judge me according to the way I look. I cannot be categorized because of my attractiveness or lack thereof. Compare this to life in today's society: We are constantly sizing one another up on the basis of our clothing, jewelry, hair and makeup. What kind of depth can there be in a world like this? Yes, I have a body, a physical manifestation upon this Earth. But it is the vessel of an intelligent mind and a strong spirit. \n\nIt is not for the beholder to leer at or to use in advertisements to sell everything from beer to cars. Because of the superficiality of the world in which we live, external appearances are so stressed that the value of the individual counts for almost nothing. \n\nIt is a myth that women in today's society are liberated. What kind of freedom can there be when a woman cannot walk down the street without every aspect of her physical self being "checked out"? When I wear the hijab I feel safe from all of this. I can rest assured that no one is looking at me and making assumptions about my character from the length of my skirt. There is a barrier between me and those who would exploit me. I am first and foremost a human being, equal to any man, and not vulnerable because of my sexuality. \n\nOne of the saddest truths of our time is the question of the beauty myth and female self-image. Reading popular teenage magazines, you can instantly find out what kind of body image is "in" or "out." and if you have the "wrong" body type, well, then, you're just going to have to change it, aren't you? After all, there is no way that you can be overweight and still be beautiful. Look at any advertisement. Is a woman being used to sell the product? How old is she? How attractive is she? What is she wearing? More often than not, that woman will be no older than her early 20s, taller, slimmer and more attractive than average, dressed in skimpy clothing. \nWhy do we allow ourselves to be manipulated like this? \n\nWhether the '90s woman wishes to believe it or not, she is being forced into a mold. She is being coerced into selling herself, into compromising herself. This is why we have 13-year-old girls sticking their fingers down their throats and overweight adolescents hanging themselves. When people ask me if I feel oppressed, I can honestly say no. I made this decision out of my own free will. I like the fact that I am taking control of the way other people perceive me. I enjoy the fact that I don't give anyone anything to look at and that I have released myself from the bondage of the swinging pendulum of the fashion industry and other institutions that exploit females. \n\nMy body is my own business. Nobody can tell me how I should look or whether or not I am beautiful. I know that there is more to me than that. I am also able to sa
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Hello...I'm a Muslim woman living in England..and I will try to give you an answer..\n\n\nIt depends on your definition of Chador and Burqa...\n\nLet me explain what a hijab is first.. It meaning covering..and to protect our modesty.\nIn Islam for women this means that we most wear lose clothes that do not show our curves, and covers all our body except our hands and faces,\nThis is interpreted in many ways in many different countries..and chador and burqa are just one of them.....\n\nA chador is large cloak...that covers the whole body except for the face (and hands). It is originally from Iran..and is named after the Farsi word for tent(because that is really what it is) And is only culturally common in Iran. There is a modified version with arms..that is worn in some countries such as Iraq as well.\nChadors are mostly black...though they are highly coloured ones worn by some traditional groups such as the Bandari. \nPray chadors..worn when making pray are patterned mostly in dark colours..I have one in navy blue with white flowers. \nThere is a fashion now in Iran to have the chador in a pattern..There are still black but with an embroidered type of material. And some young girls wear opaque chador :-)))\n\nThe burqa covers all the body including the face. A common image would be the blue burqas typically worn in Afghanistan..\nThough amore common type of clothing ..that covers the same areas..  would be a niqab..where a separate piece of material covers the face. This is traditional in the gulf states and Saudi Arabia. Also I know in some areas in Pakistan they do that as well.\n\n\n\nOK..back to your question...\n\nI would think that there are very very very few women in the west who wear chador. I have not seen one!! This clothe is traditional only to Iran..and is difficult to wear and manage. You really need to grow up wearing one to be able to control it well.\nMost Iranian women who live in the west do not wear any type of hijab..(or a very small one), and women from other cultures would not wear it because it is very hard to wear. It is also very strange on the streets of London..or New York rather than Tehran.\nI had a friend from Iran who visited Belgium as a tourist who wore a chador for her first day..but then took it off because it was so unusual!!\n\n\nAs for the niqab (it is more common style than burqa) there are a few women that wear it. (and the number is increasing) I would say about 1-3% of Muslim women in the west do, depending where you live. Most of the women who actually wear it are converts to Islam rather than born Muslim. OF the 4 friends I know who wear it 3 are converts.\nIn cities in the UK.. You can see women wearing Niqab in parts of Birmingham, and in areas such as Whitechapel in London. \nYou will also see women from the gulf states wearing Niqab..in central London department stores such as Selfrigdes and Harrods.