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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Forty pages of comments on the hijab:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/520851.page

Personally I don't like it because I believe the vast majority of those who do believe it is required by Islam--my view is it is not.

So my prejudice on seeing a woman wearing a hijab is that she is doing so because: 1) she believes in a fundamentalist version of Islam that allows for no critical thinking, b) her family has forced her to do, c) she comes from a country where it is required or d) she wears it so her family will not be less suspicious that she is doing something she shouldn't.  There are a couple of other fringe reasons, like wearing it as a sign of Muslim pride--that is, more as identifier as belonging to a group from which others are excluded.

I could see the hair accessory point of view, but only if sometimes she didn't cover her hair--otherwise we are back to one of the above.[/quote]

I can't fathom, why women in today's day and age and in a free country like the US, would wear a headscarf or a burka. When I see a woman wearing any of these, the first emotion is sadness. : More so if they are wearing it out of their own free will. Like someone's holding an invisible gun to your head. Do this or else.. Even in a free country.  Whoever said hijab is a hair accessory.. You got to be kidding. No comparison to a hijab and Sophia Lirens scarf there. None. Just saying. 
Not saying wear skimpy clothes, but celebrate and enjoy who you are, hair, face, arms, legs.. All of you. Why the need to cover or identify yourself differently always? I wear clothes from my culture many times but I would never let myself be tied down to that.. Know what I mean? I am much more than a religion or a symbol. [/quote]

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