Have the women who are so hostile to the Veil EVER asked a veiled Muslim woman in the USA what she thinks ?

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Or do they want to IMPOSE their ideas of "freedom" on them.....

I know dozens who would not take it off even if their husbands told them to.

They do it for GOD -- like Nuns who dress modestly for their GOD.

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Answer 1

Thanks for the question.
Actually, I HAVE been asked, but very occasionally.
What I have observed is that I used to get a lot of friendly questions about Islam, hijab.
This continued after 9/11, although people were not always friendly.
For the past 3 years, no-one has asked anything. I get ignored.
Here in Europe, things are moving in a negative direction. Women with hijab are discriminated against very much. It is banned in schools in France, and other countries are trying their best to do this, in time.
To those in the USA - don´t let it get that far there! Keep fighting for your basic rights! You still do have some support there, so use it.
Thanks to those who are open enough to help us. You have seen that we´re just normal people. Thanks!!

Answer 2

Hopefully you can stop ranting long enough to read an answer and think about it. Islam forces covering of the entire female body of ALL FEMALES past the age of puberty. It is part of demeaning, controlling and keeping women as second class citizens. A veil or habit on a Catholic religious women is NEVER EVER a covering of the entire face or body. It is often just a head covering to be an outward sign to all like a wedding ring is to most people. A wedding ring says someone is off limits as they are married to another already. A habit on a religious woman is the same except it means she is married to Christ and is also deserving of the extra respect you would afford a religious person. For example, you would be far more careful around this holy woman with your language, jokes, actions and so forth out of respect. BIG BIG BIG difference you need to point out. The Catholic religious woman CHOOSES the life and the lifestyle and agrees to the habit and all. She is NEVER pushed into it or asked to do it except by God. The islamic woman is forced by men to wear the covering or be beaten-executed. The Catholic woman can quit at any time and go back to civilian, regular lay life if she wishes. There will be no beating or violence of any type. The islamic woman is stuck. I have traveled internationally and observed these customs with my own eyes in addition to my college education. You obviously have little knowledge of what goes on beyond your neighborhood. The burqha and hijab are very demeaning and limiting for women in many countries of the world. Try even driving a car in some countries as a woman.... If you get caught you will be charged and sentenced to a harsh punishment. We are talking about being stripped of your clothes and beaten with a cane or a whip of one form or another. That is reality. Try even reading the news online of places like Saudi Arabia. Sounds great like oil, money and Arabs in nice cars.....Well that is not the only thing going on there. Try visiting as a woman and see the mess you will have to go through.

Answer 3

Personally, I know that women choose to wear it, particularly Western Muslim women. I accept that. I know that around the world, some women choose it, others are forced. I accept that.

What I don't accept is that hijab takes away the responsibility of the men to behave properly - I've lived in a Muslim country for two years (Morocco, very moderate, less than half of the urban population of women wear it) - and I know how men treat women here who DON'T wear it - that just isn't fair. If a women chooses not to veil, she shouldn't have to suffer for it. Same for if she chooses TO wear it.

Answer 4

My question is why is it so important to those nonMuslims, and what on earth would they benefit from if every single Muslim woman were to remove her headscarf starting tomorrow? My guess is that they would have to find something else to complain about us, so it wouldn't be as much a benefit as an added chore. You know they wouldn't like us any better if we took it off.

It's funny how they emphasize freedom, but hesitate to give us the freedom to wear what we want to wear and to practice our religion without dealing with injustice and discrimination.

If only they were more like those who couldn't care less what I wore on my head just as long as I was a decent person.

Answer 5

why is the veil so evil? If u were a true chistian woman, u would be covering your head. Cuss a woman has to cover her head before God when she prays. If she lived a life of prayer she would always have her head coverd 1 Cor 11 3-9.
Christians these days r to blind to understand the teachings of Christ. Funny don't u think they attack the Veil. The devil wants all woman uncovered.

Answer 6

I'm a Muslim American woman and I wear hijab because the Qur'an, Hadiths, and ALLAH tell me to do so. I also plan on buying the Abaya and Niqab and getting used to wearing those as well because I want to get as much good credit as I can while on Earth so I can go to Jinnah when I die, to please my husband and ALLAH, and so I can be like the Prophet Muhammad's(PBUH*) wives. I admit no woman or man(because I don't speak to men as I am married) has ever asked me why I wear hijab but I get nervous, shy, and embarrassed when I'm outside with my husband because people stare at me and talk behind my back when they see me which bothers me. I know I shouldn't be embarrassed because I am doing the right thing by covering my hair for ALLAH and for respect and modesty but I get bothered and shy real easy. I wouldn't uncover even if my husband told me I could because I don't want to get bad credit. I won't take off hijab unless I'm in my house then I don't wear it. But I cover out of respect to ALLAH and to be modest. I am not oppressed and cover because I am doing what ALLAH and my husband and Islam want me to do and I will wear hijab and Abaya and Niqab when I buy them until the day I die. I won't uncover for anyone.

Answer 7

THEY NEVER ASK!!!!!!!!!! Men ask me and comment about it (and it's usually positive) but women never say ANYTHING. If I get harassed or treated badly it is never towards my veil, the veil just identifies me but ppl do have questions about it ---I can only think of maybe one female who has ever asked me.

and in response to callitou...I knew what 'freedom' was as a child--I am a native born American- I wasn't raised Muslim & now I am a Muslim American who wears the veil.

Answer 8

i told my husband that i want to feel the breeze on my skin and to be free for a moment, he told me to uncover and i told him no. i see other women run around with almost no clothes on sometimes. short and mini shorts halter tops, that kind of thing. he then told me a story when he was at a lecture and the imam's wife said the same thing. and the imam told his wife to uncover too, you know what that sister said....NO BECAUSE THE HELLFIRE IS MUCH HOTTER...when my husband tell me these words, i forgot that i ever even wanted to uncover.

my husband and the imam tell us we can uncover because Islam is about our intentions, the Islam comes from our hearts. and our Islam is between us and Allah SWT, so what we do is up to us because we have free will.

i thought i should add the last part in case anyone wonder why would a Muslim husband as you might think "encourage" another Muslim wife to do wrong, just because they are good Muslims and good Muslims know free will. my husband and the imam are examples of Muslim men who do not force the wife to do anything she doesn't want to, and they are Arabs too...from Egypt. just so everyone knows that good Arab Muslims exists

Answer 9

If a person chooses to wear the viel. what harm is it doing to you? Same goes if a person wants to cross dress? Any harm done to you? Or a hindu wearing a turban? A Monk wearing his garment?

We should be resprectful of everyones religion - regardless if you agree to it or not.

Answer 10

I also know many women who would never take off hijab. I am a Muslim woman and covering is not what so many people perceive it to be. It is a sad, uninformed world we live it, with little acceptance or tolerance for anything even slightly different.