To Veil or Not?
A Saudi friend of mine once said that “the only thing more cliché than talking about the veil is apologizing for talking about the veil.” She’s right; the subject’s boring, long-exhausted. Yet, for Muslim women, it’s one subject that won’t go away. Here’s an insider tip for my male Muslim friends, even the so-called progressive ones who say they don’t care whether women veil or not: the difference between you and me is that you’ve never had to make this decision. And as much as we love you — plural — for claiming that you don’t care what conclusion we come to, the fact is you will never have to be in this position. And that, right there, makes your experience of Islam different from ours.
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3 comments:
Couldn't agree more...
that's true, it's very difficult for men to understand much of anything about women so sometimes it's important for them to just sit and listen and most importantly, just shut up, this of course, coming from a man
That's very true, it's important to not just try and impart your views onto women, but sometimes it's important to just LISTEN!
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