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UndertheOcean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 05:09 PM
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19. The issue here is freedom.
If a woman want to wear the Islamic hijab , a nun's attire , or a miniskirt ... its her choice and no one.. NO one , even the whole of society has the right to tell her what is right or wrong.

Hijab is ONlY tolerable if it is a personal choice.
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  -Some thoughts on dressing modestly ayeshahaqqiqa  Feb-16-06 08:31 PM   #0 
  - My Experiment in Modesty (from my college days.)  Dunvegan   Feb-17-06 07:37 AM   #1 
  - A very interesting experiment!  ayeshahaqqiqa   Feb-17-06 09:08 AM   #2 
  - What I tell my students about wearing cover  JCMach1   Feb-19-06 01:20 PM   #6 
  - So very true.  PsychoDad   Feb-19-06 04:20 PM   #8 
  - What an experience.  madeline_con   Oct-19-07 12:49 AM   #23 
  - I now feminists who wear full-cover  JCMach1   Feb-19-06 01:53 AM   #3 
  - Modesty and moderation  PsychoDad   Feb-19-06 06:13 AM   #4 
  - You've brought up a very good point, brother  ayeshahaqqiqa   Feb-19-06 06:44 PM   #10 
  - ayeshahaqqiqa do you wear a veil?  Orrin_73   Feb-19-06 07:31 AM   #5 
  - No,  ayeshahaqqiqa   Feb-19-06 06:45 PM   #11 
     - A veil on a baseball cap would look pretty strange indeed  Orrin_73   Feb-19-06 07:38 PM   #12 
        - I believe the proper term is "revert"  ayeshahaqqiqa   Feb-20-06 06:39 AM   #13 
           - Could you please explain *taking hands* ayeshahaqqiqa?  vickiss   Feb-22-06 04:27 PM   #14 
              - When one is initiated  ayeshahaqqiqa   Feb-24-06 08:45 PM   #16 
  - Hey, if you live in a society where cover is a common thing  JCMach1   Feb-19-06 01:26 PM   #7 
  - the secret language of the veil  Alameda   Nov-04-07 10:29 PM   #25 
  - My Personal Opinion...  plasticwidow   Feb-19-06 04:58 PM   #9 
  - The only time, I say, "poor Muslim women" is those extreme cases  elshiva   Feb-23-06 08:58 PM   #15 
  - Some Catholic women are returning to being veiled in church and  DemBones DemBones   Dec-12-06 04:37 AM   #17 
  - You are creating a false dichotomy and perpetuating stereotypical  unschooler   Jan-24-07 08:46 PM   #18 
  - My only question to you is  ayeshahaqqiqa   Apr-21-07 08:48 AM   #20 
  - I have to agree with that.  madeline_con   Oct-19-07 12:52 AM   #24 
  - The issue here is freedom.  UndertheOcean   Jan-26-07 05:09 PM   #19 
  - Personal choice  ayeshahaqqiqa   Apr-21-07 08:51 AM   #21 
  - Islamic dress?  Alameda   May-28-07 02:50 AM   #22 
 

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