Opinion of the Hijab

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[parochial boy]

I wouldn't wear one.

But then again, I'm an irreligious male.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

HC, the worst.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

HC, the worst.

I see you haven't heard of nijab.

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

HC, the worst.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

HC, the worst.

I see you haven't heard of nijab.

Hijab is still terrible even if something worse exists.

[Mopsus]

Ugly, which is the worst sin of all.

[parochial boy]

As a piece of clothing, it is really not that unique. There is a long tradition of women covering their heads in European Christian societies. Think of all the pictures you see of Eastern European peasant women with covered heads, or even of 1950s-60s British housewives. Catholic nuns still do cover their heads.

it is the sociology of the Hijab that is depressing, particularly its rise across the Islamic world (including places like Indonesia where it was traditionally not worn), as well as in immigrant communities in Europe that, even 10-20 years ago, were fairly secular.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Half my family wears it so..It's ok.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

There's nothing inherently "wrong" about Hijab. Forcing someone to wear it is wrong, and, so some degree, forbidding voluntary wearing.

As a piece of clothing, it is really not that unique. Their is a long tradition of women covering their heads in European Christian societies. Think of all the pictures you see of Easter European peasant women with covered heads, or even of 1950s-60s British housewives. Catholic nuns still do cover their heads.

it is the sociology of the Hijab that is depressing, particularly its rise across the Islamic world (including places like Indonesia where it was traditionally not worn), as well as in immigrant communities in Europe that, even 10-20 years ago, were fairly secular.

This.

Unless I'm mistaken, hijabs are hardly so "common" among Kurdish women.

[ApatheticAustrian]

there are worse things somehow made out of non-existing religious laws, so ...kind of neutral.

[Mopsus]

As a piece of clothing, it is really not that unique. There is a long tradition of women covering their heads in European Christian societies. Think of all the pictures you see of Eastern European peasant women with covered heads, or even of 1950s-60s British housewives. Catholic nuns still do cover their heads.

it is the sociology of the Hijab that is depressing, particularly its rise across the Islamic world (including places like Indonesia where it was traditionally not worn), as well as in immigrant communities in Europe that, even 10-20 years ago, were fairly secular.

If conservative Muslim women wanted to dress like Amish women, no one could possibly object - they might even say that they were preserving a traditional Western value! However, hijabis who reside in the West express their modesty in a way that flaunts traditional norms of dress. That only makes people question their willingness to assimilate, it brings attention to them... which is, actually, the opposite of modesty.

[Horus]

Pretty terrible.

[Santander]

As a piece of clothing, it is really not that unique. There is a long tradition of women covering their heads in European Christian societies. Think of all the pictures you see of Eastern European peasant women with covered heads, or even of 1950s-60s British housewives. Catholic nuns still do cover their heads.

it is the sociology of the Hijab that is depressing, particularly its rise across the Islamic world (including places like Indonesia where it was traditionally not worn), as well as in immigrant communities in Europe that, even 10-20 years ago, were fairly secular.

Basically this.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I agree with Kalwejt.

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

FC

[Devout Centrist]

Eh, it's a personal choice.

Armenian women cover their heads in Church, just not it public.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Bad and a symbol of oppression, but still a practice that should be respected, and I'd fight for the right of a person to wear it. Nijab, on the other hand... No.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Dear god Atlas forum

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I'm reminded of a far right-wing leader in TV series "Borgen" remarking: "my mother also wore headscraf, she was from a fishing town."

[Middle-aged Europe]

Neither.

The important thing is, women shouldn't be forced to wear or not to wear one against their will.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

Neither.

The important thing is, women shouldn't be forced to wear or not to wear one against their will.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Neither.

The important thing is, women shouldn't be forced to wear or not to wear one against their will.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I must say that I'm really not fond of the moral assumptions underlying its existence as a custom (but the same could be said of many customs prevalent in Western societies). That said, no society that calls itself free has any serious claim at banning it, and even less at stigmatizing those who freely choose to wear it.

[DPKdebator]

In the 1970s, Muslim women protested being forced to wear Islamic veils, in 2017, they protest using them as a sign of progressive feminism. Pretty obvious HC, since the hijab depreciates women by forcing them to cover themselves up.