With recent posts about my escapade outings donning the hijab, I thought it was interesting to show you what the Greek foreign minister said defending Muslim women.
“Bakoyannis, the Greek foreign minister, blamed ignorant Western media for propagating misconceptions about the status of women in Islam.
“There is a general misconception, based on false readings of the Qur’an, that Islam treats women as inferior to men.”Source: IslamOnline.net (full article)
The question that keeps running around my head is,
Why do Greeks oppose the hijab when its remnants still exist in their religion and people?
Last time, I posted a photo of Greek Orthodox nuns wearing full hijab but if that’s not enough, what about these?
If that’s not a form of hijab, I don’t know what is.
A lot of people will say women can dress modestly but who defines it? Is wearing a skirt modest enough? Or loose clothing? To what extent? When we leave it up to people to decide, the definition of modesty will inevitably change from region to region, society to society and century to century. Showing your ankles can be taboo in one century and tanning in a topless beach can be acceptable in another century.
I found this short video to be a quick summary to the solution:
