Why do christians feel bitter seeing Muslim women wear Hijab, What about the nuns then?
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1.  Nuns choose to devote their lives to God alone and have the FREEDOM to leave this way of life.\n\n2.  Muslim women living in these religious dictatorships have NO choice/No rights\n\n3.  The Hi jab can be viewed (by those who appreciate freedom) as a tool to hide and degrade women in Arab society.  Does she have any choice but to cover herself?
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uff\n\nyou asked me to answer this question so I'll try.\n\nin Belgrade you can be whatever you want and fill safe being it, it's a big city with lots of foreigners and people are used to see others in hijabs, and I suppose they are ok with that.\nmaybe you could only see some curiosity if you are walking alone, cause I've never seen a muslim woman alone, she is always escorted by a friend or someone else.\n\nthere are a lot of muslims here but they usually don't wear hijabs so maybe outside of Belgrade there's a bigger chance to hear some rude comments, but nothing more aggressive i hope.\n\nI was there when they burnt down the mosque and it was terrible. and actually no one approved that, but people were angry, frustrated,,,, and it was an act of weak people.\n\nover here people do See religion as a ethnic identity because that caused the war, even I as born here and living here all my life sometimes have to argue with people that I,m still serb but not ortodox.. some narrow mind just can't get that.\n\nmaybe it' s because during the last 15 years people could not travel any were and see and learn something that differ  from their own backyard.\nI lived in a muslim country for 5 years and got to know them and respect their religion, but some of my people didn't have that chance so forgive them for not knowing.\nbasically serbs are friendly, but to curious and not very polite but when you give them a chance they will do anything they can to make you feel more pleasant.\n\nhope this helps, sorry for my english but I'm still learning......
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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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I am Muslim, a convert from christianity. I understand fully, I have had the same problem. My mom is a christian and very pro-Israel. She knows that I am Muslim but she forbids me to wear a Hijab or openly practice my religion. She had threatened to kick me out of the house other times for how I vote in elections so, I don't debate my religion with her. I agree with what the others said here that it is those radicals that give us a bad name. But I also think it is because of just pure ignorance of the truth mostly this ignorance is spread by the media.  It even extends to just being Arab or supporting the Arabs. I am originally American but I think of myself as an Arabist. I was in 10th grade english and the teacher announced to the whole class that I was with the Arabs. I didn't expect that but maybe it was because the teacher was Jewish but the whole class looked at me and I thought that I was going to be beaten up by how some of the kids were looking at me. This was shortly after 9/11 too. But above it all, I found happiness, I am happily married to an Egyptian Muslim, and will be making the Hajj in November, Inshallah. Those cartoons were overly offensive and shows why there is still the whole rift between East and West. Regardless of what those people say or do, keep your head up high and never allow them to get to you. Their fate like everything else is in Allah's hands.
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Doh....The whole idea of me wearing my hijab is so that I attract less attention and men do not notice me!\n\nIn the Quran it states that you should gaze your eyes downwards when you see a women.\n\nWhy is it that most NON-Muslim men recognise that.\nAnd it is only Muslim men that act the idiot and start trying to flirt with girls in hijab!\n\nYou should be ashamed of yourself for looking at hijabi girls like that!
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I love how some Muslims say, "They are not forced to wear them, they wear them by choice." But what happens to the women who choose NOT to wear them? They get beaten with sticks... it's no wonder they all "choose" to wear them. And don't even try to tell me I'm wrong, I've seen it with my own eyes in Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and even Jordan and Egypt. Aparently Arab men cannot control their lustful thoughts if even a strand of hair is poking out where they can see it.
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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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Im muslim.I have lived in Jordan. People there are very good and polite :) What I didnt like there was that the girls even these who were with hijab were puting sooo much make up...plus i saw such combination: hijab, tight jeans, make up and high-heeled shoes. I didnt like this ...
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Does this sura actually tell you that Islam is against hetrosexual activity?? I'm not sure how you got that one\n\nYou might want to think about what your question really is. My question to you is: What is wrong with this verse??? Are you really saying you have a problem with women of a certain faith dressing in a way that dosn't show their cleavage etc?? \nMaybe you can't handle the fact that not all women just want to wear skimpy clothing when with men that arn't family!!! Heres an idea:\nGet over it!!!!!!!
