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[quote=Muslima][quote=Anonymous]

[b]Well I think it is unfair for you to blame the religion for what people choose to do.  Muslim women have the right to choose to cover or not.  I have lived in both Muslims and Non Muslim countries,  I have never ever met a Muslim woman who was forced to cover her head, not one.  Ironically, the only cases I know of are sensationalized stories from the media. Does it mean they don't exist? Of course not,  but that's not the norm, just like women are battered, abused and killed daily in the US by men in their lives.  Would it be fair to say that is the norm for all american women ?  never said Muslim women are not oppressed. I think all women in the world are oppressed when living in a patriarchal society. My point was that people here in the U.S. generalize other cultures into very belittling and untrue stereotypes, while failing to acknowledge their own hypocrisy.  I'm tired of being called a terrorist (jokingly except for one incidence, but it still hurts). This one dimensional view point, that Muslim women of all colors all suffer, and American/European women don't, is in itself oppressive to those Muslim women. They are denied their full humanity by being reduced to one aspect of their lives. And while everyone so self-righteously asserts that hijab & burqa are oppressive, many of those people are unaware that their tax money goes towards the murdering of those very same women that they claim to care so much about. My desire if not for the oppression and murdering of women in Islamic countries to go unnoticed, my desire is that we also shift the focus to ourselves, once in awhile......[/quote][/b]

Muslima - I sense you are really hurting.  When I am hurting, the following passages are helpful:

John 4:1-42  https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+4%3A1-42
John 5: 1-15  https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+5:1-15

Our Lord loves everyone;  may he soothe your hurts.
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Thanks for sharing those 2 stories. I like the Samaritan woman's one and thank you for empathizing with me. Ghazali, one of the muslim scholars said:'' Know that the world is one stage of the journey to God Most High. All in this station are travelers. Since the destination of the journey of this caravan of travelers is the same, they are all as one. There must be friendship and unity among them and mutual aid…Those who love each other in God, they are the friends of God Most High.”  So , thank you! [/quote]

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