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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was googling and I found this preview by Mona Eltahawy, page 32 starts to talk about hijabs and brings up a lot of the points brought up in this thread:

https://books.google.com/books?id=0v-cBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Most importantly to some pps, she's not white!

It's not "neocolonialism" to look at a backwards practice and decide it's backwards.  Being white does not mean you are precluded from making any observations ever.

-non white person[/quote]
Aren't you curious at all about why women who cover continue to cover, in their own words? Why are you only seeking out opinions that match your own? [/quote]

Says who- you, anonymous person who does not know me?  I am FROM a Muslim country.  I have lived in a Muslim country, as one of the few women without hijab.  I don't look down at women who wear hijab, I have many Muslim friends.  Where I am from, at least, I believe that people felt their religion was synonymous with their identity, and had to make displays of their piety.  This went for Christians AND Muslims alike, and I felt it was a suffocating way to live your life either way.  When the entire society has to make a big show of piety, it's like your choice is taken away because there is so much pressure for YOU to make a show of piety. [/quote]

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