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Anonymous wrote:I get that hijab = modesty, and as long as the woman herself chooses to wear it, I have no issue. I do have an issue with young women wearing tight jeans that emphasize their form and yes, a head scarf. If they choose to embrace their Islamic affiliation, they should also embrace the tenets of modesty... or take off the headscarf.

I used to feel this way too, but it's not really fair to expect that any woman wanting to try hijab must automatically become a super-perfect Muslim. All of us are in the process of learning and growing and figuring out who we are and how we will practice our beliefs. I know it seems hypocritical, but maybe we should be more open-minded.

Anonymous wrote:Take Iraq for example. One of the hottest (weather wise) countries in the Persian Gulf. I think no man or woman would choose to wear this garb unless forced. ONLY MY OPINION.

Anonymous wrote:I see loads of Japanese women covering themselves entirely (full sleeves shirts, pants, covered shoes, hats and scarves) because they like to protect their skins from wrinkling.

I do not find anyone objecting to that.

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Anonymous wrote: . . .
I don't care much about what adult women do, but when I see a grown woman in the US in a full black outfit, rather than just a head scarf, I have to think that there is a bit of a "fuck you" to American culture. Her family is trying to make sure that we understand that they don't approve of our culture. It's a bit rude. . .

Not particularly.

I would object to kids dressed without winter coats in winter weather, too. Jeans and a long sleeve cotton/spandex shirt in the summer in most of the US is not appropriate. It's too heavy and too hot. Parents could at least make an effort to dress those girls in light pants and shirts, but they don't. It's abusive. Over-heating, dehydration and heat stroke are real issues even when dressed appropriately. It's a worse issue when the kids are wearing jeans. Kids are everyone's concern, not just the parents.

As far as adults go, we require our American military women to dress in the full black outfit when they are in Saudi, because it's respectful of our hosts. Our reporters wear headscarves when they are reporting from Muslim countries. Our First Ladies frequently wears headscarves when visiting Muslim countries. The refusal of some Muslim women to modify their dress from the full black outfit to something more similar to what Americans wear when they are here is disrespectful.

Anonymous wrote:I think they WANT to wear it (except maybe Iran). Read their posts online. The hijab is the least of a Saudi woman's concern. They wear it because they believe they should. Not because they are told to.

Do you honestly believe OP that all the Muslim women in America wear the hijab for their husbands? It isn't so. I'm Christian but I am surrounded by Muslim women everyday. One day, ask one if they like to wear it.

Anonymous wrote:I see loads of Japanese women covering themselves entirely (full sleeves shirts, pants, covered shoes, hats and scarves) because they like to protect their skins from wrinkling.

I do not find anyone objecting to that.

Anonymous wrote:Muslima, I do not know who you are, where you are from, whether you are male or female.

All I am saying is this. I will NEVER wear these OUTFITS no matter whom I marry. Quite frankly, I wouldn't marry anyone who "required" me to dress like that.

Bless you all.

Muslima wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they WANT to wear it (except maybe Iran). Read their posts online. The hijab is the least of a Saudi woman's concern. They wear it because they believe they should. Not because they are told to.

Do you honestly believe OP that all the Muslim women in America wear the hijab for their husbands? It isn't so. I'm Christian but I am surrounded by Muslim women everyday. One day, ask one if they like to wear it.

Exactly. Like one sheikh said, I invite every person, I invite every woman here, every non-Muslim woman who thinks Muslim Women are wearing the scarf because their husbands told them or someone forced them to wear it , to stop the next muslim woman you meet on the street, you know that one in Tysons, and ask her. I mean, let's not ask Barbara Walters about how Muslim women feel, let's not ask CNN, ABC, FOX, let's not ask the London Times or the NYTimes, let's not ask Non-Muslims about how Muslim women feel, how they live, what are their principles , what are their challenges. If you want to be fair, ask a Muslim woman, ask a Muslim woman that knows her religion, who has a relationship with her creator, ask her. But the problem is no one really wants to ask Muslim women, we want to take pictures of women in Afghanistan, and pictures of women in Iran, and pictures of women in Pakistan, and add our own bias to it. Where you find women oppressed, women exploited ,women mistreated, among Muslims that's because those Muslims themselves are not representing the principles of the religion, and in every religion you have the black sheep, the fundamentalists and the right wings.

Anonymous wrote:I think they WANT to wear it (except maybe Iran). Read their posts online. The hijab is the least of a Saudi woman's concern. They wear it because they believe they should. Not because they are told to.

Do you honestly believe OP that all the Muslim women in America wear the hijab for their husbands? It isn't so. I'm Christian but I am surrounded by Muslim women everyday. One day, ask one if they like to wear it.

Anonymous wrote:Muslima, I do not know who you are, where you are from, whether you are male or female.

All I am saying is this. I will NEVER wear these OUTFITS no matter whom I marry. Quite frankly, I wouldn't marry anyone who "required" me to dress like that.

Bless you all.

Anonymous wrote:I see loads of Japanese women covering themselves entirely (full sleeves shirts, pants, covered shoes, hats and scarves) because they like to protect their skins from wrinkling.

I do not find anyone objecting to that.