The Veiled Truth
When I heard that a friend of mine, Sabiha, was working on an hijab article/documentary I asked whether I could give a perspective from a westerners (my) point of view. So, without further ado, here it is. What is my view on women who wear hijab (headscarf) and dress moderately? Do I think they are treated as lesser beings for doing so? Or are they generally passionate about their role as Muslim women in respect to their faith? Read on and I will put forward my own unique western view on this rather, at times, over-debated topic. I suppose like most westerners, I didn’t really think a great deal about Muslim women who wore the veil prior to the events of 9/11. Then Islam became front page news for all of the wrong type of reasons. Sabiha herself was attacked on a bus as strangers kicked and punched her whilst trying to remove her veil. Thankfully for her she survived this brutal attack with headscarf still intact. To hear about this more th...