zinirah
Junior Member
Salam Alaykom Sisters & Brothers,
Lately I am paying more attention to the problems that Muslims are facing throughout the world. One of the topics that came up a lot of time's like in videos, articles, etc. are about woman who wear the niqab or cover fully. Now I know that these things are not a new topic to mention, but I would really like to say my opinion on all of the things that I have read.
First...I 100% support niqab, and the choice for woman to dress how they feel pleases their creator. Even if i didn't support it, I would not deny the fact that it is an Islamic practice. I listened to opinions extreme and not so extreme about why some people are against it. Some of the opinions that stuck out to me is that "it is better if we ban it for security reasons." or "it goes against our countries morals & lifestyle."...and...of course Muslims & non-Muslims who want to say that "it's not an Islamic practice. It’s only cultural." I find all of these opinions rather super lame! Here is why:
First about the phrase that banning the niqab would be an act of identification or security, because they cannot see the woman's face...so therefore it's UNSAFE! Oh NOO!...now they really care about how she feels & her safety? I don't think so. This is just another one of the excuses they make, because they are afraid their country will "appear Islamic", and they really don't want Muslims to openly appear as Muslims, but its fine if everything is kept in secret, and Muslims dress modern. I understand why security or identification could be a problem, because you cannot see her face, but THIS PROBLEM CAN BE EASILY SOLVED. For example...if a woman who wears the niqab goes into a bank, or a court house, or whatever other place that you need to see her identification then simply get a woman officer ...pull her to the side and ask to see her face. I am sure no niqabi woman would have a problem showing her face to a woman. There it's done...confirmed.
For the next lame excuse...."it goes against our countries morals & lifestyle."....First....What is your countries morals and lifestyle? Last time I checked i thought these European & western countries were supposed to be Free...or the people are able to choose how they want to dress, or live their life whatever way that may be...Not a dictatorship...Look how many cannibals live in Europe!!! Is that of your morals and lifestyle too? Ok so now we don't like this so let’s put a ban on it..When do they ever do that!? It only happens in cases that involve taking away something from Muslims. “OH MY GOSH...The WOMAN is covering her face...shame shame...she's in a Jail what kind of woman wants to wear a jail" ~Quotes one French man. There was one man who said he "feels concerned for the woman, and sad for her, because she's probably forced to cover that way by her husband." Do you think he really is concerned...no...It’s just an act...anyways...When are peoples personal opinions ever allowed to influence the law. If you ask most of these Muslim woman that choose to wear it they say that they choose to wear it, and it makes them feel free, and so on and so on, and they do it to better their deen. Most of the woman claimed that they are not even married, and if they were, and were not wearing it then no one could tell them or force them to wear niqab or even hijab or they would leave him. Maybe there are a small percentage of women being forced, but when do we ever make laws on something so small...on something that only affects like 2% of the population...and they claim it's their choice. Most of these women are still interacting with their society. They go shopping, and want to become teachers and lecturers...You can hear them...so why does it matter what they are wearing on their face just because it makes you personally feel uncomfortable. Get over it! When it comes to a woman who wants to walk down the street dressing like a whore, or showing her breasts..."oh it's OK...this is freedom of woman...but the niqab is not freedom!" Anytime someone wants to cover for their religion it's looked down upon.
Some Muslim's & non-Muslims claim "it's not an Islamic practice. It’s only cultural." First of all I would like to say to the non-Muslims....How are you going to tell these woman what is a part of their religion, and what is not a part of their religion just from a bunch of lousy opinions that you gathered that supports your cause...."Well i asked a Muslim Scholar!"...So what if you asked a Muslim scholar...There is even Muslim scholars who say smoking marijuana is permissible...lol...and it's true...There is a Scholar for every opinion...You can't just see the opinion of people who don't support it, you have to see both sides.....Now to the Muslims who make that statement that it's only cultural, and not Islamic....First I want to mention...Muslims...We need to stop making excuses for things that we don't want to believe in or practice. Yes...Muslims do it all the time! Not just about niqab...but about EVERYTHING. Just about! For example...A woman doesn't want to wear Hijab. So she will make all these excuses, gather all these opinions that support her, and take fatwas just so she can make herself feel better, and make herself not look bad, all because she doesn't want to wear hijab. You will find many of the Asian or Middle Eastern woman who don't wear it say..."Oh it's was forced upon me, I don't need to wear it. Allah knows my heart!!"....Oh poor you! At least they were forcing you to do something good, and now you want to go around dressing like these western girls...lol...poor you. Another example is for a man who doesn't want to grow a beard...He will make an excuse "oh...this is inappropriate....it's only for extremists. I'm not extremists."...."I cannot get a job like this!"...Oh that's for " salafis or wahabis". ..."Woman like men better with a shaved face"...OH "usually the men who wear it just appear as Muslims but they are not good Muslims" and so on and blah blah blah. A Muslim who don't want to pray will make up the excuse " Oh I'm not ready yet"..."My parents never taught me"...For people who dont want to fast during Ramadan " Oh it's not compulsory"....For a Muslim who doesn't want to make an effort to eat halal food will say " Oh I'm in a non-Muslim country and there is a fatwa allowing us to eat the meat here"...."Oh I cannot find 'halal"...."It's too expensive"..."They don't have the cuts of meat that i like"..."In Islam it says I can eat pork if i am in desperate need".....Woman who don't wear the niqab .."OH it's for women back in Saudi Arabia"..."Where is it in the Qur’an “ ...."That's for woman of the old days"..."Muslims need to integrate into society".(Muslims for years have integrated, and fed into what the non-Muslims want them to do...look at turkey...When do we ever get to make our own choices, and be our own identity! Why is it that western people when they go to Muslim countries you don't see them integrating or covering...you still see them wearing bikinis. And skirt...look at Dubai! What a mess...Yes Muslims are expect to change their dress to look more European)..."They are forced by their relatives and husbands"...Blah blah blah blah blah...excuse after excuse after excuse....Muslims we are always against each other....Why can't we just acknowledge that these are all Islamic practices, and just say you simple don't follow it....Instead of trying to make yourselves look good, because both ways you look stupid. We need to start supporting our Muslim Niqabi sisters instead of shunning them from the community all because you don't agree with their type of dress style or face cover...GET OVER IT!
