Comments on: Why are some men afraid of hijab, and why are feminist/women’s organizations silent about it?

By: Thom

Thom — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:39:49 +0000

No, it's a pretty bad point. A few people don't like Muslims who wear the Hijab because they (the haters) just hate anything different. Most people in America don't care if you wear a Hijab. As long as Muslims don't harass women (Muslim or non-Muslim women) who don't wear the Hijab there's no problem. Of course, when the Mufti of Australia gave a sermon defending gang-rapes of women because they weren't wearing Hijabs, I had a problem with that. Frankly, if you think men don't like an indication that a woman is not sexually available, then you don't know men at all. We love that. I wish all unavailable women would choose to wear some visible sign of it, then I could ignore them and concentrate on the ones who are available. I mean, right now we have the wedding ring and engagement ring, that leaves a lot of women who are in relationships or otherwise unavailable that we find out about when we ask them and they turn us down. Oh, and lesbians are cool too.

By: Strahl

Strahl — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:23:15 +0000

ismail is a modern day Nazi, hence he does not see non-(his group; really doesn't matter what it is) as human – so they're expendable.

By: Saleema

Saleema — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:07:11 +0000

Here's another blog that I really enjoy. The folowing is the Closet portion of her blog, she delves into other topics, too. " target="_blank">http://sliceoflemon.com/?page_id=915 This hijabi girl is really funny and I believe she workd for the Washington Post or some other newspaper. She has quite a few "how to wear hijab" videos and about fashion and Muslim women. She eased her way into hijab by starting out by wearing hats, etc. She was on the college dance team when she started thinking about what it means to be a Muslim and decided she wanted to wear hijab. She's newly married and her blog reflects that. She's totally in love and it's sooooooooo cute. I think she's a very beautiful woman, and whenever i see pretty hijabi girls, I wonder how anyone can claim, like the author on MSN did, that hijab makes women look ugly. Here's another fashion blog by a hijabi: " target="_blank">http://www.ilovelookinggood.com/

By: Saleema

Saleema — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:45:56 +0000

Seham, Are you aware of this blog? " target="_blank">http://www.hijabstyle.blogspot.com/ If not, I know you will enjoy it. :)

By: Saleema

Saleema — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:29:32 +0000

Many non-Muslim men that I know that take interest in muhajibas because, simply put, they like them. That's been my experience. Every once in a while they may ask "dumb" questions about the hijab but it's not because they are being condescending but because they don't understand it. I know a guy who asked my friend out during her freshman year but she explained she couldn't date him. During their senior year he shocked her with a marriage proposal. they got married. They have two kids now and are very happy. The ones that don't like the hijab, well, don't like Muslim too much to begin with anyway.

By: Dagon

Dagon — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:36:31 +0000

Shfiq,To them you are born antisemite.No cure for it.Don't take their bait.Just F… them.

By: Dagon

Dagon — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:24:33 +0000

Damn,everybody is antisemite It's genetic don't you know.

By: Lemmy

Lemmy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:37:59 +0000

what antisemitism? are you a fantasist? do you approve of arabs being murdered because they are arab. it sure sounds like it..

By: delia ruhe

delia ruhe — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:57:04 +0000

"…why are feminist/women's organizations silent about it? " Some American feminists were a little too fast off the mark in condemning the hijab as a signifier of women's oppression without first consulting the women who actually wear it. The current silence is preferable. Binary thinking is a prominent feature of American culture, which means that the hijab had to be either oppressive or progressive. For all their sophisticated postmodernist critique, American feminists could not wrap their brains around the idea that the hijab generates as many meanings as there are women who wear it. It's everything from a signifier of piety to a fashion statement–and every meaning in between, some political, others not. Some of this Western-centric thinking goes on withing feminist organizations in Canada too, although not quite to the extent that it does south of the border. All feminists need to remember is something that Gloria Steinem said way back in the 'seventies, i.e., that women should be able to wear whatever the hell they want to. She had mini-skirts in mind back then, but the same should apply to the hijab. A recent poll revealed that in Britain the hijab signifies "religious difference," while in the U.S. it signifies "terrorism." That may be a contributing factor in American men's fear of it.

By: syvanen

syvanen — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:49:57 +0000

Haven't you figured it out yet? Ismail considers any criticism of Israel, by definition, antisemitism.