Someone Starts A ‘Best Dressed Hijabi Edition’ Thread And The Photos Look Too Cool

I get what you're trying tot say. I'm Muslim myself and many of us fight everyday against the patriarchal, archaic, so called religious views that are part part of some cultures and in essence don't have anything to do with religion. Men wanting to tell women how to be is still very 'popular' everywhere and logically to be found in areas torn apart by conflicts the people there have nothing to do with. It only takes a short history lesson to see this everywhere. BP was never obsessed with Hijabis and maybe you mean, Muslims in general. This was probably the second post ever I saw like this. The bottom line is: these are beautiful, stylish ladies enjoying life, something women should be able to do everywhere. I think they're just very pretty and fun, so just let them be, please. I don't wear a headscarf or something similar and dress just like my neighbours, still, it was enough for them to pick on me. If you try to find something to hate someone for, that's easy to do.

Sorry, I couldn't reply directly to your answer. I certainly understand what you mean and totally agree that a forceful society should not exist and hiding behind religion is often used by an oppressive society. That's why I feel secularization should be the norm. I just wanted to point out some things, albeit in quite a long post. Thanks and have a nice day!

Actually I think it’s the other way around. The Majority of hijabs (including me) wear it by choice. With the exceptional number one women who are victims of governmental oppression and social pressure. So no, ‘most woman” do where it as a choice.

I get what you're saying, but literally only in countries such as Afghanistan and Iran is the hijab forced. In every other country, particularly in the West, every Muslim woman you see makes a conscious decision to wear the hijab and it is their choice. I personally love how BP has posts about the hijab because it makes me feel seen. And the hijab can totally be fashionable! God knows I need help with that 😅 But if we don't advocate the hijab as a piece of fashion, the opposite is to advocate it as a piece of oppression, and I don't agree with that

You are absolutely correct in that you will never really understand hijab living in a minority muslim country. Thank you for realising that.I find it really annoying how we Muslims are schooled about our own religion by people who've probably never even met a muslim.many muslim women are pressured into adopting hijab and end up hating it and giving it up half way. On the other hand u'll be surprised to know the pushback many hijabis receive in their own communities. Some are told to ditch their hijab on their wedding day.some men pressure their wives to leave their hijab so that they can show of their beuty to friends. My sister has been flatly told by another muslim women to take of her hijab for a job. The list goes on. Also not practicing hijab is not a one way ticket to freedom. Look at the high rates of plastic surgery in brazil, south k and lebabon.look at the stupid mandatory high heels work policy in japan etc..