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From: soufi@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Khaled Soufi)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re: Hijab (Dress code)
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Date: 10 May 91 13:37:29 GMT
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sinnott@iastate.edu (Sinnott Susan Buthaina) writes:


>	I am a Muslim woman who is also a native American.  I am currently
>working on my PhD in theoretical physical chemistry.  So, naturally, I work.
>I have been reading with interest the comments on the board about hijab,
>woman working, and Muslim society in general.  I would like the people who
>have been making these comments to provide specific references in the Qu'ran
>for the following:

>	1. Where in the Qu'ran does it say SPECIFICALLY that a woman must
>           cover her hair AT ALL TIMES?  I read up on the subject a couple
>           of nights ago.  I only found a passage telling women to be modist
>           and to "hide their beauty" (with special mention of the chest)
>           from men in general.  Hair was not mentioned.

>        2. I want to know where Mr. Lateef based his bit about Muslim women
>           not working from.  He only quoted a passage that stated that
>           people that take good care of their mothers are blessed.  If their
>           mothers work but are treated well, does this not count?

>	Finally, it seems that most of the people discussing women in Islam
>have been men.  [text deleted]

Right!  Now, to all the men out there, HIJAB OR NOT HIJAB is really an 
issue for muslim women (ONLY!)  That doesn't mean you cannot express 
your views, au contraire, you should keep them as such, views, and NO 
MORE!  In my family, my mother (lebanese, school teacher) and wife
(american, MD/PhD) don't wear hijab.  However, they both seem to agree
that today's society does not facilitate the islamic way of life.  
Consequently, it is hard for them to feel comfortable wearing a hijab 
(regardless of whether or not it is required in islam!)  So,  my 
brothers out there, our ancestors and we (mostly men) have failed 
MISERABLY in providing an islamic way of life.  And, as a brotherly 
advice, LEAVE the hijab issue aside for now and try to find a bit more 
challenging issues to discuss before your brains get STALE!!!  
Finally, those of you, men, who finds it hard to leave the hijab issue 
aside, I wholeheartedly recommend that you go wear one!

[text deleted]

--khaled
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