What are your views towards women in Islam?

Question

What are your opinions on the way women in Islam dress? Are you scared to talk to them? Basically, I am curious as to how you view them?

I am referring to the women who wear the head scarf (hijab) and modest clothing (NO t-shirts, shorts, miniskirts)

Not all of them cover their faces.

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Wow, it scares me to see how so uneducated you are. Let me tell you my personal story.

I am a muslim girl WHO is wearing hijab. No my dad never beat me and choked me to wear it, in fact, it was my decision, they gave me the choice.

OMG REALLY??? yes really

I go to school (yep I really do) and I would like to work when i'm older.

So what if you think i'm unflattering or ugly, your OPINIONS mean nothing. Call me a ninja because all I will do is laugh and stick my head up even more higher. Yes I can speak for myself and no my dad isn't sitting next to me watching my every move with a knife to my throat.

I'm most likely different then you in that I don't smoke or drink and have sex with "boyfriends" that end up breaking up with me. Look at all the unmarried parents ewww, how nasty.

I will find a guy (NOT MY PARENTS) that judges me on my heart and who i am inside, not for the shape of my butt or how big my breasts are.

I know that not all girls are whores, I was just referring to the guys that said it was unattractive and just making it clear to him that muslim women don't like to be treated like objects like those half naked girls you see in music videos.

I feel evil for saying the things I said, but truly I want you to know that i'm not making a fun of non muslim women in fact I talk to lots of people at school that aren't muslim, I don't judge people on their religion or how they look. After hearing the harsh views, I just needed to defend the women of islam to let you know that they aren't treated like dogs or controlled by their husbands.

Oh yeah and FYI, I do comb my hair and I do take care of myself, I like to look pretty for myself not for others.

Answer 1

Don't listen to those bi***** that say they wish Islam doesn't exist and they pity us. It is not true all you guys should go to Hell , muslim women are free they could do whatever they want to they aren't controlled by their husbands, I dont know where the heck you guys brought this up from. Everyone misjudges Islam. Mohammed is Gay omg i cant believe the girl whatever her name is said that she should go to hell for saying that. In Islam it is forbidden to be Gay or Lesbian. And people saying that we dont brush our hair we actually have more beautiful hair than you do.Everyone out there takes Islam as a bad,controlling, and violent religion. I actually feel really sorry for Snarky Atheist 'Ahmeen',Lukusmca...,dukefent...,Latoya calling them ninjas,Christin...,yadum712,Lady Mist...unableto.., because in the end of the world.,Muslim people will be laughing behind their backs and they will be the people who succeed. YOU WILL SEE!!

Answer 2

I am Muslim and an American who has lived in the middle east, so I've seen the girls.. under all that modest clothing they look like miss America....They all wanna be American European and gossip and smoke and some drink,it's just you don't see it publicly...( NOT ALL DO THIS) I don't and yes some ladies have the option of wearing it and if they don't they don't have to, it's better if the girl does, because then people view her as a rescpetable lady, it's about keeping the family name clean and hounorable, Now some say that it is in the religion that they have to wear all that, but some say that the Arabian women were wearing all of it 500 years before Islam.. so it's 50-50 Respect for the culture and Religion. Now the girls cover up because Arab men can be animals, but on the other hand they are like this because they don't see the women, so they become monsters when they see a finger.. so it's a tough battle

Answer 3

well i am a Muslim woman i know that this question is probably for non Muslim but i had to comment on some people who say we are Brian washed and stuff or that Arabic men are monsters that's why we cover up
of course that is not true first of all we wear hijab to cover up from any man who is stranger to us not that there is something wrong with them just to protect our selves from those who have bad intentions against us.
for those who think that we don't comb our hair or care what we wear because we wear hijab what i have to say to you is that i had an American professor at my college that said to us that she was shocked about how beautiful girls here and how fashionable we are and full of femininity unlike most American women(that is exactly what she said) and that most of the girls here look like models !
she said that when she took the job here she thought she well see ugly girls who have no idea what fashion designers are and she was shocked to see the opposite she also said that girls back at her country who are at the age of collage don't usually buy designers bags and clothes and here in Saudi Arabia it is the complete opposite!

