Comments on: Shelina Zahra takes on anti-hijabists

By: DP

DP — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:17:32 +0000

Salam alaikoum Brother Hamed, I think you missed the point. I wasn’t offended by what coolred had to say at all. The bottom line is people pay too much attention to what women should wear rather than checking their own adab and protetcing their own Islam.

As a hijabi, I can assure you 100% that a woman in a hijab deals with a lot more social pressure from both within and without the ummah than a man who ” grows a beard and doesn’t wear gold, silver, or silk? ” To think that male clothing restrictions are anywhere close to what women have to do is inherently naive. Furthermore, people are less quick to judge a brother in tight jeans or spandex shorts for sports (that don’t go down to the knee) than a woman without a hijab. The man can still be a pious brother no matter if we can see his entire package through his shorts, but a woman without a hijab is somehow less of a muslim. So doubly so, men don’t get it. Finally, men can wear silver in Islam, the Prophet salli alllahu alayhi wa salam wore a silver ring, which is sunnah.

I’m not for a hijab ban, I am for a de-politiczation and a de-legislation of what women choose to wear.

By: Hamed

Hamed — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:57:22 +0000

“Muslim men who have no physical sign showing their supposed level (or lack there of) of piety.”

You mean like growing a beard and not wearing gold, silver, or silk? Als

“I will always be anti hijab as long as it continues to cause Muslim women harm in any way…and generally more harm comes from other Muslims than nonMuslims.”

Thanks for showing your statist colors. You are saying that the hijab should be banned because some people are harmed by it. Maybe we should ban driving, after all some people get hurt by it. It apparently does not occur to you that instead of punishing women who want to wear the hijab, people who use the hijab (Muslim and non-Muslim) as an excuse to hurt women should be the ones punished.

Also, Stalin banned the hijab: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hujum . He also killed 20 million people and displaced or murdered entire ethnic groups. Maybe we should ban the espousing of secular socialist ideology. After all, it has harmed so many people- and generally more harm comes from leftists rather than non-leftists: http://economics.gmu.edu/bcaplan/museum/comfaq.htm#part12b

By: coolred38

coolred38 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:21:24 +0000

I dont believe its ONLY about a scrap on their heads…its more about what that scrap of cloth represents…purity…virginity…morality…religiousity…lots of “itys” for Muslim women to live up too…unlike Muslim men who have no physical sign showing their supposed level (or lack there of) of piety.

I will always be anti hijab as long as it continues to cause Muslim women harm in any way…and generally more harm comes from other Muslims than nonMuslims.

By: DrM

DrM — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:30:33 +0000

Most of these "exiles" are nothing but a bunch of homeless third world communists trying to make a living in the West, the "heartland" of imperialism they fought so hard against back in the glory days on the Soviet Union. The rest are just charlatans on the anti-Islam bandwagon to make a quick buck. Interesting they tight they are with the neocons who themselves out as radical Marxists themselves. Different turds, same gutter. .-= DrM´s last blog ..The Audacity of Hype =-.

By: sabiwabi

sabiwabi — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:11:33 +0000

When are people going to get over this whole “fabric on a womans’ head” bit? Seriously. I’m going to join the bandwagon soon. I’m going to start a movement to liberate Sikh men from their turbans! They are so oppressed. Having to wrap their long hair up everyday into layers of tightly wrapped fabric?! The humiliation, the oppression! I’ve had enough! Save the SIKHS!