What's your view on the Niq'ab and Hij'ab?

Hello,

I've seen an increasing amount of girls starting to wear the Niq'ab and Hij'ab.

What are your views on it? What do you think? Should they wear it in the United Kingdom? If not then why?

Is this extreme?

It is an extremist thing to do, just the same Christians who still cover their knees and shoulders etc.
In this country we should not really tolerate it, but mildly look down on it as :
a) It is extreme
b) It is not British tradition and shows a complete lack of willingness to integrate.

You should be able to live your life the way you desire. There are thousands of people out there whom you or I do not know.

I have worn the hijab for a while now and I am 19. I don't think I'd be where I am now If I hadn't decided to start wearing hijab, it really is the most liberating thing you can do!

I do think niqab may be slightly unnecessary because it is does not say in the quran you have to wear it but having said that I do admire girls that have the courage to wear it in a society where they will be judged so heavily for wearing it

Who I or you know is irrelevant, and living how you want is not always good for everyone else around you.
To believe so is to be very nieve.

The fact that these immigrants do not want to integrate into British society is only going to lead to problems, thus they should rethink why they came to Britain in the first place.




Why do you wear it?
How has it helped you?
How has it been "liberating"?

I wear the hijab because it separates me from a culture where women are treated like crap and objectified. This in itself is liberating. Whether you wear a hijab or not doesn't stop people from integrating into British society.

Also there are loads of British converts to Islam that wear hijab who are not 'immigrants'. Britain prides itself on being a place where people can express themselves and lead the life they choose and that in itself makes up British society

By the way you spelt 'naive' wrong

I am sure many non-immigrants wear the hijab, but I am yet to meet one who has not been influenced by their parents or past culture.

There probably are, however. The numbers are increasing the United Kingdom.

My college is almost 100% Muslim and there's girls who wear Niq'ab and Hij'ab freely.

My views at that it's fine and no one should stop them from covering up.

I support it 100% and not only for religious reasons, having read Frantz Fanon's Algeria Unveiled, I understand completely the intention and mindset of those who seek to ban it and argue that it's oppressive and backward.

You need to get out more then and stop judging people before you meet them. My choice to wear the hijab was nothing to do with my parents nor my 'past culture' in fact my dad even discouraged me from wearing it and the only culture I know is the British culture.

Of course no woman wants to be objectified but most men, and not just in Britain, treat women like pieces of meat with no respect for them whatsoever particularly when you cheapen yourself by wearing as little as possible. The hijab is a way to avoid this

Also, hijab is not just a piece of clothing you cover your head with, it is the way you dress and the attitude you take to life and other people.

The Niq'ab doesn't prevent intergration. When you're on the phone to customer services and a female agent is on your case you can't see her face right?

It's similar to other methods such as instant messaging and such. What kind of intergration do you think needs to happen?