\nIn Britain most of the women who wear niqab are White British converts (With a few Black British as well..but they tend not to cover their face) and a few Muslims of Pakistani or Bangladeshi origin as well wearing niqab. There are women from the gulf states who wear it but..there are mostly in London (and tourists) Britain does not have a large population from gulf countries,\nIn the USA..again most who wear niqab are converts. There are more Gulf State Arabs in the USA..and some women in places like Dearborn Michigan also wear niqab. But note that most women from most Arab countries such as Egypt do not wear niqab...\n\n\nAs for other types of hijab..I think it is quite common. There are many women who wear western type clothes with a headscarf, or a jilbab(outer coat) and head scarf.\nI would take a guess in the UK at about 40% of Muslim women wear hijab depending on the area.\nAnd it is now getting more popular with young women wanting to practice their religion more. I think it is much more common in the younger generation now. I know many young women /girls who wear the h
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Yes, they have every right to condemn such a law. What a person wants to wear is up to a person's personal choices, as long as it levels to decency. That country is violating rights to religious freedom. No one has any right to interfere into other people's faith's.
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All you left wing scumbags should be taken out and shot at Dawn as traitors would have been in the great wars!\nThe burqa should be banned in all public places... \nNo Question About It!\nMuslim women are wearing the burqa in places where they know it is likely to be controversial, then they have the nerve to complain when they get an adverse response or publicity.\nThe poor abused picked on muslim story is all Old News. \n\nThe truth of it is that tomorrow we could all get a burqa. You dont have to be a muslim to wear one. Then we can all be anonymous, what can people say about that?
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I think that if people are going to put a label on you because you are Muslim,,then why are the Nuns considered to be good and role models, and why is it that they are allowed to go around wt their head covered and it is acceptable. but yet a sa Muslim wears her head covered we are considered"oppressed,low self-esteem". \n I beleive that as a Muslim you should be looked at for who you are,,what good you do.\n I beleive that a person should meet and get to know a MUslim before they can "assume" anything about them!!!
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم\nالسلام عليكم\n\nHello, actually there is no rule in the Quran or the Hadith about covering the head. And the rules about dressing modestly apply equally to men and women. Unfortunately the men of all cultures want to dominate women and in all cases have twisted whatever they could to enforce that domination. That included government (women in western countries could not own property until very recently and in the US they could not vote until the early 1900's) as well as economy (women in most of the world could not inherit property until very recently) and religion.\n\nBut the modest clothing is typical of the society. For instance the Burkha that westerners decry so much is actually a leftover from the Christians who inhabited the area. The Burkha was a perfect foil for men in both religions. The nuns in Catholicism wear the habit because they are honoring the way Mary, the mother of Jesus, dressed (peace on them both) and she was Jewish. This was the way women dressed to show modesty in those times.\n\nThe young man from "Persia" is totally wrong, if he were to actually look at Quran and Hadith, using his own intelligence he would know that. But the teachers of Islam in many countries teach what they were taught to teach and it is usually filled with cultural misconceptions.\n\nSalim
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Here are some answers to help with your frustration about this:\n\n1. Extremists in the Muslim world punish women who do not cover themselves. This gets shown in the media and people apply that behavior/dynamic to ALL women wearing the hijab.\n\n2. If someone in France chooses to keep their daughters from getting an education because France does not allow hijab's in school, then people get the impression that covering a woman's hair is of more importance to the religion that educating its daughters - and so people perceive oppression and/or a religion that is dangerous (by keeping it's women ignorant and uneducated, or at least not educated in public schools with other students in the cultural norm).\n\n3. Women's looks play a HUGE role in reproduction. Women use their looks to attract mates and get married. Men use their money/power to do the same thing. When you allow men to not hide their money/power, but women are hiding their looks (an equivelent and naturally powerful force), this looks like a handicap for women, imposed by a male dominated religion (as almost all religions are). People worry that even if you like to wear your hijab - you might be unconsciously giving up important power and control.\n\nThese may not satisfy you, but they are present in many peoples' minds.\n\nThank goodness you live in America (?) and not France - where you can much more freely practice your religion and religious customs.\n\nIf this is the best answer, please vote it the best. Thanks!
