Does ISLAM want to strip the identity of females? If there is no IDENTITY, the IS NO PERSON, RIGHT?
2006-10-20 10:27:51 · 18 answers · asked by buttnut 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I do not, as you will see....
2006-10-20 10:29:29 · answer #1 · answered by Pinar 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've seen Muslim women, there was one driving with her whole face covered. I don;t know the exact reason but maybe an old tradition. What makes it worse is that suicide bombers in Iraq pretend to be women and hide explosives in their clothes and use it to their advantage. So security forces can't tell the difference between a civilian and a woman.
2006-10-20 10:35:08 · answer #2 · answered by AUCT!ON 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Covering is meant ot be an act and a sign of modesty. Whether covering the FACE is necessarily a part of this is debatable (many choose not to go to any specail lengths to cover themselves, or to cover their hair but not their faces). It is actually supposed to be a personal choice, and a discipline that is taken up as a sign of faith.
2006-10-20 10:38:42 · answer #3 · answered by explorationredwing 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is not a Muslim ''thing''. It is a custom from some areas. It is a cultural ''thing''. Islam only says to wear a hajib to cover the hair. Other religions ask this, too-----such as a married Orthodox Jewish lady, etc.,.
2006-10-20 10:37:09 · answer #4 · answered by Shossi 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
some muslims says that the women don't have to cover her face but others says she have to.
i am covering my face and feel happy and comfortable as any
body else ..also i can take it off if i want .. the women rights its not about covering or not .. her rights by being feminine women and ppl most evaluate her brain and not her body or beauty .
2006-10-20 10:36:25 · answer #5 · answered by Alone 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
actually islam doesnt say to cover up females faces... some women want to make such efforts.... iam muslim female.. and my face is shown.... so... not such a prob... besides muslim women should have stronge personality... women who dont have.. are losers..
2006-10-20 10:35:09 · answer #6 · answered by babyyocca 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Arabic text of this ayah is:
Wa qul li al-mu'minat yaghdudna min absarihinna wa yahfazna furujahunna wa laa yubdina zenatahunna illa maa zahara min haa wal-yadribna bi khumurihinna ala juyubihinna; wa laa yubdina zenatahunna illa li bu'ulatihinna aw aba'ihinna aw aba'i bu'ulatihinna aw abna'ihinna aw abna'i bu'ulatihinna aw ikhwanihinna aw bani ikhwanihinna aw bani akhawatihinna aw nisa'ihinna aw maa malakat aymanu hunna aw at-tabi'ina ghayri ulu'l-irbat min ar-rijal aw at-tifl alladhina lam yazharu ala awrat an-nisa wa laa yadribna bi arjulihinna li yu'lama maa yukhfina min zenatahinna. Wa tubu ilaAllahi jami'an, ayyuha al-mu'minun la'allakum tuflihun
A translation of this is:
And say to the faithful women to lower their gazes, and to guard their private parts, and not to display their adornment except what is apparent of it, and to extend their headcoverings (khimars) to cover their bosoms (jaybs), and not to display their adornment except to their husbands, or their fathers, or their husband's fathers, or their sons, or their husband's sons, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their womenfolk, or what their right hands rule (slaves), or the followers from the men who do not feel sexual desire, or the small children to whom the nakedness of women is not apparent, and not to strike their feet (on the ground) so as to make known what they hide of their adornments. And turn in repentance to Allah together, O you the faithful, in order that you are successful
They hide their face in respect to Allah, and as a way for people to first consider their personality not their face or looks. Not to show that women are "not people" but to show that a women's body and face are a sacred thing to be only shared with family friends, their husbands and Allah. Maybe Western women should take a page from the Muslim. women's book in understanding their bodies are a sacred thing, a gift from God. It would change quite a few bad things reguarding women in our socity
(Note : In this text when they say "adornment" that refer to the face head neck and chest of a woman.)
2006-10-20 10:39:13 · answer #7 · answered by essexsrose 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Personhood doesn't seem to be important in Islam. I think they just want to submit to their God and they aren't really interested in self fullfillment.
I look down on muslim women who cover their faces. They are showing me that they are not to be respected as people merely robed woman-creatures that are indistinguishable from one another.
2006-10-20 10:31:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
covering the face is not an Islamic obligation. there you have it Mixed Guy.
2006-10-20 10:30:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
identity it's no important u don't see muslim women just the shadow
2006-10-20 10:30:10 · answer #10 · answered by george p 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