Comments on: Guess who?

By: greekmuslim

greekmuslim — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:31:59 +0000

Zacharias, thanks for your comment – I agree! We all do it because it’s a commandment of God. It’s just too bad that nuns generally segregate from society. As Muslim women, we practice our servitude towards God by living amongst the people. We are an integral part of the community. As the saying goes, “To destroy a society, destroy the women.”

By: Zacharias

Zacharias — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:40:10 +0000

As a (non-Greek) Greek Orthodox Christian living in America I always laugh when I hear Christians critisizing the Muslim hijab… Christian women have been wearing it for a long time too! *laugh* Only it’s just the Orthodox nuns. I personally really respect Muslim women who choose to wear hijab, and especially those who here in hot and muggy Georgia wear abaya. It’s a very overt statement of faith, and even more so in the Muslim-o-phobic environment the world is becoming.

By: greekmuslim

greekmuslim — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:21:44 +0000

(Hendon, I’m so glad you enjoyed the article. )

Laila, I see what you are saying. I can’t speak for others but I look at this as two separate issues:

- the act of hijab is an obligatory command from Allah
- Muslims are all at different levels of faith and practice

If I see a sister not wearing hijab, I treat her just like I would any other sister (with warmth). Everyone is at a different level.

If a sister says, I know Allah has commanded us to wear hijab but I’m just not strong enough to do it now, I’m fine with that. But if she says I don’t wear hijab because I don’t believe it’s an obligatory command from Allah, then that’s a problem.

By: hendon

hendon — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:22:39 +0000

You make me smile and I do agree some people like to judge others when you do not condone to their belief and style. One must only be true to ammar makruf and nahi munkar( which means : spread the good and stop the bad).
As a mother of growing girls and boys, I must remind them to hijab themselves and the boys need to ask their wives( when they marry someday) to cover properly. It is a need as it is written in the Quran. It is a command ( not a request) from Allah.
So cover yourself in any way and any style you, as long it is for the love and blessing of Allah.

Wallahualam.

By: lalia

lalia — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:58:10 +0000

I agree with you. However I also really hate it, when Muslims try to anayze what other Muslims and non-Muslims wear. You know, it works both ways. You clearly don’t like when people comment on your choice of clothing, but there are also Muslim women who constantly tell me I should wear a hijab, who look down on me.

Is there a double standard. And some of us have come across a group of hijab (veiled) ladies who are giving dirty looks to the one Muslim girl who is not wearing a hijab.

There is a diversity of interpretation on the dress code in Islam and although some groups demand respect for their believes, that same courtesy is not provided to others.