Views on headscarves across the Islamic world

[egb_hibs]

Interesting little graphic from Pew research:

Its maybe worth noting that Lebanon remains 40% Christian (as are the large majority of Lebanese worldwide - like the Irish there are more diaspora than still at home).


Muslim attitudes to women's headwear revealed - Telegraph

 

[Kurt]

Number 1 is known as the Stevie Fulton.

 

[1875]

interesting that Indonesia, the biggest Muslim country in the world was not included. When I lived there, the 'jilbab' as its called there, was only worn by a tiny minority, now its seen as a fashion statement and very common.

 

[Jack]

I'm glad someone started a thread like this cause I didn't want to start one with my wee moan/observation.

When I was on holiday in Turkey last October there were a few Turkish families in the same hotel.

I was surprised by the mothers of some of these familes. Three or four of them went about in the whole cover up job, OK in itself.

But while they were like that their men were strutting their stuff in fake (everything's fake in Turkey :-) designer gear from head to toe - Armani baseball cap, Armani sunglasses, Armani t-shirts, Armani shorts, Lacoste flip flops!

That was my observation; my moan is about equality. Surely if their religious beliefs are strong enough that the women must wear traditional kit then so should the guys. Double standards and all that.

 

[Kurt]

I'm glad someone started a thread like this cause I didn't want to start one with my wee moan/observation.

When I was on holiday in Turkey last October there were a few Turkish families in the same hotel.

I was surprised by the mothers of some of these familes. Three or four of them went about in the whole cover up job, OK in itself.

But while they were like that their men were strutting their stuff in fake (everything's fake in Turkey :-) designer gear from head to toe - Armani baseball cap, Armani sunglasses, Armani t-shirts, Armani shorts, Lacoste flip flops!

That was my observation; my moan is about equality. Surely if their religious beliefs are strong enough that the women must wear traditional kit then so should the guys. Double standards and all that.

Maybe the women were all blinged up underneath.

 

[BurbankHibee]

What is more interesting is the answer to the second question; should women be allowed to choose their own clothing.

Only two countries were above 50% for yes, Turkey being a marginal 52%. Dear oh dear.

 

[Jack]

What is more interesting is the answer to the second question; should women be allowed to choose their own clothing.

Only two countries were above 50% for yes, Turkey being a marginal 52%. Dear oh dear.

I think we're mixing civilisations here which takes me and eeg back to the an agreement of sorts.

How I love tranquillity.

 

[1 Mcnamara]

Surely no god would choose for one of his creations to be hidden, covered up? Nature shows it's true beauty at all opportunities.
It's surely male driven ?

I think I'm a fairly liberal chap. I like to try and keep an open mind on things. But it is almost impossible to be critical of religion and the (IMO ) nonsense that goes along with it , without being branded a bad man.

 

[egb_hibs]

Surely no god would choose for one of his creations to be hidden, covered up? Nature shows it's true beauty at all opportunities.
It's surely male driven ?

I think I'm a fairly liberal chap. I like to try and keep an open mind on things. But it is almost impossible to be critical of religion and the (IMO ) nonsense that goes along with it , without being branded a bad man.

It's an inheritance from pre Islamic Arabian practices afaik. I agree with your point - even more so in the case of the clit removers; are they implying that got was doing it wrong when he designed the female body - very odd (and also a pre Islamic Arabian thing)

 

[1875]

I am in Qatar next week, its one of the countries where many ladies wear the full Burkka. Thing is the malls have loads of sexy underwear shops so you look on the wummin in head to toe blackout curtain and think, mmmm, I wonder?

 

[Bofahibee]

I was in Libya before the fall of Ghaddafi and he had banned the headscarf - he called it an odious rag. Despite this the Tuareg women in the south and out in the desert still wore the full blue head to toe garb to protect them from the Sun and to keep their skin soft and pale. It strikes me that these things are desert common sense that have become ingrained: circumcise your boys because getting sand under your foreskin would be pretty excruciating... Don't drink alcohol because it dehydrates you...

Circumcising women on the other hand is utterly barbaric and, as someone said, a desecration of (their) God's creation.

I've not got anything against headscarfs, in fact some of them are pretty flattering. My problem is with the fellas who tell their women they must wear them.

Nobody ever talks about the fact that orthodox Jewish women have to wear headscarfs and even wigs. So many similarities between these two religions really..


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