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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nomani is someone who broke pretty much every single Islamic rule.  And that's fine, it's a free country.  She doesn't really have to be a Muslim.  What's not fine is insisting that a religion - a completely voluntary club, as it were - HAS to approve of everything you want just because you really, really want to have freedom to do these things and still think of yourself as an observant Muslim.  Pick one. Own it.[/quote]

Nomani has had numerous boyfriends she slept with, publicized this, and then went on to have a child out of wedlock and is proud of it. She is shunned by the vast majority of the Muslim communities. Not necessarily because she slept around and had a child out of wedlock, but because she insists that Islam is the way she sees it through the foggy, cracked lenses of her eyeglasses. She was born into a Muslim family but simply wants to live a non Islamic lifestyle. Hence her dilemma. Nomani should life her lifestyle but she should at least stop trying to validate it under Islam.

Given her lifestyle and misunderstanding about Islamic principles, I doubt any practicing Muslim pays attention to her articles, other than to be annoyed with them.

Modesty is a requirement in Islam. In Islam, anything that can be perceived attractive and appealing to someone of the opposite sex should be hidden or played down, and that applies to men and women equally. Hair is commonly perceived as an adornment. Women beautify their hair, spend thousands of dollars on their hair every year, use it to attract people of the opposite sex. Thus, it is better to cover it or down play its beauty. This is not a petty issue in Islam. Modesty is important in Islam. The absence of modesty may lead to sin.

Is hair covering required in Islam? Well if modesty is required, and hair is seen as an adornment, then yes, hair covering is required in Islam. At minimum it is better to cover one's hair or at least down play its beauty. In other words, don't color your hair, straighten it, leave it cascading down your back to show it off or intentionally try to look pretty. We all know this is commonly done by women to their hair to look pretty and this is what Islam asks you not to do.

Does the Quran mention that hair must be covered? No, it doesn't. It refers to the head veil but it doesn't ask women to cover their hair. It simply asks women to dress modestly and cover adnornments. But lets not for one minute think the Quran doesn't require modesty in dress.
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