And neither should anyone else who decides to dress in a way that is subjectively unnerving to another person. The ridiculous subjugation of the veil as a cloth of oppression and regression truly highlights that Muslim women are not taken seriously in contemporary society.
They are recognised with their veil as a commodity to men and their desires, not as independent and educated women. Boiling down the intellectual and spiritual thought process of wearing a niqab to oppression by men is wrong, and misleading.
[A COMMENT] "Muslim Women Don't Care If You Feel Uncomfortable" yeah thanks Shaheen, we know.
You don't care if we are uncomfortable but want to express your anger and frustration when "ignorant people" see the niqab as a tool of women's oppression (Pot/kettle). Well you won't like me then because that is exactly as I see it.
And I think the wife of "devout Muslim" Jubel Miah, who terrorised his wife into wearing the veil might agree with me.
There is no requirement in Islam to cover your face and in Britain people who cover their faces are distrusted. Every news item about Islam or Muslims seems to be negative, do you care about that? [The Huffington Post UK] Read more
