WESTERN PERSPECTIVE OF MUSLIM WOMEN

CELEBRITIES IN HIJAB?

Haha I literally spit out the water I was drinking when I saw this. Its amazing what people come up with when photoshopping pictures. I gotta say though, they look really nice with a hijab on! :D

SPOKEN WORD: WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?

Please spare a few minutes and watch this! It truly makes you think.

The Types of Hijab

There are many different forms of veils that Muslim women choose to wear. It is the Hijab, Jilbaab, Niqab and Burqa.

HIJAB

Covers head, neck & ears.

JILBAAB

Full body cloak covers head, ears, chest ect.

NIQAB

Veil that covers the face except for the eyes.

BURQA

Covers entire body with only mesh grille to see through.

"Hey, were you forced to cover your hair?"

From reading my title, you can probably tell what I'll be talking about. I'll be talking about hijab or in other words the "veil". The literal meaning of hijab is to veil, to cover, or to screen. I always get questioned by many curious people on why I wear a hijab and if I was forced to do so. Firstly, stop taking movies seriously. They're are not true and is not in any way, consistent to every Muslim women.There may be a few people who were forced to do so but this is not according to Islam. In the Quran, it says there is no compulsion in Islam (2:256). Meaning if you don't want do something, we won't force you to do it. The majority of Muslim women wear hijab because they chose to. Big difference hm?

Now answering the question "Why do you wear hijab?". Its very simple. There are five main reasons.

1.  Our Lord, Allah, legislated that all the believing women to wear a headscarf.
2 We believe that our beauty should only be seen by our husbands. Not every man who walks by you.
3. It frees Muslim women from being seen as a sexual object and instead being valued by our character not our appearance.
4.  Its a source of protection from sexual harassment.
5. It gives us, as women, a sense of liberty. The fact that we don't have to conform to the latest fashions around us and choose what we want to wear make us feel independent.


Hopefully this cleared up you're questions about Hijab and why we wear it. Stay tuned for the next post!

Hello fellow bloggers!

Yaaay! So this is my first post for my first blog and I'm very excited. As some of you may be wondering..why did I make this blog? Well, first and foremost, its because I love writing. Alot. And I've wanted to start a blog for so long but I've been busy..ok I've been really lazy *sigh*. But now, I've finally decided to start.

The second reason I made this blog is to clear misconceptions about Islam and Muslims. There are many people who are uneducated and unaware of Islam and what it means. Words like Hijab, Jihad, Terrorism ect trigger a fear and hate in many people because of what the media (which is made up of 99% lies) has told them. I am here to clear them up and show people what Islam really means.

The third reason is to just ramble about things like fashion,food, makeup, school ect. Lets just say my blog will be pretty much about everything with a little more focus on Islam.

Feel free to comment and express you're views. I won't judge or bite.