I am sick and tired of hearing people commenting on how Muslim women are forced to wear niqab by their husbands in the UK. I personally know many niqabis, infact if truth be told, I probably know more Muslim niqabis than non-Niqabis, and not one of these women has been forced to wear the niqab. In fact the contrary, I have found many Muslim women who have to struggle with their husbands or members of the family to agree to them wearing the niqab. So why can't people just understand that? Don't we Muslim women have the brains to make our own decisions, or is it just labelling it as forced by husbands makes it easy for you to understand?
Muslim women wear niqab because of their faith, it is something which brings them closer to God. Regardless of whether it is compulsory or not, the point is if Muslim women feel it is part of their religion, why should that be questioned?
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I think this topic is an uphill battle. The easy answer is that they just refuse to understand, unfortunately.
Muslim Girl,
Not only do they refuse to understand, they want to dictate to us what our faith tells us to do. The foremost argument is niqab is not part of Islam, it is purely cultural. This is nonsense.
Btw, thanks for dropping by :)
Do you watch that Muslim Driving School programme on bbc 2? Ive just watched the third episode and it has a bit of the veil issue in it.
It actually gets me really mad, i mean what exactly is your problem? She's wearing a veil, shes wearing it for herself, so just shut it. It seriously cant be THAT hard to get through your head.
But i think no matter what, there will always be people who walk past a veiled lady and think hubby/father/bro must have forced her, poor thing.
Smiley,
Yes I've watched it - and what irked me was when the non-Muslim instructor asks the Muslim learner: So why do women wear that thing? She says some are forced! I was suprised, and its sad how even Muslims don't understand the significance of niqab and why people wear it. If Muslims can't understand and shy away from it, how will non-Muslims?
And the other thing is, people are very reluctant to ask niqabis or even hijabis why they wear a niqab/hijab. Its almost like they feel embarrassed too, like they are intruding in our private life (but ironically it is very public). I have been living in a predominantly non-Muslim city, and only once has someone asked me regarding hijab. I know my colleagues, neighbours, acquaintances, lecturers, professors even are curious, but I think they feel embarrassed to a certain extent that they don't already know the reason why, or maybe they just pity me. lol. No I doubt the latter, but you just never know.
Which brings me to: I think as hijabis and niqabis we have duty to educate others and explain to others (especially when we live in such a minority) why we wear hijab.
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