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Good grief, PP, go spend some time with your husband or kids. To write this much in one sitting you must have way too much time on your hands. Don't you have a job? No spouse? No kids? No friends? Can't you spend your time volunteering for the Salvation Army or Habitat for Humanity then?

I am the Muslim PP you are probably referring to. I have explained time and again my own reasons and many Muslim women's reasons for preferring to wear hijab. All I can say is reread this entire thread with a pen and paper and jot down the reason, because each time you finish reading my reason it appears to have escaped your brain again. At least if you write it down on paper, you can look at it to remember. 
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The conversation is closed with this: even if you find factual proof that women have never worn hijab for religious reasons, many Muslim women would still prefer to wear it today for modesty reasons. It makes them FEEL more modest. [/b]

Digest that thought. Now please do yourself a favor and get a life.[/quote]

We all know that hijab makes women FEEL more modest.  What a lot of people have pointed out is that a society/culture/religion that TEACHES women that they need to "feel more modest" by covering every inch of her body is totally screwed up.  We've also seen plenty of women covering their hair who are not exactly modest in any normal sense of the word.  Tons of makeup, skinny jeans, fancy cars, fancy purse.  And on top of THAT very few Muslim men seem to comply with any comparable clothing standard.  I, at least, have seen women in full black abayas while their husbands are in shorts beside them in the summer.  Further, many women wearing hijab and loose clothing appear to be limited from a lot of physical activity, like running, swimming, etc.  The hijab seems to make women less visible and less able to move around physically- what does that suggest?  Compare this with something like the Amish, who do not cover every inch of their body but both the men AND women are held to a modest clothing standard that is both comprehensive (covering their bodies AND not wearing flashy clothes) and makes more sense in context of their religious beliefs.  And there are even more questions- were the generations of Muslim women who actively rejected hair covering "bad" Muslims or worse at following their faith?  Why does hijab seem more important than other tenets of Islam such as giving to the poor?  Why are women in so many Muslim countries heckled and sexually harassed in public NOW when that was not the case previously?  Is hijab even mandated or suggested by the Koran?[/quote]

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