Linsi,

Is it why you have a veil on your face ?

Why is it in muslim countries that women are the most degrated ? I think to the girls raped on order of village councils in Afghanistan as the price of a revenche ? A girl in Pakistan has been gang raped as an honor debt because her brother had a non marriage sexual relation with a girl.

But generaly speaking, I am also against the use of the body of women to sold soap or something else.

Maybe because the body of women is the most wonderfull of what God did.

going back to the main topic, let us see
per paragarph what really is the meading of
all of these.




Liberation by the Veil
http://www.jannah.org/sisters/hijbene.html

Modesty and chastity , very important ideologies with Islam, are achieved by prescribing standards on behavior and the dress of a Muslim. A woman who adheres to the tenements of Islam is required to follow the dress code called Hijab, other synonymes are Veil, Purdah, or just Covering. It is an act of faith and establishes a Muslim's life with honor, respect and dignity. The Hijab is viewed as a liberation for women, in that the covering brings about "an aura of respect" (Takim, 22) and women are recognized as individuals who are admired for their mind and personality, "not for their beauty or lack of it" ( Mustafa ) and not as sex objects.





i hope i can get some comments before i give
my own which ruth has contributed some of her thoughts.



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I think Respect does not go with covers. Respect is earned
and not taken in an instant due to coverings of all sorts.-
A woman can dress fashionably and still earn respect by the
way she lives her life. When she knows how to respect others
and she knows how to be respectable.
<br><br>Post edited by: linsi, at: 2007/07/26 14:02

linsi wrote:

QUOTE:

Liberation by the Veil

http://www.jannah.org/sisters/hijbene.html

Modesty and chastity , very important ideologies with Islam, are achieved by prescribing standards on behavior and the dress of a Muslim. A woman who adheres to the tenements of Islam is required to follow the dress code called Hijab, other synonymes are Veil, Purdah, or just Covering. It is an act of faith and establishes a Muslim's life with honor, respect and dignity. The Hijab is viewed as a liberation for women, in that the covering brings about &quot;an aura of respect&quot; (Takim, 22) and women are recognized as individuals who are admired for their mind and personality, &quot;not for their beauty or lack of it&quot; ( Mustafa ) and not as sex objects.





in this paragraph

the dress code when worn is an act of faith eshtablishing
a muslim's life with honor, respect and dignity thus recognizing women as individuals because of the covering.

does it all boil down to dress coding? and covering?

i was just thinking,.....this stereotyping led to what has been a clamor for &quot;made to order brides&quot; between western/european men and asian women-
on the contrary, i've got to read more about muslim women who i think never indulged in getting into this western/european men rescuing asian women.

muslim women has been confined to their men unlike other asian societies.

there was a time when asian women are looked down upon by friends when they marry white men, and even today when asians learn that a woman of their own is married to a white man-
they disdain it and would we say &quot;discriminate&quot; due to such choice?


let us share thoughts in a series about this article..
http://www.colorq.org/Articles/article.aspx?d=2000&amp;x=asianwomen



<br><br>Post edited by: linsi, at: 2007/08/19 13:29