Indian Muslim Women come out in support of 'Hijab': RSA

So women are free but they can be told not to wear what they want ? Huh ? ?

Women were not to be told what to wear either. (Well maybe by a fashion designer, but not definitely by a religious head(less) or a fanatic )

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So thats how muslim women see things is it ? No, they believe God tells them to dress that way. Do you believe you have the right to tell them what to think ? Is that not repression ?

To each their own. good story.

As I always say when in Rome.......

What Barry, tell people what to wear in the name of freedom ? Grow up

We've just seen a Muslim court convict a UN worker in Africa on morality charges for wearing trousers.  The normal punishment is flogging.  So are you saying that if you are willing to be flogged, you can wear trousers? 

I think women must be willing to get flogged or just wear burkka  in order not to "trigger" the sex-starved men in that great country - after all it is "God's order", no?

Excellent offer, Roy :D..!

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So you think you have the right to tell women what clothes they are allowed to wear ! You sexist oppressor of women Roy C ! So women in Bhurkas (Bhurkas dont cover the face, remember) can not enter banks ? How about people wearing puffy jackets ? No one is allowed to enter a bank in Canada in the winter time ! What does the C stand for Roy ?

opinion: we cannot tell muslim women what to wear. It's a habit. Nothing elese, and i think we haven't got the right to creat laws, like it's usual in the US. Religion is religion. It's not important which kind of church. There are rules, if I want I will care about them or not. It's simple. Without any terrorists or idiot church leader. We have the right to choose what we want, here in Europe. And we do not need to follow the US in such a case. Europe will be Europe. We need to take care our issues. And I think in a liberal/democratic EU we must let anybdy to believe in what he/she wants. (and want to wear)

As a Westerner, I am reluctant to project my views onto another culture.  Although, I have stated before in other articles that I support Muslim women who want to be free to have a choice about clothing. 

Lubna Ahmed al Hussein of Sudan was convicted of indecency for wearing pants flaunting Article 152 law of the Sundan.  She was spared 40 lashes because of the international attention her case received. However, ten other women who were with her and also wearing pants plead guilty and received ten lashes. 

Lubna wants to repeal Article 152 of the Sudenese Penal Code stating that the article is against their constitution and Islamic law; further, she states there is nothing in the Quran about flogging  women over what they wear.

"Muslim women who want to be free to have a choice about clothing. "

Absolutely. But the issue here is that they are not free to decide on anything let alone choosing their own cloth. All they are supposed to do, according to their  "protectors" and "religious leaders" who claim to be the loudspeakers of god, is to cover themselves up properly without "arousing the sin" in the men,keep their body and soul "pure" and become one of the dozen wives of the most wealthy tribal leader. When that does not happens things start getting bad with "corrective actions"  like flogging to public stoning to death.

Oh, those who throw stones at the women who performed this act of 'sin' get their quota of real-estate (12 acres it seems) in the seventh heaven, as usual.

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Living in such a diverse city as Toronto, I'm used to seeing women wearing the Hijab, even the Burqa doesn't get a second glance around here.  I don't see a problem with it if they are wearing it of their own free will.

I worry though about younger kids, teenage girls mostly, who are at a stage where they're trying to fit in with their friends here in the West, and are being pulled in both directions - the traditional dress of their parents, and the styles of their peers.  The kids of the first generation immigrants have it the hardest, the second a little easier, as they adapt to Western ways. 

It is not unheard of for them to lose the Hijab when they get to school, same as our kids might don extra makeup, roll up their skirt, or change into a belly top after leaving the house.

This creates problems within the household, and it's not unheard of for the parents to punish or even kill their child for such.  It happens, and that's where I see a problem.  The whole fitting it thing ...

I feel the Muslim women can wear their Hijab in obedience to their god( actually Muhammed deviced this to protect his beautiful wives e.g Zainab, and the rest of his harem) but in public or in banks due to security reasons and demands of a highly industrialized Western should put it off . Wetern women cant wear mini skirt in Mecca for "religious reasons". So the Muslim women too must learn to adapt to our society(for security or industrial reasons). Thats the diffbtw Islam and other world religions. Others religions more easily adapt to a changing world butr Islam promotes astrong, traditionalist Arab supremacy mentality

Thank all of you, for Healthy discussion. Well i am sorry to say all of us are slave of our thinking process, and our thinking is guided by the past(conditioning). Unfortunately none of us are free in real sense, whether east or west, clothing is just one reflection of that.

No your complete on wrong way (Roy C), our holy religion ISLAM does not permit women and men in the dress your are demanding for,. 1st you will have to become muslim and wearing the muslims dress then you are permitted to come to our holy places makkah and Al-Madinah in Saudi Arabia.

No you complete on wrong way, our holy religion ISLAM does not permit women and men in the dress your are demanding for,. 1st you will have to become muslim and wearing the muslims dress then you are permitted to come to our holy places makkah and Al-Madinah in Saudi Arabia.

"1st you will have to become muslim"

Excellent idea. A small price every tourist must pay..Wonderful..! Why no other nation thought about this before?

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