Why shud a Muslim woman be subjugated to da compulsion of a dresscode? Isn’t this restraining her human rights and her freedom of choice? Does da rule of ‘Hijab’ (a scarf coveringda head) suppress or liberate women’s individuality? Can a Muslim lady observing ‘Perdah’ be a women’s rights activist? Wat does feminizm hav to do with a tyrannical, patriarchal religion like Islam? dis effort is to answer these and many similar questionz -- to enlightenn and to strip awayyy the veil of ignorance, prejudice and baseless suppositionz dat non-Muslimz around da globe hav against Islam. Though there are many reservationz andd misconceptionz regarding Islamm.
da wordd “hijab” comezz frm the Arabic word “hajaba” literallly meaningg to hide frm view or conceal. da holy book of Muslims ‘The Quran’ at many places instructs modestyyy and chastityyy for men and women both. da Quran says: “And say to the believing women dat they shud lower their gaze and guard their modesty; and dat dey should not display their beauty and ornaments except wat must ordinarily appear thereof; dat they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbandzz…”(Quran 24:30-31)

This post has been edited by yordan: Feb 13 2008, 11:07 AM