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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I pity any Muslim woman who wears a head scarf or anything covering her body in the name of religion. It's disgusting and I do think of them as less educated, less tolerant, and someone I can't trust in the long term. It's also,oppressive to them. Men don't do anything in the name of modesty but women have to? I unfortunately will never hire anyone who wears a headscarf. Religion should always be a private thing. And I do not condone a religion that refuses to accommodate itself to the Western society that many of its people now live in.[/quote]

I am not fond of the hijab and question its authenticity since [b]it did not exist before the 1980's.  I am very intolerant of any argument for it along the lines of my religion requires it.  No a thousand times it does not.[/b]

However, there are many reasons for wearing it and I wouldn't want to make assumptions that put the wearer in a bad light.  There are some whose families would not let them work unless they wear the hijab, for example.  I definitely would not want to discriminate against these women who are doing everything within their constraints to be productive members of society.[/quote]

Muslim women covered their heads since wayyyyy before the 1980s. [/quote]

But not specifically with the hijab, which is very recent innovation.  Veils were worn before but there was no compulsiveness about covering every wisp of hair as with the hijab.  In some countries headscarves were pretty common before the hijab, but quite a bit of hair showed.  Head coverings are okay by me, but the idea that showing any wisp of hair makes you a less than Muslim is ridiculous from many points of view, including theological.[/quote]

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