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+1. Also, when I see a woman in hijab I sometimes really do wonder why she's wearing it, given that I know hijab isn't in the Quran because I had to read the entire Quran in college. Is it that she sincerely believes what her Imam says, that her hair is sexual and immodest, and she takes his word on faith? Is it a political statement, a sort of solidarity? Is it pressure from fathers or husbands who think their honor is bound up with hers? I tend to think its predominantly the first two, especially here in the West where there's less societal pressure. Then, because I'll never know and the metro ride or whatever is over, I give up wondering.

But apparently this isn't the answer OP wants to have mooted here. I join the others here who are baffled about what OP wants, given that she said in her first post that she knows many dislike hijab.[/quote]

Well, I guess you'll have to go through the trouble of considering that there's more to the religious scripture than a pair of a college girl eyes can see.  Hey, I got a great idea for you!  Go to the Mass Avenue mosque, wait till prayer time, walk in and say, "hey guys, why do you bow your head and make these strange movements? It's not in the Quran! You don't have to pray that way! I know, 'cause I had to read the entire wide world of Quran in college!"

Yet somehow a billion plus Muslims have figured out a uniform way to pray without, I dunno, the Quranic how-to.

Hey, also, you've missed a really obvious reason why a woman would want to wear hijab: She wants to be known as a Muslim. [/quote]

Nobody annointed you opinion cop, and your poor thinking skills and obvious inmaturity are no recommendation for the job anyway.

The fact that millions of women wear hijab is no answer to the question about whether it's a patriarchal custom instead of something mandated by religious scripture. The Quran is not actually about making a woman's purity the basis for the honor of the men in her family. You're an idiot if you think your snark settles this question.

What an ignorant jerk you are.[/quote]
My dear, something can be "not in the Quran" and yet accepted by the followers of the faith.  The fact that "you read the entire Quran in college" isn't quite the intellectual powerhouse you think it is.

PS: Did you really go to college? How come your spelling sucks?[/quote]

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