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The Beautiful Reasons Why These Women Love Wearing A Hijab
Huffington Post ^ | 05/11/2016 | Yasmin Nouh

Posted on 05/13/2016 5:46:48 AM PDT by detective

The New York Times recently published a “guide“ to Muslim headscarves. The article intended to illuminate an Islamic concept that promotes modesty, but the associated images showed styles specific to a few countries and all of the silhouettes were faceless. These types of portrayals can contribute to a misperception among some that Muslim women who don the headscarf may lack agency.

In today’s political climate, the headscarf has become more than just a spiritual symbol of modesty. At one point, women working in government positions were not allowed to wear it in Turkey. In France, the niqab — a version of the headscarf that covers the face — is banned. In the field of counterterrorism, some view the headscarf as a manifestation of extremism. And as the number of Islamophobic attacks continues to rise in the United States so, too, does the fear among Muslim women, especially those who wear hijab, that they’ll be victims of violence.

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TOPICS: Islam; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: islam; media; muslims; muslimwomen; muslimworld; secondclass; subjugation; thirdworldculture; ummah
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To: detective

This deserves a barf alert


41 posted on 05/13/2016 6:45:51 AM PDT by surroundedbyblue (Proud to be an Infidel)
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To: Nifster

Simple misstatement. . .ANY representation by a muslime is an expression of hate, terror and misogyny.

Simple.

You see any overt expression, visual or otherwise, of the death cult and you should be offended for what it represents.


42 posted on 05/13/2016 6:48:15 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: Maceman

Yours is the post of the day. Very well stated.


43 posted on 05/13/2016 6:53:40 AM PDT by surroundedbyblue (Proud to be an Infidel)
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To: detective

Muslims believe males have pure hearts but women work for the dark side, causing men to sin. Women are bagged up to keep the demon cooties from getting out.


44 posted on 05/13/2016 6:54:10 AM PDT by lurk (T)
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To: patriot08

>>Muslim women can be just as dangerous.

When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An’ go to your Gawd like a soldier.
Go, go, go like a soldier,
Go, go, go like a soldier,
Go, go, go like a soldier,
So-oldier of the Queen!

from Kipling’s The Young British Soldier
http://www.daypoems.net/poems/1799.html


45 posted on 05/13/2016 6:58:41 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: detective

‘the number of Islamophobic attacks continues to rise in the United States’

REALLY? I would like to see an accounting of the number of attacks on Muslims in the United States! Come on, put your money where your mouth is!


46 posted on 05/13/2016 7:04:58 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: who knows what evil?

Agree.


47 posted on 05/13/2016 7:16:05 AM PDT by Lumper20
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To: Maceman

Quote my whole post. Taking one paragraph out of context is dishonest. My second paragraph shows what I think of Islam


48 posted on 05/13/2016 7:23:44 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: detective

I’ve only run into one muzzie woman in full bee keeper regalia in my smallish city.
I ran into her in a Michael’s store. (a crafts store)

I was glad I was wearing shorts, a rather snug tee shirt and with long hair flowing freely. It was kinda like ‘take THIS, you idiot.’

I made a point of giving her a hard stare.
She gave me a quick once over and walked away. (probably thinking how she’d like to behead that infidel)


49 posted on 05/13/2016 7:24:02 AM PDT by patriot08 (5th generation Texan (girl type) ANGRY? REFUSE TO VOTE? HELLO HILLARY!)
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To: who knows what evil?

Read my entire post. The second paragraph says what I think of issuance. Intellectual dishonesty on your part


50 posted on 05/13/2016 7:24:59 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: patriot08

These days that certainly is true.

But they would be anyway, hijab or not.


51 posted on 05/13/2016 7:25:10 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Hulka

I know women who are Christian who wear scarves on their heads.

Read my second paragraph. The head scarve is not the issue. Burgas and niqabs are a different story


52 posted on 05/13/2016 7:27:07 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: patriot08

Or maybe deep down inside, jealous.


53 posted on 05/13/2016 7:28:39 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Sasparilla
It is a well-known fact that they mere sight of a woman's private parts can turn many a male brain into oatmeal, at least temporarily. This is why western society (before Emperor ObaMao) required that those parts be covered in public.

At the turn of the last century, 1901, women's swimsuits covered them from knee to shoulder for much the same reason.

Muslims only take that covering a couple of steps further. For much the same reason.< / sarcasm >

54 posted on 05/13/2016 7:29:32 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: metmom

lol Could be


55 posted on 05/13/2016 7:37:07 AM PDT by patriot08 (5th generation Texan (girl type) ANGRY? REFUSE TO VOTE? HELLO HILLARY!)
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To: Nifster

Re-read my point: Anything associated with muslimes is offensive.


56 posted on 05/13/2016 7:39:46 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: CodeToad

Now that’s funny...


57 posted on 05/13/2016 7:39:48 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: who knows what evil?

Islam is not a religon. It is a scam created by a degenerate to give him license to indulge his perversions. Nothing more.


58 posted on 05/13/2016 7:42:15 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Nifster
Quote my whole post. Taking one paragraph out of context is dishonest. My second paragraph shows what I think of Islam

No need to get testy. I was hardly being dishonest. I simply quoted your statement about hijabs, responded with my own belief about why I find hijabs objectionable, as opposed to headgear from other religions.

Adding my own thoughts about Islam was in no way meant to suggest that you approve of it.

59 posted on 05/13/2016 7:51:05 AM PDT by Maceman
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To: relictele

Yes, no woman in her right mind wants to wear a hijab and a long black body sack everyday.


60 posted on 05/13/2016 8:50:05 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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