I Am Enjoying Being A Muslim

If a woman is free to show her body, then why isn't she free to cover it?

A nun can be covered from head to toe in order to devote herself to God, right? But, then when a Muslim woman does the same, why is she "oppressed"? [i]Hijab[/i] is my right, my choice, my dignity, and my life.

My [i]hijab[/i] ennobles me. [u]It's a personal choice[/u]. It’s a personal choice [u]to submit to Allah[/u] rather than the fashion of society. [u]To be beautiful to Allah[/u] rather than people.

Compelling a woman to wear a headscarf is against Islam, and compelling her to remove it is against human rights.

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Northwest · M

Nuns habits' have never been associated with subjugation of women. The hijab/burka have.

The issue is not with those who choose to cover up, it's with the laws of certain countries that take away their right to choose what to wear.

Madeleine · 41-45, F

@Northwest: Exactly. A woman has the right to wear whatever she chooses to, whether it's to wear hijab or not. Depriving women from this choice is my issue. Plus, women experience hate-comments on streets for wearing hijab, and those women chose to wear it.

goagainsttheflow · 26-30, F

@Madeleine: Some people are harassing anyone who wears a scarf. Muslims, Sikhs, and women who just wear scarves for the fashion. Last summer, a woman stomped up to me yelling, "Excuse me miss, are you Muslim?!" because I was wearing a head-scarf. 1.) I'm not Muslim or part of any religion, and 2.) The city I'm in has a lot of Muslims so I was surprised she had such a negative opinion of them. People can be crazy!

Northwest · M

@Madeleine: women get beaten, arrested and cast out for not wearing a hijab in some Muslim coiuntries.

It is not illegal to wear a hijab in the US, but yes, bigots are out there. A few weeks ago, a guy, in Portland, who was harassing a teenager wearing a hijab, attacked and killed 2 men who came to her rescue and severely injured another.