Debating the hijab

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Re: Debating the Hijab

@AnGeL EyEs

you may attract attention by wearing a hijab but it’s not sexual attention. The attention you are referring to is completely different. The hijab is to prevent women from being looked at in a sexual way. In Islam our hijab is suppose to set us apart from the rest. when one see a man’s with a beard or a woman wearing a headcovering…it is known to them that we are muslim. i wouldnt mind that kind of attention.

men in general are curious about women..it’s in their nature be it in the east or west. A man may see a woman with a hijab/niqaab and may wonder what the woman’s face looks like underneath it and a man who see’s a woman w/o a hijab may wonder what her body looks like underneath her clothes. your argument here is not limited to just hijabi women…it can go either way.

men nvr “oogle” at hijabi women if they are dressed according to the Shariah. once again hijab is not just a headcovering it is also the way you carry yourself, the way you talk and the way you dress from head to toe.

keep in mind there is a difference b/w being sexually harrassed and just being harrassed because of your religion.

once again rapes are not just limited to hijabi women alone. statistically who gets raped more often …hijabi women or non-hijabi’s? (muslims or non-muslims) u do the research!

I totally agree with your answer here Angel Eyes and would like to add on to it a little bit. Noor mentioned that we get attention while we wear hijaab because we look different. That is absolutely TRUE that after 9/11 we do attract more attention. I, myself when started to wear it, I faced a lot of attraction too. I was asked many questions too BUT religiously NOT sexually.

Noor, as Angel Eyes said that these two harrassments are not the same, so it is true. Subahanallah, even though I was working at jewish place, and they saw me b4 without hijaab and also when i actually start wearing hijaab, i was attacked by soo many eyes and questions But i faced them and answered them and fought them back BECAUSE it was ME who decided to wear hijaab and I knew how to fight for something that is Mine.

I don’t know whether i have mentioned this b4, but after wearing hijaab I was threatened to be killed and shot at my own work place. Did i get scared? Did I complain about it? Did i take any action against it? The answer is alhamdullilah I wasnt scared and I complained b/c was pressurized by my family

Also, wearing a hijaab has given me more self confidence and I feel more secure when I am around men. To be honest, guys respect you more. But then it also depends how u carry yourself with a hijab on. There are some hijabis that would go out clubbing with frens and tell themselves as liberate muslim…what do they get in return, TALKS. We get to hear talk that even though we r hijabis we r still digusting from inside. Just because of one person’s action we all get the bad label even though not all five fingers are the same.

Wearing hijaab is a HUGE responsibility in a matter of how u carry yourself out in WEST and Non-Islamic society because then they judge you and then start assuming same things for other hijaabis based on what they experienced form you (the hijaban). But that doesnt really mean that you just cut yourself off from society just to prove a point of that hijaabis are good. I go out with frens, I enjjoy my life both in school and outside school BUT i ALWAYS keep in mind that not to do something that would cause any kind of re-birth of statements against hijaabis and Muslims. As a muslims, I think it is our duty not to let any non-muslims to say bad things infront of you and even though If you do get to hear something, its our job to make an end to it.

Also, Noor you just pointed finger at AE saying in her pic she is not wearing hijaab…what kind a muslim sister are you that you are pointing at your own muslim sis and mocking at her. Yes, she opened this thread because she wants to know and she is indeed learning. So, please as a muslims we should be helping out not start poking into each other eyes for somethign that he/she is trying to learn.