Originally posted by: FingerFetish
I clearly mentioned that Hijab is mandatory and burqa is not. However, above all mandates, I uphold the freedom to choose. I don’t agree or support your family forcing you to wear something against your will. This applies to a woman wanting and not wanting to wear a hijab. My principle remains the same. Let women wear what they want. Simple.
Slippery slope about covering rules which islam promotes for women makes burqa mandatory too under sharia law. That’s why I have problem any religion dictating what women or men should wear or do in personal lives. Religion should be a personal matter and not become political like mainstream Islam is. And what can some in my family do if they are told this by mullahs and madrasas that that’s what a good Muslim is supposed to do to their daughters? I dislike when many muslims blame Muslims acts saying it’s not Islam but Muslim when it’s the mainstream Islam which these mullahs in madrasas are preaching and tell the rest of Muslims to do all that. Why not look at the root cause? Only acknowledging the root cause will fix the problem. And I am not pointing towards you but saying in general.
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