Why do you hate a piece of cloth?

Question

I have not met any muslim women who had it forced on them, the hijab, and I've been to a few different Islamic countries. No, I didn't grow up with it, I converted and am whiter than most due to the fact that I am an American (PROUD TO BE ONE). I don't "look like a goat" and am not "arab" so you can't use that excuse. Why don't you get it that there are women who have self respect? Why don't you hate nuns then? Or Mary(am) the mother of Jesus (PBUH) because in every depiction of her, she's veiled. Why target only muslim women when you don't even know the entire story? I personally love wearing hijab. I don't feel the "need" to hide myself, I LIKE to hide myself. I get a kick out of the men who think they have some right to see me getting angry that this woman refuses to be seen as a mindless piece of meat. I am college educated and graduated in December. I used my rights and didn't let anyone exploit them or trample them. Many muslim women feel this way. What's your issue?

That's funny, I don't recall any of the hijackers being veiled women.

Answer 1

u r free to do any thing u like. u want to wear hijab or not its completely ur own choice but please one thing should be clear that Islam didn’t ask any woman to cover her self from head to toe.
Islam asked both woman and men that to cover them properly and asked woman to cover their breast also as breast can be provocative to anybody. There is no compulsory thing to cover ur face or head.

Don’t mix the culture and religion covering the whole body including face is a cultural thing of some Arab and Asian countries. Don’t relate to religion please.

Answer 2

You're generalizing. I don't care what you wear but there does seem to be some security concerns about being completely covered except for the eyes. In certain cases I think you need to just accept that the world has changed and you need to adapt a bit. Frankly I wish I had a reason to wear one sometimes. Don't have to spend 30 minutes on hair and another 30 on makeup.

Answer 3

It's exactly like how you hate women who wear as little as possible...It's only clothes right ? But you call 'em mindless piece of meat...

I don't hate that piece of cloth. But I don't like the mind or the hidden agenda that may lies under the cloth...

PS : Have you ever read, that a women proffessor from Turkey, found out that in the past what you wear is only for prostitutes ? I really mean no offense here...I swear to God, it's on the TV news I see...

Answer 4

I have met many muslim women who had the hijab forced on them. But nice try Take it off, stop wearing the Hijab and just see what your Imam, husband, brothers and father say. Guaranteed they will tell you to put it back on. I met a man who tried to make all the 11 year old girls in his daughter'sclass wear hijab because he was making his daughter do so, and he said that ALL girls should be told to wear it. The principal called family services on him for child abuse.

Answer 5

Haven't you asked this question a couple times before? There's nothing wrong with wearing it when it is appropriate; however, there are times when it isn't. When you get an id picture taken, for example, or any other time you need to be identified. You do have your rights, but the rest of us do as well. Not everyone who wears a habib will be a good person or have the best interests of others at heart, and we have the right to protect ourselves from those people just like anyone else.

Answer 6

That hijackers might not have been veiled women (they seemed to prefer lap dancers, go figure). But the Muslim women in the Middle East dancing in the streets when they found out about 9-11 sure as Hell were. I guess you don't get CNN where you live.

Answer 7

I think Muslim veiled women are being judged because their nasty male counter part committed too many murders ! recall 9/11/01

people are scared and with right ! you live in a western country where this is not customary ,so why question the good people who gave you a new chance in life to live in a better world ! people do not like to be questioned in their own back yard!

but I honestly think that it has to do with the incompetent males in your society who have decided to be martyrs and kill in the name of Allah Islam and whatever! I have no opinion either way, but do not judge others in their own environment

peace to you!

Answer 8

True, for I.D. pictures, one would have to at least show the face, yes? I don't know what the official ruling is about hijab and I.D. pictures.

As for any other occasion, a woman is free to cover as much as she wants. I admire you and j3nny3lf for veiling.

I will disagree with you on one point that is alluded to in your paragraph. You said you cover because you have respect for yourself, which makes one think that, in your opinion at least, those of us who don't cover don't have self-respect. I could very well be wrong about this, and if I am, I apologize. However, I don't cover, and I have tremendous respect for myself. I wear conservative clothes, nothing short, nothing tight, nothing low cut. Hair and face are very conservative. Myself and other women who cover their bodies and keep their hair/faces conservative do not look like mindless meat, we look like the respectable ladies that we are.

In support of the hijab, I've contemplated many times on whether or not to wear it. I'm not a Muslim, I'm a Baha'i, and I TOTALLY agree with the Muslim argument in favor of veiling. However, because I don't wanna be a walking fraud, dressing as a Muslim but not being one, I was looking at other styles of veil, like the Jewish styles. I've never made up my mind about it, but I'm really glad you've pointed this issue out, because it gets me thinking about it again. I will look into this matter again, and maybe I'll be veiling too.

Best to you!

Answer 9

You are absolutely right, Sister. As you can see from the way people have answered to this question, people don't want women to hide their body and faces, they want it to be exposed so that they can enjoy it. In the name of freedom, women are being brainwashed into doing things that are harmful to them.

Answer 10

I don't hate a piece of cloth - I hate what it stands for. You say you do it voluntarily and that muslim women don't have it forced on them. I would not like to see any woman try to go without it walking the streets of Riyadh. They would be arrested before they got two feet from their door. If it were truly voluntary I wouldn't have a problem with it but it isn't. Treatment is illogical, cruel and harse for muslim women in Riyadh...even for expats who are there to work and aren't muslim (just because you are a woman). Women can't drive, have no legal rights, are treated like a piece of property (the camels are valued more). You sit in the back of a taxi to go anywhere always as a group never by yourself. And then you are warned that if there is an accident to leave your groceries or whatever in the car, slip quietly out the door and leave as quickly as possible because you as a woman will be blamed and arrested for causing the accident. Why? because you must have done something to distract the driver - you enticed him to look in the rearview mirror at you instead of paying attention to his driving. Now mind this same rule does not apply to the men just women. Women can't go into shops and many of the eateries downtown. The shops are for men and women are not allowed in. If you want to eat you walk up to an outside window and order then get your food and sit outside while the men sit inside and eat. There are of course restaurants that allow women to eat inside (seperate from the men) but if prayer call comes (5 times a day) the men can stay and the women have to leave to stand out in 140 degree weather for an hour in those hot coverings that you are not allowed to take off. Then you get to go back inside and finish your cold food. Don't tell me it doesn't happen - I lived it. You can go to the mall and shop with a group of women but any time you are out in public you run the risk of running foul of the religious police and believe me it makes you feel uptight so you can't just relax and enjoy yourself. You don't talk to males, you don't look them in the eye (you look down), you step aside for them - if you are with a male escort (in a group of course) he is the leader and you walk behind him. If the wind blows and your ankle shows you can be stopped and hit with a stick on your ankles - the relgious police talks to the man, the western woman trys to explain and is told harshly "SILENCE" and then he says to the man "Are you responsible for these women? Control your woman." It didn't matter that we were just a bunch of co-workers, he was "responsible" for us and our behavior and could have been arrested. As it was we just all went back to the compound where we were assigned quarters to live instead of finishing our outing. It is absolutely barbaric. It is not about "self respect" it is about control. When it becomes a matter of personal choice for all Muslim women and they can go outside without it freely if they want to - then my attitude might change but until then don't try to conn people into thinking its harmless.