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As a Muslim women living in Egypt by choice I have to disagree with you dear sister. Not all Muslim countries are like you think. And what goes on here against women is not part of Islam. Sometimes for being in a Muslim country there is not much Islam.\n\nI love it there though and don't want to go back to the US, unfortunately do to paper work I have to. But I will not take off my veil to please others. I wore it in the states before I came to Egypt and will wear it when I go back. If they don't like it thats their problem. Your defending the freedom sis then why can't I wear the veil. \n\nI am not arguing with you sister, yes alot of SO CALLED Muslim countries have a lot of issues. But it's not Islam they are following.\n\nI do however agree that we should not pick at every little thing. I am the one to always let things go. I don't like to cause a scene when others are rude or ignorant to me. I leave them to be dealt with by God. But if I am cause harm I will go to the proper authorities and file a complaint. Or if I was refused service or was not helped I will file a complaint with management. Just because I am Muslim does not give them the right to do these things to me.\n\nIf the US and UK are going to preach freedom then why are so many trying to take it away from Muslims and Muslim women who choose to wear the veil. If they don't' like it then don't wear it.
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Excellent question, wonder why they never thought of it themselves. Why do they need their women to be fully clothed from head to toe in burqa ?\n\nAnother Muslim scientist claims that the Islamic headdress HIJAB derives from sex rites. She claimed that the headscarf was first worn by priestesses in Sumer who were initiating young people into sex, without being prostitutes.\n\n\nhttp://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idarticle=6361
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I think you have wrong idea about women in Islam, I'm a Muslim girl , and im wearing Hejab , i dont have to wear a very very wide dresses and so , i wear trousers , jeans , shirt and so, just my clothes are not tight and not describing my body, so they practical and in the same time , respectful and Islamic. \n\nAnd dont you think that by wearing Hejab you are giving an advantage to your fiance, as when he becomes Ur husband he is going to be the only one who got the right to see your beauty? \n\nHere's some sites to know more about Women in islam:\nhttp://www.themodernreligion.com/women/w_roles_ideals.htm\nhttp://www.uga.edu/islam/Islamwomen.html\nhttp://www.answering-christianity.com/womensrights.htm\n\n Wish you good luck in ur marriage :)
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In my opinion (being a man not sure it counts on this one) is that women wear high heels in hopes to feel "sexy". \n\nThere's absolutely nothing wrong with seeing a nice pair of high heels followed by sleek legs with the calf muscles flexed (which is what wearing high heels does). \n\nIt's all perception. My take on it is you should be comfortable in what you wear. So if I were a woman I wouldn't be compelled to wear 'em. They look good but also look very uncomfortable.\n\nTake care!
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According to my restricted knowledge of Islam I believe that it encourages modesty in terms of clothing especially with regards to women. Does this entail covering your head too? I mean a woman can wear loose clothes etc., not covering her head, and still appear modest. Is there any explicit directive in the Qur'an or the Hadith requiring women to cover their heads?  \nPlease kindly explain.  \n\nI agree with your statement with the exception that with reference to modesty, there are no gender-based differences in the directives of the Qur'an, in principle. However, the practical application of these directives may differ for men and women, due to the natural differences between the two.  \nYou write:  Does this entail covering your head too?\n \nHead covering has not been made obligatory upon women by the Shari`ah. However, it is a well known fact that head-covering for women has remained an integral part of the noble social traditions of each one of the three Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Head-covering has traditionally been considered a symbol of nobility and modesty in all of these traditions. In view of this significance of head-covering, it is recommended for Muslim women to adhere to this practice.\nYou write:\nI mean a woman can wear loose clothes etc., not covering her head, and still appear modest. Is there any explicit directive in the Qur'an or the Hadith requiring women to cover their heads?\nAn individual's concept of what may or may not constitute immodesty can be greatly influenced by his/her social background. However, as should be clear from the foregoing, for a Muslim, a Christian or a Jew, who gives any importance to the social traditions established and condoned by the prophets of God, the teachings entailed in these traditions should serve as a standard to emulate, even though these traditions are not a part of the Shari`ah.\nThere are indeed some traditions in which the Prophet (pbuh) is reported to have condoned and recommended the referred tradition of covering heads and adhering to modest attire. However, firstly, there is some difference of opinion among the scholars of Hadith relating to the authenticity of some of these narratives; and, secondly, in view of the elaborate prescription of the Qur'an in this regard, these narratives, even if considered authentic, should be seen as a part of the social tradition condoned and promoted by the Prophet (pbuh), rather than as a part of the Islamic Shari`ah.  \nI hope this helps.
