As a Muslim, Islam gets demonized so much and let me just say it's because when God created Adam, the devil said I hate this creation of the human being you have created, he is clay and I am fire. The devil said I will lead your people astray until the day of judgment. God said very well, those who are good-hearted and repent and believe in me I will provide them heaven in the hereafter for eternity. Those who go against God rules, will go to hell. God saved Islam for last and that's why Israel a Zionist state by illegal territory wants to destroy the Al-Asqa mosque in Jerusalem. That's why the western countries HATE Islam because they know the truth but they (ignorant, the corrupt politicians, etc) are being led astray by the devil whispering into their ears. Where does this tie into women and girls wearing a hijab or covering her body it's because God created women/females/girls as a beautiful, gentle species. When people say Islam hurts women, read the Quran and you will see how women should be treated with respect and dignity. I'm not saying a woman should walk around in a burqa, but if a nun wears garments or clothing that covers her up why is that looked at as a saint, but a Muslim woman is looked at as oppressed? As a guy, I have no right to tell a girl I date or marry to wear a hijab and it's her choice completely. This stupid narrative of ALL MUSLIM MEN OPPRESS THEIR WIVES is bullshit because it doesn't matter what colour your skin is or what race you are or where you are from if people do bad things it's based on their actions not narrowing in one group of people.
This is why all the stupid shit happening in the world today will eventually make this world a terrible place one day. World War 3 will happen, 1/3 of the world will die due to disease and 1/3 will die due to war so thats 65-66% of the population where 7.6-7.7 billion currently exist. This will eventually lead the way for the 12th imam and Jesus to return and finally spread the real truth since every imam and prophet has left the world has gone in a different direction with self-thought, individualism, and just awful things. Religion will be the main focal point and be established once again by God whether people like it or not. Non-believers won't care because they will probably stay in their own ignorant ways unless something changes and sparks something in their hearts. But when the advent of their returns happens, this world will be filled with peace, justice and unity. It won't be a perfect world but just as this world is filled with greed and hate and evil, good will prevail and overlap with good, kindness, generosity and so forth being the dominant pillars of life on earth, God willing.
Below ins a video that talks about what happened when God created this world. I am not forcing Islam on to others, you can believe this or not. But I have to state the truth and me stating this truth is not a lie, I am not deceiving others or being hateful. As a Muslim I can't speak on behalf of 7.6 billion people on this planet. I can't speak on behalf of the near 2 billion Muslims that are here today. I can only worry about my actions, I respect different religions. I don't mind helping Christian organizations. But I tend to find that Christians often attack Muslims because they to can be hateful and think everything lives and dies by Christ. No, that's false if Adam was the first man created by God personally wouldn't that make him the son of God? Jesus was a prophet and when Jesus returns he will shock the Christians and Catholics and Jews and others the truth. Jesus was Muslim, if you look at history all these Middle-East territories was where they were born in, which are Muslim states, that's fact not fiction. Even a Jewish professor admitted this,
Their body was created by God and naked and should be revealed to be adored and stuff. Hiding your physical form for no reason doesn't honor God.
I pray for the day women can walk around naked, like the indigenous tribes in South America, and not be harassed by evil men.
Do you know clothing does not prevent rape and murder and such? The indigenous population in South America has the lowest rate of rape and murder of any civilization in the world. They also marry when boys are 12 years old and girls are 14 years old, with Elder approval anyway, and they can have up to three spouses each, both men and women.
So some men blame women in western civilization for wearing too revealing clothing and say that's why they get raped. This is "blame the victim". If men were righteous, women could walk around naked if they want to and not be harassed and raped... and we'd all get along a lot better too. And if women were righteous they wouldn't falsely accuse men of sex crimes when they don't commit them.
I choose other. I have no issue with women choosing what to wear, I wear things I like. But when it comes to Islamic body coverings I think there is a question whether the women is really making a freewill choose to wear them or has been brainwashed by men and older women around her into thinking that she is a whore if she doesn't. In Islam, body coverings have always been a form of oppressing women. In Iran, women are jailed and killed for protesting the forced wear of hijabs but in free countries women still wear them and it really makes me question their choice. I also don't like seeing a group of Muslim men walking behind their wives in full burka as if they own them. I don't think being brainwashed growing up can mean you are truly making the free choice.