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Alhamdulilah  alot sister, Well i carried hijab during my professional studies  and i can't  explain that respect and effection that i recieved  from my female an male classfellows,just for the reason that i was wearing hijab, oh yes i get a great deal of affection and respect  from patients n they alwasy preffered to chose  the beds which were alloted to me, just following the sunnah like being polite and be respectful to others, keep smiling, treat other nicely these are thing which make you special in public life,  secondly my religion have made me daring , while being new graduate, we are taught the procedure n i never get phobic with that keeping trust in Allah, and Alhamdulillah i must say i learnt a lot .\n same goes with general life, one get love and respect from your family and frinds when u r nice to them, islam is no doubt a blessing, which teach us how should we livee..no doubt gives us an ideal life.
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i thoroughly agree with you on this one..i'm a Muslim myself and i must say, i feel really ashamed of how SOME partions of the Muslims react to the criticises we get..\nthat's not what Islam taught us!! criticism has become something normal in the world today..i know its not only the Muslims that get it..infact, every single religion are being critisized.\ni know its not right how the Muslims in some part of the world are reacting and i not only feel sorry for the victims of their actions, but i also feel sorry for them themselves..!!\ni've no idea what they've been exposed to all these while..coz like you said, the Islam we knew before wasn't like this..!!!\nto tell you the truth, i was only aware of these problems when i was 12 or so..why? coz i'm living in an Islamic country too, but we've never experienced such doings here! i'm from Malaysia and its a truly multi-racial country..\nwe've got the Malays, Chinese, Indians, Ibans, Kadazans, a small partion of Sikhs even..and with it ofcourse we live around so many different beliefs, 4 main religions practised here are mainly Islam, Christian, Buddha and Hindu.\ni guess what i'm saying here is that everything starts with our way of life, our environment, the people around us and what we're exposed to!~\nit all starts from education!~\nfrom there we learn to respect and with respect love is born!~\n\ni really don't know what my answers have to do with your question here..i'm sorry if you felt i've wasted your time or anything like that..just expressing my point of view..!~\n\nGood Luck to the world!!~\n\n^_^
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as a muslim woman in america, i find it very hard to go about my normal routines with out being looked at differently. but i have to be strong because i know Allah(swt) is with me.\n and u know what else i do? \n~ i smile.
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The Quran says that they will never be happy with you until you change your religion. Some people will try and make you feel bad for your religion and the misguided actions of others. The only reason you should feel like you should  apologize is if you have done something wrong. Most Muslims have done nothing wrong and this is just a way for some to make Muslim dought their religion. Seek refuge in Allah(God) and leave them to feel how they feel. You are a Muslim say "Alhumdillah[all praise and thanks be to Allah(God)] and move on.
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The veil or hijab is commanded by Allah to all creation who follow his laws of human creation, this is to save our beauty or pruda for only or husbands as there source of comfort and ease not for every tom dick and harry to stare and oggle at ,to prevent on man from having desire for anothers wife,daughter ect.. Its about modesty a long lost unfortunate topic that women today dare not practice,its funny how a woman in a hijab will turn more heads with disgust than a scantly clad girl with her butt and breast hanging out in a public place.  Says alot for the morality of mankind(not anymor)today.
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im a muslim girl and i live in a muslime society at a muslim country and i dont feel or treated as a domestic animal,for real my relegin is the most relegin that gave women thier rights and treated them like qeens
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It is called a Hijab and it is their religious belief. It's not a choice for them in their culture.  They will be killed if they do not obey the Quran, which is the Muslim equivalent to the Christian Bible.  It states:\n\nIn the Quran: \n" And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display theri beauty adn ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof, that they should draw their veils over their bosoms aand not display their beauty except to their husbands, fathers, husbands' fathers, sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women or the slaves whom their right hand possess or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sence of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! Turn ye all together towards Allah(S.W.T) that ye may attain Bliss (Surah 24:31)
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well said, baryoshaa..\nI commend your feeling.\nBut, i asked this not to justify any of religion or to hurt any religion including Islam.\n\nbut... all of your statements about "Would it be fair to blame all Christians for what Adolfe Hitler did to the jews, and all those who refused to join christianity?" and so on.\n\nisn't that what most "muslim" in yahoo answers did? -notice i put quotation- (as a sign of trying not to generalize)\nI've seen that actions all the time done by many of the yahoo answers participants who claimed to be muslims..\n\neverytime any q start to argue about validity of islam, many of them always resort to "Christian BAD BAD BAD..."\ninstead of just genuinely answer the q.\nwhy they assume the asker is Christian?\n\nLike what you did...just now.\nIsn't it possible that the people who question them are kids or some ignorants who could very well be muslim (who doesn't do his homework in reading the Quran).