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It is condescending yes, and if it was done in another country it would be appalling.However, it is part of their religion and you have to respect that. I do believe though, that it is demeaning to women that they are forced to cover up as they are seen as a temptation to man, if the men are so much more superior to women in these countries, you think that they(the men), would also have the power to control their own sexual urges and lack of ignorance.
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I am Muslim woman, I wear the hair veil (Hijab) and read Quran regularly, I completed my university study and then got a work which needs to travel from time to time, so I do not feel that I am dominated by any body. Well I have to tell my parents where I am going to get them feel that I am good and not going to danger places. And when I will marry, I think there is no problem to share my husband about my plans and to consider his point of view when I make up a decision and he do the same thing.\nLife is sharing, this what Islam says, but some men act as dominant and tell their doughters and wives what to do and what to not do... This is their way of life but not what Allah says for them to do.\nFinally, YES I am happy and I feel so comfortable to be Muslim.
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I wear a hijab everywhere, and most of the time, a burkha. Sometimes i get stares and weird questions, and that makes me feel different, but mostly, it's ok, and im respected by all the nonmuslims i know.
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This absolutely not true! And I'm surprised the BBC broadcast this... I had a look on their website...and there was no trace of this story.. probably because it was baseless..\n\nSo let me tell you a little about the origins of this story..\n\nIt was first published in Canada Post on May 19th based on a story given by Anti-Iranian exiles, about a bill that has passed through the Iranian parliament about a new dress code. \nThis bill was first suggested in 2004..but then got stalled....The bill only calls for stricter regulations for the hijab..and mentions nothing about any distinctions for different religions\n\nThe Canadian post has now back tracked on it's claims..and they have been public statements from Iran (including Iranian Jewish MP's denying any truth to this rumour..\n\n\n\nOK I will add a little from personal experience. \nAs you know in Iran it is compulsory for all  women to wear a hijab. In recent years this as been very lax ..and you will see women on the street wearing tight fitting clothes, and head scarfs that show alot of law..and nobody bothers them...this bill is meant to combat it (also it mentions a men's hijab - no tee-shirts or long hair) But what is likely to happen is that there will be a periodical crack downs. Then everything goes back to normal because this law is really unpopular.\n\n It is bad because it denys women the hope that one day the hijab law will be abolished. But I really don't think the law will be sucessful in making everyone wear the same clothes. All women hate that too much!\n\nAs for freedom of religion..Iran respects that very much. There are many churches and synogogues. And every religous and national minority has a quota seats in parliament reserved for them. The Christian minority for example even has a special mixed sports club for them..and they can drink alcohol at home..and have parties with mixed dancing All these things are banned for muslims in Iran but not for religious minorities. And the police are much more tolerant of Christian girls floughting the dress code then muslim girls.
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It's not totally safe everywhere.  Maybe in the downtowns of big cities, but yesterday here two Muslim women were acousted in Afghanistan for not wearing veils and were hit with clubs by officials of that country wearing uniforms, despite a law that let's them not wear a veil and THIS WAS REPORTED BY MUSLIM WOMEN WHO WHERE THERE.\n\nYou will find that one here on Y/A, go check out the source of the question and see if it was reported accurately by Muslims!\n\nThe Guardian, an English Newspaper, reported how some women in parts of Iraq were hounded by men and told to wear a veil and told NOT to drive their own cars and told NOT to use cell phones in public.\n\nIslamics tell me this is a tribal thing, not and Islamic thing.\n\nSO, be careful where you go and make sure you have male escourts when going into strange areas.