The Muslin Students Association in our high school is pushing this event:
“pushing” Interesting choice of words. Your bias is showing.
Old news story. What’s wrong with this event? Our synagogue does lots of multifaith events with Muslims. What’s the difference? It’s optional.
It’s always interesting how some people whine about people taking offense… and then the same people take offense to an optional event. 8->
I think this sounds like a positive event and a good opportunity to learn about Islamic culture.
My only quibble would be to suggest that it would be an even more educational experience for boys to experience what it is like to be treated like property, and given no choice in the matter. I think they would become a lot more sympathetic to these young ladies.
This is perhaps an ignorant question, but why do muslim females wear hijabs, and not men? Also, why do jewish men wear yarmulkes and not women?
Personally, I would prefer all students focus on academics and not religion (of any stripe) in a public government school unless they’re in a comparative theology class.
Sure. I think all men ought to do that to better understand what it is like for the women who wear them.
Lostaccount, are you confusing the hijab with the abaya?
Turns out it’s more complicated than I thought.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/12/21/as-muslim-women-we-actually-ask-you-not-to-wear-the-hijab-in-the-name-of-interfaith-solidarity/
@stradmom, fantastic article.
Great article. Very informative. And I thought it interesting also that “Wear a Hijab Day” is promoted by the owner of a head scarf company.
Wow, interesting article, stradmom. I wish those who are trying to be compassionate and understanding in solidarity with Muslim women would read that article, to really understand the hijab. I wonder how many of them would then choose to wear it.
THAT’S why I love America :).
I abhor any “tradition” that imposes such coverings on women.
“Vernon Hills High School senior Yasmeen Abdallah, who is a Muslim, carefully wrapped the traditional hijab around the head of junior Charli Mosley while she explained its purpose. “You can’t really understand or judge a person and their beliefs until you understand why they do it and what it’s like for them to do what they’re doing,” explained Abdallah, who is the president of the school’s Muslim Student Association.”
If the “why they do it” was explained (as in the article) that men apparently can’t keep their hands to themselves and women are supposed to hide rather than kick them where it hurts, I doubt this would have much traction.
But that IS why they do it. And in societies where rape victims are stoned to death for adultery, the idea that you had better hide and if you don’t you are fair game hiding gains a lot of traction. Then they try to dress it up as “modesty.” I call BS.
Well, except that there are Muslim women who view the headscarf as empowering, contra those in the Post article.
But except that that would mean that Muslim women aren’t a monolithic group! And once we accept that, we might have to think there are other non-monolithic groups out there—and we can’t have that, now, can we?
Some even are or have been heads of government.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Hasina
“Some even are or have been heads of government.”
And you see how those powerful women have been treated. Assassinated, targeted for assassination, arrested for corruption, and charged with murder. I’m not sure what your intended point is.
“But except that that would mean that Muslim women aren’t a monolithic group! And once we accept that, we might have to think there are other non-monolithic groups out there—and we can’t have that, now, can we?”
Are there any monolithic groups in any religion? One certainly can’t make assumptions about any large group of people, particularly those spread all over the world.