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etherealtruth

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11. I would love to continue this conversation, but am too tired tonight

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 10:51 PM

Oct 2014

I think I am a better person for having been a part of the Muslim community (in the US). Though I did not convert when I married I was an active participant in many parts of the community.

Under Sharia both men and women required to dress simply and modestly ... burqas, hijabs, and niqabs are cultural interpretations ... these interpretations very often closely linked to the roles and freedoms extended to individuals within the culture of origin.

Sorry I have a point but am just too tired to express it coherently....

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Wearing the hijab: 'It's a choice' [View all] ismnotwasm Oct 2014 OP

A dear friend converted to Islam. For her, it was definitely a choice. riqster Oct 2014 #1

No, it's not a choice EVERYWHERE Scootaloo Oct 2014 #2

Thanks. Good stuff, thought-provoking. riqster Oct 2014 #3

When I went to a VDay-- A feminist celebration ismnotwasm Oct 2014 #4

I figured you'd get me Scootaloo Oct 2014 #5

.. ismnotwasm Oct 2014 #6

In the west, hijab MAY or MAY NOT be a choice .... etherealtruth Oct 2014 #7

As I said, that's an issue with whoever might be trying to coerce her Scootaloo Oct 2014 #8

Obviously she is not the person in the wrong; however, etherealtruth Oct 2014 #9

But that's what those laws do. They criminalize the woman. Scootaloo Oct 2014 #10

I would love to continue this conversation, but am too tired tonight etherealtruth Oct 2014 #11