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She looks like she could kick my a** - while still smoking her pipe.

Many cultures have facial tattoos for whatever reason.

Heterochromatic eyes, just FYI. ✌🏼

yup, and there are so many countries without access to period pads or tampons let alone contraceptives, and there are cultures where the woman has absolutely no self determination, including when and how she has sex

Because participating in something like that could get them retaliated against. Women have been fired from jobs, assaulted and even killed for this type of thing.

I totally agree G13!

I thought the same :)

xD Girl on the left

It's the same thing as christianity, kids are forced to go to church and pray and they might not believe but it's still shoved down their throats

And how are you so sure that they were forced? So kids can't choose to cover their head as they see adult women around them do.Things that you see as oppression may be symbol of beauty, modesty and individuality to other people.You had never been the that little girls who want to wear dress like mummy. Same here, we want to wear beautiful flowery and cute hijab like mummy do. Don't force your opinion on other culture when you are not part of it and do not have any will to try to understand it...

As a western woman I wonder if maybe people from tribes where they don't cover their breasts think the exact same thing about our desire to cover our body even when it's hot outside.

So no one can enjoy the liberty to watch a beautiful young cute Muslim photos except you judged this child by the religion and you automatically believe that they are forced to wear, so basically having my identity as a Muslim is called. I was just happy to see the kindness of the picture but rather you try to destroy the happiness in it because u believe about Muslim stereotypes

I love when western feminists claim they want to empower us Muslim women while speaking on behalf of us, condescendingly defining our experiences for us and thinking they have the right to impose their culture on us while they scream to the rest of the world to not impose their way of life on them. Hypocrisy much? There are pictures of non Muslim girls wearing scarves as well but none of our militant white western feminists find that oppressive. Also who gave you the right to decide on behalf of us? I tried to copy my mother's clothes when I was a kid. My mother was not a hijabi then. Now she is. Not once I was told to wear a hijab. I don't come from a privileged background. This is the experience of the vast majority of Muslim girls in my part of the world which white western feminists conveniently brush under the carpet to lead their militant crusade against a culture they don't bother to understand. Stop speaking on behalf of us and deciding how we should and shouldn't live.

You don't want it shoved down your throat but parents feel a responsibility to their children to give them the best of everything. Some of that is hope and that hope lies in their belief system. In my family, we were taught to be responsible for our siblings. Another part of a belief system or moral system. You don't have to understand it but would kill you to respect it? I taught my son that he must be a voice for those who have no voice, that he is a leader, and that people will look to him and gain courage and strength from him. We have a right and responsibility to pass on to our children our stories and what gives us hope.

Sort of like the millions of crucifixes hung around the necks of "Christian" infants and children, eh?

Whilst hijab might be part of the school uniform for girls, it's rarely stricly enforced until puberty. Being part of the school uniform is usually part and parcel for islamic schools. I understand what you're saying and definitely agree. Just be aware that every young girl wearing hijab hasn't necessarily had it forced on them. I started wearing mine at age 5 when I didn't really understand what it was, but it was still by choice as I thought it was just cool or something and didn't understatnd the significance at the tiem. :)

Not only muslims wear hijabs also there are so many cultural/religion outfits that look questionable, but you only hate that piece of hijab on the head because you hate islam.

i thought that too. while its a cute photo of cute little friends, i find it disturbing that girls so young are wearing the hijab. it may well be more traditional than religious though and they do look like theyre in school, so may have the option to remove it while not in school. regardless, i absolutely agree, they're not of the age to decide

I don't know if they are oppressed or not from this photo. If it's a part of the required uniform for school and they have no choice about it, I think that's not okay. If they do it because they want to be grown up and see it on their sisters etc., that's alright with me.

It might be for sun protection though