Now one thing I must say to those women who choose to wear the niqab and are living in Europe or in a western country, and face violence, or even get arrested, because of the ban. I understand your frustration, and you feel you should be free to choose what you want to wear and practice your religion how you want, but you don't put yourself in danger and get yourself arrested when you know this is now the law of this country or that...Even if there is no ban on niqab or some call it "burqa", but you are still facing violence...Why put yourself through that! There is a SOLUTION!!! That solution would be to move to a country that the majority of the people are Muslim, and that the Niqab is accepted (even though in a lot of "Muslim" countries these days they are starting to take Islam out of their system). Niqabis...there are many countries out there that you can live your life, and wear what you want without locking yourself in the house, getting arrested, or facing violent crimes by aggressive Islam haters. Even the Prophet (pbuh) and his companions moved at one time, because of persecution. I understand if you are born and raised in Europe...but just accept the fact that there is a better place out there for you, and they are not going to listen to what you are saying. Continue wearing Niqab & don’t give into these fools, but do Get out of those sucky, racist, secular, Islamic, immigrant hating countries.
My final opinion is that we Muslims instead of taking sides, making excuses, and pushing our community away need to make dua for our Muslim sisters, and all of Muslims around the world... instead of going against them.
By the way there is much worse crimes going on in these countries like rape, cannibalism, child molestation, murders, you name it....and they are too busy worrying about some woman minding her own business and walking down the street covering her face.
Lately I am paying more attention to the problems that Muslims are facing throughout the world. One of the topics that came up a lot of time's like in videos, articles, etc. are about woman who wear the niqab or cover fully. Now I know that these things are not a new topic to mention, but I would really like to say my opinion on all of the things that I have read.
First...I 100% support niqab, and the choice for woman to dress how they feel pleases their creator. Even if i didn't support it, I would not deny the fact that it is an Islamic practice. I listened to opinions extreme and not so extreme about why some people are against it. Some of the opinions that stuck out to me is that "it is better if we ban it for security reasons." or "it goes against our countries morals & lifestyle."...and...of course Muslims & non-Muslims who want to say that "it's not an Islamic practice. It’s only cultural." I find all of these opinions rather super lame! Here is why:
First about the phrase that banning the niqab would be an act of identification or security, because they cannot see the woman's face...so therefore it's UNSAFE! Oh NOO!...now they really care about how she feels & her safety? I don't think so. This is just another one of the excuses they make, because they are afraid their country will "appear Islamic", and they really don't want Muslims to openly appear as Muslims, but its fine if everything is kept in secret, and Muslims dress modern. I understand why security or identification could be a problem, because you cannot see her face, but THIS PROBLEM CAN BE EASILY SOLVED. For example...if a woman who wears the niqab goes into a bank, or a court house, or whatever other place that you need to see her identification then simply get a woman officer ...pull her to the side and ask to see her face. I am sure no niqabi woman would have a problem showing her face to a woman. There it's done...confirmed.
For the next lame excuse...."it goes against our countries morals & lifestyle."....First....What is your countries morals and lifestyle? Last time I checked i thought these European & western countries were supposed to be Free...or the people are able to choose how they want to dress, or live their life whatever way that may be...Not a dictatorship...Look how many cannibals live in Europe!!! Is that of your morals and lifestyle too? Ok so now we don't like this so let’s put a ban on it..When do they ever do that!? It only happens in cases that involve taking away something from Muslims. “OH MY GOSH...The WOMAN is covering her face...shame shame...she's in a Jail what kind of woman wants to wear a jail" ~Quotes one French man. There was one man who said he "feels concerned for the woman, and sad for her, because she's probably forced to cover that way by her husband." Do you think he really is concerned...no...It’s just an act...anyways...When are peoples personal opinions ever allowed to influence the law. If you ask most of these Muslim woman that choose to wear it they say that they choose to wear it, and it makes them feel free, and so on and so on, and they do it to better their deen. Most of the woman claimed that they are not even married, and if they were, and were not wearing it then no one could tell them or force them to wear niqab or even hijab or they would leave him. Maybe there are a small percentage of women being forced, but when do we ever make laws on something so small...on something that only affects like 2% of the population...and they claim it's their choice. Most of these women are still interacting with their society. They go shopping, and want to become teachers and lecturers...You can hear them...so why does it matter what they are wearing on their face just because it makes you personally feel uncomfortable. Get over it! When it comes to a woman who wants to walk down the street dressing like a whore, or showing her breasts..."oh it's OK...this is freedom of woman...but the niqab is not freedom!" Anytime someone wants to cover for their religion it's looked down upon.
