Imane Boudlal stopped working at a Disney cafe until a dispute over her head scarf is resolved. Disney says it clashes with the cafe’s early-1900s theme.
From Muslims Report Rising Discrimination at Work
What, Disney thinks there were no Muslims in the early 1900s?
I overheard two women on the train today
newfilosofee:
ifighttheonesthatfightme:
A lady wearing hijab had walked by, and the two seated women started talking about it. ‘I really wish we didn’t have to ride with those people,’ one lady said. ‘You can never tell what those people are thinking,’ said the other one. ‘I never know if they’re going to blow up the train or something.’ I’ve obviously heard this sort of nonsense before but it really affected me today. I thought of all the Muslim women and girls who wear hijab in order to feel closer to God, and the shit they have to go through because of that. I thought of the girls in high school who were ostracised because ‘they could be hiding a bomb in there.’ None of them would have hurt a fly but hardly anyone bothered to learn that. I thought of Fatima’s mum, who faced issues in her workplace because of her beliefs. I thought of my own Aunt Noor, who had her windows smashed in and ‘TALIBAN’ painted on her garage after 7/7. I thought of all the women across the western world who are trying to be a part of these societies but are made to feel like the Other because of the fact you can’t see their hair. I will never understand why people are so awful.
It’s a sad situation when you can feel hate for someone you’ve never spoken to.
tiaramerchgirl:
chelle-shock:
pluseyes:
seaponies:
(via ihatethismess, triangleeyes)
Man, not once did I ever think about nuns. What the fuck! How did I never think about nuns and how they parallel???
And has anyone ever tried to ban the habit because they felt it made others uncomfortable, or because it looked like nuns were hiding something, or because it held connotations with “hateful acts” made by the associated religious group? Have they? I mean, tell me if they have, but I’m willing to bet even then it happened 99.9999% less often than it does with Muslim women.
OMG CHIBI TUDUNG IS SO CUTE
+1 adorable; +1 to the questions
abbyjean:
Amel Marmouri, 26, was stopped by carabinieri officers in a spot check outside a post office in Novara in northern Italy and given a 500 euro (£431) fine, payable within 90 days. Ben Salah Braim, 36, the woman’s husband and a building worker, said he would respect the regulation, but would have to confine his wife at home since the Koran forbade other men to see her face. “Amel may not be looked at by other men,” he told Corriere della Sera. “Our religion is explicit on this,” he said. “If this is the law in Italy, what can I do? I don’t know how I am going to find the money to pay the 500 Euro fine.”
wow, it’s almost as if the law ostensibly designed to “liberate women” is in fact punishing them for being subject to larger religious and cultural forces! who would have thought!
There is no way they could have seen that in advance! NO WAY.
Nothing strikes fear in the Western psyche like a piece of cloth on a woman’s head
The Fear of Hijab is Legitimate
I have often wondered why a woman in Hijab participating freely in this society is perceived as so threatening. I have always thought that fear of such women was unfounded. After all, her wearing Hijab has nothing to do with anyone else-it only has to do with her commitment to Allah. But now I realize the fear is legitimate.
“Muslim women are a threat.”
Hijab Sends a Message of Acceptance and Rejection
A woman who covers herself out of the love of Allah is not just stating something about what she accepts but she is also saying something about what she rejects. Any woman who refuses to play the gender games that are so basic to all societies is going to be pushed out.
Women have always been expected to play some kind of role in every society. In North America, a great part of this role revolves around sex and the aura of sexuality. Any relationship involving men and women has some kind of sexual undertone.
When a woman covers herself she is rejecting that role, she is saying sex will have nothing to do with her public life. It is the fact that she has taken out of the discussion her physical self that people find so upsetting.
Interesting article. You can read the rest here
