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Women unite for World Hijab Day[Feb 1]
Al Jazeera ^ | February 1, 2018 | Saba Aziz

Posted on 02/02/2018 7:53:02 AM PST by C19fan

Growing up in the Bronx in New York City with a hijab covering her head, Nazma Khan says she is all too familiar with religious discrimination from a young age.

The Bangladesh native migrated to the United States at the age of 11 and was constantly bullied throughout middle and high school.

(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: islam; women
Women unite for World HijabOppress Women Day; fixed it.
1 posted on 02/02/2018 7:53:02 AM PST by C19fan
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The Bangladesh native migrated to the United States at the age of 11 and was constantly bullied throughout middle and high school.


2 posted on 02/02/2018 7:55:08 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (TRUMP RULES - KENNEDY DROOLS)
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Boohoo. I was bullied all through grade school because I wore glasses and was not with the same kids since kindergarten.


3 posted on 02/02/2018 7:56:02 AM PST by Mercat
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Growing up in the Bronx

Given that she lived in the Bronx, NYC not one of them was whitey.

4 posted on 02/02/2018 7:57:08 AM PST by C19fan
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Did they hand out the free Hijabs with the target on the back?


5 posted on 02/02/2018 8:00:10 AM PST by joegoeny ("Nuts!")
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Women unite for the return of subjugation.


6 posted on 02/02/2018 8:03:24 AM PST by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
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How bout adding a piece of broken glass so they can cut off their , ah, you know.

Might as well go whole hog and complete the scene! Opps, did I say hog?


7 posted on 02/02/2018 8:10:23 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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Oh darn missed it ,LOL


8 posted on 02/02/2018 8:12:00 AM PST by butlerweave
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Yeah! It’s women’s genital mutilation day!


9 posted on 02/02/2018 8:34:02 AM PST by Dogbert41 (Jerusalem is the city of The Great King!)
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Celebrate the symbol of subservience.


10 posted on 02/02/2018 8:40:31 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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Since the US is so horrible, we should ship them all home.


11 posted on 02/02/2018 8:41:49 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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They won’t see me there.


12 posted on 02/02/2018 9:15:44 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Mercat

I was bullied because I had asthma,and wheezed.

My mother gave me a lot of sympathy,she said, “Just ignore them.” :-)

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13 posted on 02/02/2018 9:18:48 AM PST by Mears
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They’re celebrating women’s enslavement and torture?
I’ll bet the feminists will be silent on this one (or agree on torturing women).


14 posted on 02/02/2018 2:06:03 PM PST by Trillian
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15 posted on 02/02/2018 5:22:15 PM PST by nicollo (I said no!)
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