Re: Hijaab equals Oppression
I don't wear a hijaab but I find it very disturbing when fellow non-hijaabis make fun and badmouth hijabis in general. I recently met a girl who was trashing hijabis right left and center, she said if these women want to wear a hijab/niqab they should go back to Pakistan. I asked her why should they remove their hijab if they want to live here, they're not terrorist and she goes on to say 'oh you know Dr Afia Siddiqui who is a hijabi and she got several degrees in bio from here and went back to Pakistan to work for al-qaeda'..Like hello? she doesn't represent all hijabis and neither is it proven that she indeed worked for some terrorist organization. This girl really shocked me because she was blaming hijabis because she has to go through security checks every time she flies. Why should we blame the hijab for that? It's just a piece of clothe that women wear to show commitment to Islam. We should respect them instead of accusing them of terrorism and all sorts of other sick things!!