I knew a girl in school who always wore coverings and I once asked her why and she said that her father beat her if she didn't. when she was like 13 she disappeared and we found out later that her mother and father took her to the middle east to get married. I think that is messed up and it shows there are huge issues in the Muslim communities.
You'll heat most of that from men. Their thirsty men who wants to lust after you. And she theu can't they call you religious or a prude. The women who agree will shame her just because they know she will most likely find a good man over her. Since good men don't lust, they respect women. Or theu find it highly oppressive. I personally think it's a good thing to cover up. But if that is part of their tradition and it technically would be part of a Godly tradition anyway, I personally don't see anything wrong with it. I can do it if I want to, but I would do it for myself and it's got called me to do it. But other than that, I'm okay with or without it. I honestly don't see why other people have to try to dictate what you wear when you're not even exposing yourself. But when others choose to expose themselves, they want to know why they get called out the way they do. It's the entire thing. Racism, Prejudice, stereotypes, it's just all into one.
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From what I've gathered, it's mainly people misinterpreting a woman's choice as her being forced and oppressed.
While of course I condemn women being forced to wear the hijab in the name of Islam, because it is wrong and that goes against what the Qur'an says, al-baqara 256: "Let there be no compulsion in religion."
But at the same time if a woman chooses to wear the hijab there shouldn't be any controversy about it. And anyone who wants a woman who chooses to wear the hijab to stop wearing it, is just as bad as people who force women to wear it.
I genuinely feel that the angriest most ill informed people when it comes to this subject are the least open to meeting people outside their comfort zone. In my (pre-lockdown) lifetime, I've met enough people from all religion and races to realise a dickhead is a dickhead regardless and a good person is a good person again regardless of any race or religion. What the issue is and what is relevant to this question is when people have pre-conceived ideas/opinions without knowing the full facts, so if a person of religion chooses to wear clothes to cover their body then that's none of my business, if a person is forced to wear clothes/act in a certain way then I'm entitled to a opinion. That logic transcends religion, transcends age, transcends race and is relevant to any subject.
Well the one Muslim female I banged said her family does that stuff because of where they are from. Even though she's Muslim and has been to the middle east like three times she considers herself American and dresses that way. It's a culture thing.
So to answer your question people are probably scared of cultures unfamiliar to them.
I'm a libertarian. If a woman chooses to cover her body, that's fine with me. I don't want her FORCED to cover her body, or her hair, but if it's by choice, no problem.
My only exceptions are that no one should be allowed to cover their face for an official ID photo, or at your job if that job requires security (for example, I worked in IT for a bank/credit card company, and even though I wasn't at a bank branch [no cash on the premises or anything], we were required to wear photo badges and the photo had to match the face).
Other than that, wear what you choose.
That you have the choice to isn't the primary issue. It's that you don't have the choice not to. Honour culture is a serious issue when it tries to integrate into western society. We've had scores of murders here in Sweden pertaining to it. Girls and boys both slain by family members because they did *not* want to cover themselves or because they did not want to marry that person.
Western society is founded on Judaeo-Christian ethics of personal freedom and responsibility. Islamic totalitarianism has no place here.
When Syrian villages deep in ISIS territory were liberated a few years back, hundreds of women threw off their Niqabs and Hijabs and Burkhas.
As for Catholic nuns, who are the only Christians to do this, their coverings are a uniform for Church service. It's not permanent nor obligatory to wear at all times.
Your poll options do not give all the possible answers, and only push the answers in one direction. Therefore it's not a true fair question, but it's begging the question. And the problem is not that women are covering up. Women can do whatever they want. Or at least they should be able to. The problem is that they are forced to cover up. Do you see this woman? She was arrested in Saudi Arabia for dressing like this. That is the problem
I dont have any problem with who ever is choosing to cover up for their own faith but I do if they are trying to brain wash me in to doing the same. happened to me before while I was with two small girls the age of 6. I had to tell them to mind their own business. So I guess I can ask the same question.
