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Originally Posted by Maram
I don't get this post. Maybe I just misinterpreted it.
Most 'muslim countries' (( I say this in italics because there really isn't a country with shari'a law)) offer women the choice to wear it or not wear it. Have you been to the middle east? A good number of women, chose to not wear it. The majority do wear it in most countries, except for Lebanon.
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Yes, I think I was misunderstood.
I was quoting a couple posts where people said it would be offensive if suddenly someone were to tell these women they COULDN'T wear their chosen attire. And I was saying that the point wasn't being told they *couldn't*, or that they *had to*, but that ideally they would be able to choose for themselves.
I do understand that some women choose this for themselves, and I respect that. I was speaking to the idea that someone would be forced to or forced not to, and that I felt that the perfect situation is for people to choose without someone else's intervention (for whatever reason, political, religious, social, or otherwise).
Does anyone here watch Little Mosque on the Prairie? I love the character of Rayyan, who is an Islamic feminist and wears a form of hijab (you can see more about the show here, and see what she wears:
Little Mosque on the Prairie - Canadian, Eh? ) I think this show is a lot of fun, and her character fascinates me, as as I want to better understand what a modern Muslim woman can be like in many of its forms, Rayyan being one of them, however fictional.