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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: Hulka

A HEAD SCARF is NOT by nature muslim. The fact that muslims wear them is meaningless

I know Jews, Buddhists, Christians, and other women who wear head scarves.

Certainly you would not suggest the women in the US in the 40s and 50s when it was all the fashion were all muslims would you? Of course not. IT IS NOT THE HEAD SCARF. It is the ideology. The nib and the burka are consistent with the ideology. The head scarf is often worn by those who are NT muslim


61 posted on 05/13/2016 9:24:06 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Maceman

You quote out of context and then add comments that are not meaningful considering the additional comment that I made in the post. That is dishonest.

Hijab are head scarves....IS ANY head scarf proof to you of a woman being muslim? If so you are going to be wrong a lot. Women wear head scarves


62 posted on 05/13/2016 9:25:49 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Nifster
Calm down. Take a

And FYI --

Head Scarf:

Hijab:


63 posted on 05/13/2016 9:46:41 AM PDT by Maceman
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To: detective

Their mode of dress would not concern me at all if they didn’t want to convert, enslave or kill the rest of us.


64 posted on 05/13/2016 10:04:14 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: Nifster

Any expression of the muslime death cult is offensive. . .


65 posted on 05/13/2016 12:06:58 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: Hulka

So a Christian woman wearing head s arc is offendive to uou?


66 posted on 05/13/2016 12:27:13 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Hulka

Should have been head scarf


67 posted on 05/13/2016 12:27:47 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Nifster

Any expression of the muslime death cult is offensive. . .


68 posted on 05/13/2016 12:43:19 PM PDT by Hulka
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