Some Muslim's & non-Muslims claim "it's not an Islamic practice. It’s only cultural." First of all I would like to say to the non-Muslims....How are you going to tell these woman what is a part of their religion, and what is not a part of their religion just from a bunch of lousy opinions that you gathered that supports your cause...."Well i asked a Muslim Scholar!"...So what if you asked a Muslim scholar...There is even Muslim scholars who say smoking marijuana is permissible...lol...and it's true...There is a Scholar for every opinion...You can't just see the opinion of people who don't support it, you have to see both sides.....Now to the Muslims who make that statement that it's only cultural, and not Islamic....First I want to mention...Muslims...We need to stop making excuses for things that we don't want to believe in or practice. Yes...Muslims do it all the time! Not just about niqab...but about EVERYTHING. Just about! For example...A woman doesn't want to wear Hijab. So she will make all these excuses, gather all these opinions that support her, and take fatwas just so she can make herself feel better, and make herself not look bad, all because she doesn't want to wear hijab. You will find many of the Asian or Middle Eastern woman who don't wear it say..."Oh it's was forced upon me, I don't need to wear it. Allah knows my heart!!"....Oh poor you! At least they were forcing you to do something good, and now you want to go around dressing like these western girls...lol...poor you. Another example is for a man who doesn't want to grow a beard...He will make an excuse "oh...this is inappropriate....it's only for extremists. I'm not extremists."...."I cannot get a job like this!"...Oh that's for " salafis or wahabis". ..."Woman like men better with a shaved face"...OH "usually the men who wear it just appear as Muslims but they are not good Muslims" and so on and blah blah blah. A Muslim who don't want to pray will make up the excuse " Oh I'm not ready yet"..."My parents never taught me"...For people who dont want to fast during Ramadan " Oh it's not compulsory"....For a Muslim who doesn't want to make an effort to eat halal food will say " Oh I'm in a non-Muslim country and there is a fatwa allowing us to eat the meat here"...."Oh I cannot find 'halal"...."It's too expensive"..."They don't have the cuts of meat that i like"..."In Islam it says I can eat pork if i am in desperate need".....Woman who don't wear the niqab .."OH it's for women back in Saudi Arabia"..."Where is it in the Qur’an “ ...."That's for woman of the old days"..."Muslims need to integrate into society".(Muslims for years have integrated, and fed into what the non-Muslims want them to do...look at turkey...When do we ever get to make our own choices, and be our own identity! Why is it that western people when they go to Muslim countries you don't see them integrating or covering...you still see them wearing bikinis. And skirt...look at Dubai! What a mess...Yes Muslims are expect to change their dress to look more European)..."They are forced by their relatives and husbands"...Blah blah blah blah blah...excuse after excuse after excuse....Muslims we are always against each other....Why can't we just acknowledge that these are all Islamic practices, and just say you simple don't follow it....Instead of trying to make yourselves look good, because both ways you look stupid. We need to start supporting our Muslim Niqabi sisters instead of shunning them from the community all because you don't agree with their type of dress style or face cover...GET OVER IT!
Now one thing I must say to those women who choose to wear the niqab and are living in Europe or in a western country, and face violence, or even get arrested, because of the ban. I understand your frustration, and you feel you should be free to choose what you want to wear and practice your religion how you want, but you don't put yourself in danger and get yourself arrested when you know this is now the law of this country or that...Even if there is no ban on niqab or some call it "burqa", but you are still facing violence...Why put yourself through that! There is a SOLUTION!!! That solution would be to move to a country that the majority of the people are Muslim, and that the Niqab is accepted (even though in a lot of "Muslim" countries these days they are starting to take Islam out of their system). Niqabis...there are many countries out there that you can live your life, and wear what you want without locking yourself in the house, getting arrested, or facing violent crimes by aggressive Islam haters. Even the Prophet (pbuh) and his companions moved at one time, because of persecution. I understand if you are born and raised in Europe...but just accept the fact that there is a better place out there for you, and they are not going to listen to what you are saying. Continue wearing Niqab & don’t give into these fools, but do Get out of those sucky, racist, secular, Islamic, immigrant hating countries.
My final opinion is that we Muslims instead of taking sides, making excuses, and pushing our community away need to make dua for our Muslim sisters, and all of Muslims around the world... instead of going against them.
By the way there is much worse crimes going on in these countries like rape, cannibalism, child molestation, murders, you name it....and they are too busy worrying about some woman minding her own business and walking down the street covering her face.