Women's Veil in the bible, What's wrong with jack straw then?!!?

Question

[1Corin.11:5] But any women who prays and prpecies with head unveiled dishonours her head-it is the same as if her head were shaven, for if a womenwill not veil herself then she should cut off her hair.But if it is disgraceful for a women to be shorn or shaven, let her wear a veil.

So, why western countries are fighting Muslim women veil while they have it in their religion!!

I don't blame atheist for running out of christianity with all these double standards and contradictions.

The question is why you are fighting the veil if your religion is having it?

Note to Puppy:

Professionalism is not coming from Allah in order to accept it as a justification for canceling a rule coming from Allah in quran !!

Also, to go with your logic, if another professional says I want to know the legs of any women speaking to me to know if she shave well or not - because I'm not comfortable with speaking to women who don't have nice legs ! would you accept it?

It is racism and foolishness from someone who wants to sell him self as politician to anti Muslim radicals.

Answer 1

I see it as a choice of the wearer. Do as their religion allows.

Answer 2

veil is not just hair. to tell u the thruth --

veil (vl)
n.
1. A length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face.
2. A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or habit, worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.
3.
a. The part of a nun's headdress that frames the face and falls over the shoulders.
b. The life or vows of a nun.
4.
a. A piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal what is behind it; a curtain.
b. Something that conceals, separates, or screens like a curtain: a veil of secrecy.
5. Biology A membranous covering or part, as that on the developing fruiting body of certain mushrooms; a velum.

v. veiled, veil·ing, veils
v.tr.
1. To cover with or as if with a veil: Dense fog veiled the bridge.
2. To conceal or disguise.
v.intr.
To wear a veil.

Answer 3

Most Westerners equate the veil with the unequalness of women. They see it as a custom that hold women back and makes them a less than in the eyes of your God. Just like most Christians misunderstand Islam on the whole by believing it is a religion that is following Satan. It is the lack of understanding that veiling oneself in the presence of your God is a sign of respect and a very powerful way for a Muslim woman to show her religion. Many Muslim women in the Western world veil themselves only in the Mosque and it is accepted by many Muslim communities to do that, but more and more you see these women going back and wearing the hajib to symbolize their commitment to God and to show that they are proud of their faith.
Basically what it comes down to is a misunderstanding of what the veil symbolizes.

I am not a Christian, but a Pagan, but I have studied both religions and have heard many of the stereotypical misunderstandings that Christians have about Islam.

Answer 4

The Bible isn't taken literally by most Christians - the UK doesn't stone wayward children to death, for example, though it is advocated in the Bible:

[Deut. 21:18-21] If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. They shall say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a profligate and a drunkard." Then all the men of his town shall stone him to death.

Most practising female Christians don't therefore cover their head with a veil (though I think this might be the case with Catholicism).

That passage of the Bible says that women must wear a veil when worshipping, not at all times. Muslim women wear the veil for different reasons, so you can't really compare the two.

I think Jack Straw's point is that it is harder for Muslim women to be part of British society when they wear the full veil, because it marks them out and makes them harder to talk to. I don't necessarily agree with him, but I do think he should be allowed to express an opinion on the veil without being villified.

Personally I think it should be up to the woman to decide if she wants to wear the veil or not.

Answer 5

it is only this style of surprising request. it is only approximately like asking human beings to assimilate using fact then all human beings is extra mushy and there are much less issues. human beings shop asserting he's so brave speaking approximately some thing like this in such delicate cases. i think of it is only insensitivity. He would have meant it in a real way, yet something that encourages generations into even basic Islamophobia is irrelevant. i don't deny his stunning to make comments like that, yet a woman must be allowed to placed on regardless of she feels maximum mushy in. If this replaced right into a difficulty of Islamic women human beings being compelled into donning veils perhaps some thing must be achieved, yet maximum pick to placed on it of their very own unfastened will. in assessment to a pair different worldwide places. England has a important immigrant inhabitants, so he ought to easily settle for that cultures will ought to exist in parallel to one yet another. the different day he commented that the area in Iraq replaced into "dire". he's our bloody foreign places secretary! How come he hasn't stated something like this EVER formerly?

Answer 6

The veil spoken of was a HEAD COVERING. Covering the hair and not the face or the entire person. The face veil is NOT a requirement in any religion. It is a cultural thing; a personal choice.

Answer 7

Unfortunately many/most Christian women no longer practice this custom. They see it as archaic and have left it behind. I for one think that if Jack Straw had such a problem with these women's veils then perhaps he wasn't worth speaking to anyways. Always follow your convictions and faith.
Peace Be With You,
Debra

Answer 8

Do you see any veiled Christian women other than on their wedding day? Why would you drag up and old custom that hasn't applied for centuries to make a point about modern atheists running from Christianity. And maybe you were not paying attention to the type of veil we were opposing. It was the burka that hid their women away from a society they were not allowed to participate in.

Answer 9

Jack Straw's decision was a professional, not religious one. He didn't feel comfortable speaking to someone who's face he couldn't see.

To be honest I think Muslims need to lighten up on the whole covering of women thing. It goes against equal rights.

Answer 10

I do cover my hair like the bible say to.

God bless