HagridOfTheDeep
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2016, 02:44:32 PM » |
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« Edited: July 30, 2016, 02:57:04 PM by HagridOfTheDeep »
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It bothers me immensely when people try to pretend they're just sticking up for women when they lambast the entire Muslim faith.
If hijabs, chadors, niqabs, and burqas offend you, seek out the voices of the women who wear them before you start your crusade. For many women, wearing one of these garments is a statement of identity, not subservience. Obviously there are always going to be areas of concern, but it is possible to be a Muslim woman and not be consistently oppressed or mistreated any more than other women.
And it bugs the hell out of me when we're told that religious freedom is not compatible with feminism or LGBT advocacy. Sometimes there are battles between advocates for these causes that are worth fighting. But there's no use in just assuming the battles will always be there. I will always fighting against religious intolerance (Hell, I'll fight against intolerance of any kind). But religious intolerance is not always part-and-parcel with religion.
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