Unveiling the Myth of the Muslim Woman Thanks for the clarification - finally. ``And, BTW who are you to decide for women folks to wear what? In this case, you`re being neo Islamic and mullahish.`` - BTW I never said anything about what women should wear - you could wear sweats and a mumu for all I care.

Unveiling the Myth of the Muslim Woman #92 & 93
Ha, ha, ha, ha (evil laugh)! Of course I am angry - the nickname is Vendetta after all! Seriously though, you continue to belittle choices even though you claim to respect them. Double talk seems to be your method. Just listen to what you say: ``I never object to those hijabii women, if, they have chosen hijab with their own freedom of choice(which I doubt in majority of cases, they are being brainwashed). Even, I won`t object, if, you start wearing hijab and if you start wrapping your body in a tent`` - THOSE hijabi women, brainwashed, tent! You cannot seem to develop a rational argument without throwing out nonsensical judgements. You are no better than the mullahs you (and I, for that matter) criticize, you are essentially a neo-mullah. As for your choice on not wearing hijab, I respect that, now the question should turn to do you wear make-up, nice clothes, have highlights in you hair, etc? If so do you do it for yourself or because of society`s dictum? You don`t have to answer that, simply a question to consider.... As for me, yes I fall to society`s/religion`s expectations - I wear a tie to work, when I would rather wear jeans, I donate to the local mosque, when some of the things they do drive me crazy, etc. I am just saying that you do what you can, respect others, seek harmony; belittling choices accomplishes nothing.

Unveiling the Myth of the Muslim Woman #84, 85, 86 - agree on all accounts. -V (Christians and jews are the same as muslims - extremists on all sides can`t seem to agree that in the end choices must be respected).

Unveiling the Myth of the Muslim Woman Oh and Bina_Shah and Malik99 - your study proposition would not get past any IRB (institutional review board). And where would you do this study? The middle east, India, Pakistan, the US, England, France? Too many variables, just wouldn`t be a valid study unless you could control for everything. Seems to me that you can`t study the effects of hijab (or anything else) without putting it in the context it was intended for, just wouldn`t be very realistic. For example studying if a 25 mile per hour speed limit reduced automobile deaths on the Autobahn - of course it would, but why would you do that kind of study?

Unveiling the Myth of the Muslim Woman Uh... aka morningdew?! Look lady you`re making assumptions beyond yourself... don`t get angry or vindictive. This is supposed to be a place of civil discussion - but it seems you`re the one ``pushing your OPINION`` on others. Maybe you should do some more reading in the Quran and Sunnah and learn some sensibility. You rail against those who feel, in their opinion, that a woman should wear hijab. Sure, anything forced upon another is wrong - as it is said in Islam ``there is no compulsion in religion``. But what of the millions of women who wear hijab because they choose too? Are they wrong to do so because they choose to? You criticize them as thinking they are more ``pious`` than those women who choose not to wear hijab! You are just as bad as the ``mullahs`` you profess to hate. You criticize these women for making a personal choice, even though you profess to believe that it is a personal choice. Your arguments ring hollow, you provide a lose-lose proposition to any woman wearing hijab and not ascribing to your opinion. Pretty lame.

Unveiling the Myth of the Muslim Woman Hmmm... Zeena seems angry to me.... Try yoga, it`ll help you relax... or cut out the caffeine that Salim seems to be imbibing. :)

Unveiling the Myth of the Muslim Woman So... what`s the problem with hijab again?