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If I wore a wig and make up to look white or hid away under a sheet, so nobody could see my black skin would that be an example of me being liberated and valued for my mind on equal terms?
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WELL WHAT ARE U REPRSENTING? IN DOING THAT,
WHEN MUSLIM WOMEN COVER UP THEY DONT ONLY COVER UP TO BE VALED FOR THEIR OWN MIND. THEIR COVER UP TO REPRSENT ISLAM.. WHEN U LOOK AT HER YOU KNOW SHE IS A MUSLIM NO MATTER WHERE SHE MAY COME FROM OR WHAT COLOUR HER SKIN IS... SHES SAYING YES I AM A MUSLIM WOMEN..
dress is not just a matter of covering the head alone, but also of covering the bosom, which is attractive to men, and of lowering the gaze and walking in a way that does not attract attention. Note that the order to lower the gaze was addressed first to men…
You can also read the other verse about the same point, which is verse number 59 in Surah 33. It may be translated:
[align=left]*{O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them [when they go abroad]. That will be better, that so they may be recognized and not annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.}*[/align]
This indicates that one of the reasons for
hijab is to distinguish the believing woman from the non-believing. This relates to SO WHATS THE logic behind
hijab.
Ask yourself, or ask the next person who asks you that question, if a female judge walked into the courtroom wearing a tight miniskirt and low-cut blouse, would you take her seriously? Who would you respect more, a woman dressed like that or one dressed modestly? The Qur’an was revealed for all times, and though circumstances change, human nature does not.
The fact is that men do like to look at women’s bodies, so a woman who covers herself is more likely to be respected as a person than looked upon as a piece of meat!
Up until the end of the nineteenth century, a Western woman who had any self respect covered her head—though perhaps not all her hair—in public. Your audience may argue that a woman who does not cover her hair is no longer looked upon as a loose woman. That may be true, but women still know that men look at them. Otherwise, why would they spend millions of dollars every year to style, color, and treat their hair?
[*]It is true that men don’t have to cover their heads, but there is a dress code for them, as well, although it is not so widely publicized as the women’s dress code. Men must at least be covered from the navel to the knees with loose fitting clothing. The rules for men are different because women are less likely to ogle men than the other way around. ... AND WE ALL KNOW THIS IS TRUE