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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not really seeing Islamaphobia on this thread except perhaps the remarks about Aisha and Khadija, and those appear to have been made by  a Muslim.

Everyone else is sticking to the story that 1) the Quran does not require the hijab and 2) women who wear it have been brainwashed (or forced) into doing so, and 3) the hijab is used as an instrument to suppress women, often as an element of political Islam.

There are plenty of Muslims who hold these views, two of whom are the authors of the article OP posted.  And it can be argued that those expressing these views are actually Islamophiles who are chagrined at the way Islam has been distorted to make the hijab in essence the sixth pillar of Islam.[/quote]

00:34 here. I personally don't see Islamophobia on this thread either, although it's definitely out there in the country. But I mention it because there are some here who see Islamophobia in even the slightest criticism of the religion. Fine to blast the Catholics or Jews (I'm neither of those), but if you question hijab or call Khomeini a Shi'ite (I'm not making this up) then you're a bigot. Where non-Muslims are concerned, I'm sure some part is idealistic and well-intentioned and other parts are pure ignorance (hijab doesn't lend itself to simplistic, it's-all-good explanations, and does somebody think "Shi'ite" is scatological?)  I've seen it over and over here on DCUM. I suspect the poster I'm calling well-intentioned falls into this category.[/quote]

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