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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I a muslim woman who posted early on in this thread.  I have to say the self-righteousness of the hijab defender(s) is really off-putting. I believe in tolerance and free-will, and will always defend the right of any woman to wear one. However, as many in this thread have pointed out, it has become a symbol of a doctrinaire, oppressive, intolerant version of Islam that many of us liberal Muslims abhor.  [/quote]
Your experience is important to share here.[/quote]

I agree.  While I too will defend the right for a woman to wear a hijab, the responses we got as to why a PP wore one were disappointingly superficial.  But perhaps that is because there are few if any deep reasons for wearing a hijab.  [/quote]

I find no compulsion to wear one because it is not in the Qur'an but, will defend a woman's right to wear a veil no matter what religion she is. To me it represents support of a regime and form of government that subjugates woman since it is used as a political tool to do just that in some countries. These counties have changed what the hijab represents, imho. [/quote]

Fourth poster who thanks the top PP! I too found responses along the lines of "women should cover because men are lustful" and "Western women are all promiscuous with STDs" to be illogical and therefore unhelpful. I'm one of the posters who's read the Quran and didn't see head coverings (or chadors, burquas or niqabs) in it, and I agree that the veil has become a tool.[/quote]

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