P.S:
we only wear hijab when we leave our houses when we are in a partyor at school or something we don't stay wearing them we wear normall clothes jeans,tops, skirts...etc just like any other woman wear

Answer 4

I've never had a conversation with an Islamic woman, so therefore I can't form an opinion about them.
Like most women, I'm curious as to why they are so submissive, but that is what we see on television...so we can't be really sure if that is so, can we?

Whatever makes them happy, then I'm happy for them.
Live and let live!

Answer 5

I am sorry for them and I see most of them (worldwide) as victims of societal expectations and religious oppression.

You write as though there are only two choices, cover-up or wear t-shirts, shorts and miniskirts.

Geez -- there are milliions and millions of modestly and professionally dressed women who drive themselves (not all Muslim women have this freedom) to their jobs (not all Muslim women have this freedom) everyday and interact with men not their husbands (not all Muslim women have this freedom) without being ogled, mentally undressed, disrespected, or raped.

My sincere wish for Muslim women is that Muslim men would stop being so afraid of them and for them


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Singular -- that wasn't the question -- we worry about those girls too. I work as a counselor with some anorexic girls every week. And I am 100% certain that there are girls with eating disorders wearing hijabs, too. You apparently do not know anything about anorexia or its underlying causes.

Answer 6

My wife wears ankle length dresses and hair covering at all times in public. This based upon passages both in N.T. and O.T. of the Scriptures. I have no problem with Islamic dress codes. Nor does my wife. I have no problem talking with them either, but we do not believe our religion and teachings are even offered to them according to scripture therefore while we may discuss our views, there are no offers of fellowship in any way.

IT MUST BE REMEMBERED, the putting on of garmets is not what determines ones salvation in our views. It is simply a manifestation of the work being accomplished in the heart of the person.

Answer 7

I think they'd look gorgeous if they dressed like Westerners.. the big clothes make them look bigger than the really are.. the look fat with the baggy clothing on, even though many of them really aren't. I think Arab women can be very beautiful, I see lots of Arabian women here in Canada who have completely abandoned the whole muslim look and dress like North American/European women, get their hair highlighted & styled, wear makeup, and look gorgeous.

On the other hand, the ones who wear the whole Muslim outfit thing do not look very good. It's not a very flattering look... at all.

Answer 8

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What are your views towards women in America?
What are your views towards the women in Asia?
What are your views towards the women in Africa?
What are your views towards the women of the world?

I do not judge because I realize that you cannot tell what a women or man is all about, by the clothes that they wear.

It is what goes on inside that counts, and we do not know what goes on inside the women in Islam, do we?

Why judge those that we know nothing about? We can only guess and most probably, our guess would be wrong.

We all make choices, and women all over the world make choices. Whether it is to dress as they choose, or dress according their religion. It is still a choice.

WOW! One answer above, is so full of hate and fear. Judging and prejudicial remarks about another because loneliness and misconception rule our lives. Try loving your neighbor - which means all the people of the world, whether they dress like you or think like you. This person also sounds homophobic which is quite sad. Sad because it is fearful and judgemental.

Answer 9

I just don't agree with it - with Islam. I wish that it didn't exist, but it does, so people are free to follow its rules. But I find it very sad that in this modern world, women still choose to wear the veil and that men in their lives still believe that it is ok for women to do this.

I feel sad when I see a veiled/semi-veiled woman, and confused. I wonder if she is doing it by choice or not, and if it is by choice, then how very tragic! There is no need for it. Just none.

Answer 10

i think they are wonderful women not afraid to take a stand. here in america i think they are women with true backbone. i wore a scarf like i wore in germany the other day when it was cold outside and i was belittled and told that i was muslim by most of my coworkers. if this is just a little idea on how muslim women are treated here in america then i think they are wonderful people to put up with the evil that is out there.