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[quote=Muslima][quote=Anonymous]This is pp, and I'll just come out and say it instead of waiting for the answer. The reason your post puts me off is that we're not "obsessed" with you. Not in the least. Get over yourself. We're concerned for the rights and safety of that "one woman" I mentioned. What could happen to a woman that chooses to dress herself (as *she* likes) in a miniskirt, a bikini, a tank top, and go about her business in public in Saudi Arabia? We're not "obsessed" with you. We're worried about her.

[quote=Anonymous]My question is, in the many places in the world where women generally cover hair etc., what if one woman does NOT want to cover? In all of these places, is that okay? Can this woman go about her daily business dressed as she pleases completely at ease?

[quote=Muslima]I posted this, didn't realize i wasn't logged in...

[quote=Anonymous]OMG, Get a Hobby, go volunteer, feed a hungry kid. Muslim women don't wake up everyday thinking about you, why are you so obsessed with us? You want to make a change? With epedemic levels of domestic violence, rape and sexual harassment of women, with the sexualisation of young girls and women and the lack of equality in the workplace , challenge  how women are treated in the West, you can make a difference! Rise above the assumptions surrounding the Muslim woman’s dress and speak to any Muslim woman on the streets of  DC, London, Paris, New York, Cairo, Karachi, Ankara, Tunis, and even Kabul.

This falsely engineered narrative of what Muslim women think of their dress should not be tolerated. Not only is it patronising, suggesting that millions of educated women who adorn these garments globally and are active within their societies are not able to think for themselves or study their religion independent of male influence but is also highly misogynistic. Oppression is not defined by a piece of material, but rather by a sickening of the heart and a weakening of the mind. Oppression grows in a society that is crumbling because its members have lost sight of the true purpose of their existence. The stereotypes and assumptions that portray all Muslim women as complacent and voiceless individuals are oppressive in and of themselves.

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Muslim women will stay with their hijabs, burqas, niqabs and tchadors, they are not going anywhere, we certainly don't need to be rescued .Liberation is worshipping the Creator and not the created!~[/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote]

Sorry but maybe you missed the opening post of this thread. The OP states:

[quote]It's sort of sad how every thread related to Islam ultimately becomes a debate about headscarves. But I guess to many of us it is an interesting topic. to me, it's somewhat upsetting that a religious observance involves covering a woman's head, of all things. Like, what is immodest or sexually appealing about a head of hair? Some women certainly have fabulous hair, but still....

When I see a family where the man is wearing a t-shirt and shorts, and the woman is covered head to toe, I can't help but believe that this particular belief creates a double standard and overemphasizes women's bodies as sexual objects. I'm not a huge fan of women of other religions wearing haircoverings and the like, either.=[/quote]

This has nothing to do with being concerned with the rights and safety of that "One woman"  who is forced to wear the hijab or what would happen to a woman wearing a bikini in Saudi Arabia. This is all about the narrative of the poor oppressed Muslim woman sitting subjugated next to her husband who is parading at the beach .[/quote]

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