Taking off the Hijab
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Peace all.
Haha. I think the issue is mostly one of a double standard. Its ok to call a thirty year old woman a girl, but not a thirty year old man.
Also there is an issue in the media of women being referred to as mothers and grandmothers. Like a local small-town newspaper headline may say "67 year old grandmother obtains college degree" or "67 year old man obtains college degree", but never "67 year old grandfather".
It is basically defining that a woman's primary role is mothering/grandmothering, but not a man's. Another double standard. Does not bode over well where we live in a diverse world, where women and men should have the freedom to define their own roles.
Kukumber
Yes you are absolutely correct. This naming doublespeak is almost like a back door into destroying women's rights, by calling them girls, and thus denying them the rights as if they were women.
Women and men having freedom to define their roles is all good and well, only if it's about themselves defining themselves is what I can accept. Not about people messing with words.
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I just wanted to say 'Girl Power!' to the Sisters here for representing )
Hehehehe PPower without knowledge is like fire without light.
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Well I believe in muslimahs... not girls trying to over power allah.
Oh I'm trying to?
Well, seeing as your arguing pure hot air with no verse to back yourself up, I would probably be quite.
Still until now you haven't shown us that Allah (swt) instructs to cover the hair )
Still waiting.....
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Anyway, I hope a Mod can lock the thread now.
This was meant to be a discussion about taking of the Hijab in a personal light. I wanted advice from people who used to cover their hair and their experiences...
If people want to talk about the legitimacy of Sunni Hijab (which is actually not what this thread is generally about) they can begin a new separate thread..... If people want to glorify perfect Sunni women, they can go start a new thread...
The thread has derailed..
Calling all mods! -
Anyway, I hope a Mod can lock the thread now.
I covered for 7 years, I have not worn hijab in the last year. I put it on the day I took my shahadah and I took it off after the 5th bit of sexual harrassment in 2 years, which I had never experienced in my own 'wicked western' country in the 50 years of living there.
Nowhere in Quran does it saying anything about covering the hair.