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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please accept it when muslims say that they wear hijab willingly even if it's because of the religion. Stop telling them about those people outside US that might be forced or pressured to wear it. They have nothing to do with it. Why make them responsible for it. Just drop the issue once you hear the reply from those you get to ask directly.

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This seems true for the majority,if not all, of American wearers. The conversation here had moved on to "why", since the Quran doesn't seem to require it, but Hadith may. Some have suggested there's community pressure, or the imam strongly suggested it, others have suggested it's identity politics or a political fu.[/quote]

It's a type of spiritual practice, which I understand.  I understand that a person who wears it may feel they are doing something for God.

[b]However, I personally refuse to believe that God would want a woman to cover every inch of her body in public or in 100 degree heat, or dress in a way that precludes movement, or never get to feel the warm sun on her legs or her arms.
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There's no joy in Islam, no love.  It's just work, work, work, to avoid the eternal hellfire.  Do 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 so you won't piss off God.[/quote]

I believe a version of this. Human bodies are beautiful because God created them, not despite that, and God wants us to rejoice in our differences. I believe God wants humanity to learn to make good decisions about marriage, family and fighting by using the wisdom he also gave us. Not because he set down a bunch of bean-counting rules about women covering and fighting people who don't tow the line about what we happen to think God wants. God gave us wisdom and brains and judgement, and He wants us to use to live in godly ways.

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No one really knows what god wants, and neither do you.  Your theories are as good as the next person's. [/quote]

If you believe in a God who is (a) rational, and (b) loving, you can certainly rule out some irrational and unfair things. [/quote]

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