I never fully understood the Muslim women, especially those wearing the Niqab(veil). Don’t get me wrong, I’ve nothing against them, I’m just curious and no offence to all the Muslim women out there that have the Niqab on. I know that some women wear it to please God / abide to the dress code required of them/ their own choice and decision. I totally respect that but what I’m curious is that how do they feel wearing it?
I’m not sure how the majority feels but I know of this Muslim journalist’s personal experience. She had never worn the niqab so she decided to put on for a day with everyone from Jack Straw to Tessa Jowell weighing in with their views on the veil. So she went to the Islamic dress shop and bought three pieces of black cloth and she put it on the next day. According to her, she was horrified of what she saw in the mirror like she has disappeared and someone she doesn’t recognize standing in front of the mirror looking back at her and due to this it took her over an hour to pluck up the courage to leave the house. It didn’t take her long to realize that there are different types of stare - stop and glare stare, turn and look after she has passed them stare, look out of the corners of their eyes stare and the stare, point and laugh stare. Even when she boarded the public bus, the other passengers would rather stand than to sit beside her and that’s not the worst, there are people asking her to take her veil off to see how pretty is she and some even yelled “Terrorist!!” when they saw her walking on the sidewalk. That’s so freaking rude! Yeah, so what if she’s not dressed like the rest of us? Does she deserve to be labeled such?
For that one day, I can so feel what she went through. I really feel sorry that people are of such, they judge too quickly and they do not give others a chance to explain themselves. Now I know how it feels to be the woman behind the veil. It’s definitely not an easy task and definitely take up a lot of courage and confidence in facing such a society.
It is sad. Our country is quick to judge and made ignorant desicions. It's a wonder that we are still a superpower--if we really are
» Art4TheHomeless on 2008-10-13 04:37:27
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» jolenesiah on 2008-10-13 08:39:46
People are prejudiced... almost all the time.
» Nuttz on 2008-10-14 09:33:15
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