The Canadian justice ruled in her favor because of her claim that Burqa is her religious obligation. In reality Burqa is not compulsory in Islam and she claims to follow Islam. Hence, here claim is invalid and should have been denied but the court perhaps is not knowledgeable enough about Islam. This is like the case of the Pakistani cab driver in Missouri that sued to wear Shalwar Qameez instead of the company’s uniform because wearing Shalwar Qameez was his religious obligation. He won his suit too but clearly his claim was invalid too.
I always find it strange if a woman uncover her head or her face , its her right to do so, subhanAllah what if she feels more comfortable in covering her face tu yeh zabardast hogyi? Wallahul musta’an…i personally feel secure Alhamdulilah by covering my face rather than uncover, but nobody is forcing me to cover face, its my own level of comfort. Its my choice like other has choice of uncovering themselves.
None can force you at least in this matter. This is the matter of security!!
Abaya is compulsory. Not hijab or naqab/QUOTE
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Where was this Saudia Arabia? when I was born, And my poor dad was harassed by the police to ask his little child girls not to wear pants under the abaya?
I was with my dad in a bazar, my other siblings weren’t with us. I was 10. This was 1990, and we lived in Riyadh. I was wearing an abaya/hijab, because our school required us too, and for girls grade 7 and up we were required to niqab as well coming in or outside the school.
Khair back to the bazar outing …
The police (mutawwaas) specifically stopped my dad and lectured him and kept pointing at me, They tried to take him away a bit further to speak to him alone, but he wouldn’t let go of my hand, I still remember his grip tightly on my palm, him shaking with anger or being scared, probably both.
I remember him being so furious after this, because by 94 we had left the country.
@LP I want you to understand this isn’t an attack on a county/laws, but the government’s condescending demeanour is real and most of us pakistanis/south asians have experienced it.
The hijab/veil situation has changed and it was exactly that which I pointed out. I live here. You can carry on believing what you left 25 years ago is exactly what we live in now. Totally up to you.
I believe when we enter in a discussion with a rigid mindset (main na maanoo type mentality), then we don’t need any explanation. We just need confirmation of our thoughts. Nothing less nothing more.
I saw a strange tendency around me (not talking about discussion on these forums) that people justify their mistakes by pointing out others mistakes. From political parties to religious people, every one follows this.
I was thinking to go through all the posts to know, how come a thread with title related to Canada turned out to Saudi bashing, but…