I have no issue with that being her personal choice. It is when that choice is no longer a choice but demanded by some of the radical groups, or sharia law.
Personally, I think that God created women to be very beautiful, and very appealing so that we love them, and want to have children, and live in healthy, family relationships.
I find it personally offensive, that some think that women's God-given beauty should be covered and hidden, because why? Because some men cannot control their lust, and urges? That is on them and their sin, and not the woman's!
It's 2020 and people still don't know what racism is? Religion is different from race. Being muslim is like being vegan/feminist/anti or pro-choice/ anti-vax and so on, not black/white/Asian
My answer to the poll was lack of knowledge about culture and religion. I'm surprised to see that the lady in the middle pic is wearing a face-full of makeup. I don't know all the rules of covering up, but it seems like that wouldn't be approved of because it's making her more attractive and brings more attention to her femininity?
It's a cultural thing, they are pushed by both family and society. If they don't obey, they will be shunned. If you let people choose for themselves, you will find many different opinions for what is the right amount of skin shown, at least in free countries. But somehow all Muslims agree on what defines right in that question, no difference that all. It kinda raises an eyebrow if you ask me.
I have no issue with women/men who choose to cover their body.
I have issue with people who cover their body not out of free will, but because of cultural/religious pressure and the gender inequality (amongst other things) this perpetuates.
As a Christian, I'm far from an apologist for Islam, but when modesty is promoted I see it as a good thing. (Unless you stone people for immodesty, etc.) If women, of their own free will, choose to cover up, I support them fully.
I notice that Muslim and Hindu women also prize virginity more than women who claim to be Christians.
There's a cultural, familial, societal and patriarchal de facto compulsion in a lot of cultures.
There is not the free will, else one will be shamed, castigated, or even worse.
I support free will. Not subjugation.
I also don't support groups making impositions relating to sexuality. Sex is natural and healthy. A person's sexuality is their own business, and I cannot abide by hypocritical and moralistic impositions from people who get up to their own wickedness behind closed doors. But yes, religious coverings just seems an extension of 'property rights'.
I think every person should be free in what they want to wear. For example, when a woman wears a hat, we do not have any problems with her, but why should we have a problem with a woman who covers her head for religious reasons?
I live in an arab country so I guess I have an objective opinion on this.
Most of my female muslim friends don't want to wear it or are brainwashed to wear it.
Some though, actually do want it, and I respect their choice.
To be fair I really don't care about how the person wants to dress, it ain't my business.
The reason how this all started is because Muslim men are very insecure and do not have enough confidence to trust their women from cheating and or enticing others. So they cover up the women out of fear and treat their women lower than dogs.
It's the same tactic used from any man who abuses their significant or children. Beat them and install enough fear in them that they must be submissive and bow down to their master.
The only difference here is Muslim women full hardly adopted their fearfulness WORLDWIDE without ever fighting back. This is why distancing 5 feet behind their man is less likely to reach them hitting their men while they walk.
That topic is tricky and may lead to something not nice.
But due to humans being a curious being it's fine to ask.
It's thier religion nuff said.
Like why do other worship cows.
Why you pray to a guy on a cross.
Why worship satan.
It's a stupid topic to begin with and end with.
I have enough on my table to deal with why the sun shines well because.
The whole idea is that the woman's beauty should be preserved only for her man, and nobody else should see it, lest they get perverse thoughts about a woman who is not their wife.
So if the woman agrees with that, I don't see the problem in her dressing in such a manner.
Up until the mid to late 1970's the women in most Muslim countries dressed like Americans or European women. They were very liberated until their governments were taken over by radicalized regimes.
I feel horrible for the ones who are forced to live in fear and abused under these regimes.
The ones who would be considered orthodox would wear them and they have every right to, but it's absolutely horrifying to the ones who seek to be free women when they are considered to be less than a man, physically and mentally abused or allowed to be killed for 'honor' by just wanting to live a normal life.
The media paints the coverings as freeing, but in reality the majority of those women are oppressed. Which is why I cannot believe that feminist organizations don't rally against their treatment
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