tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694951501116035172.post7955057944212081243..comments2024-01-18T00:44:44.805-08:00Comments on I HAVE NO TRIBE, I'M SUDANESE: Why do we discriminate against veiled women?!!Reemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07239221674890223045noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694951501116035172.post-10318008106802045032010-10-22T06:28:14.060-07:002010-10-22T06:28:14.060-07:00Amazing, I've finally found where all the Suda...Amazing, I've finally found where all the Sudanese bloggers are!<br /><br />I'm muhajaba myself and seriously, just because I make it very clear that I don't approve of swearing or dirty talk people seem to cross me off this invisible list of 'people who it's okay to talk to'. Recently I told my friend that they seem to think that because I'm muhajaba and a bit religious that automatically makes me Ansar Sunna and boring.<br /><br />Jeez!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694951501116035172.post-7002609489638105542007-11-28T19:51:00.000-08:002007-11-28T19:51:00.000-08:00might i also suggest that one of the challenges he...might i also suggest that one of the challenges here is the assumption that veiled women are going to be especially conservative, as dalu as commented above.<BR/><BR/>living outside of a muslim society i have to ask if the degree of discrimination increases with the degree of modesty a woman presents-or are all veiled women treated more or less equally?<BR/><BR/>i also note with great interest the observation that no one wants to be thought of as an immoral person...and i was struck by how much that means in some parts of the u.s. as compared to others.<BR/><BR/>i don't live in fear of being thought of that way, but i can think of communities here where such a fear would be significant.<BR/><BR/>perhaps some of this is due to our habit of living as "scattered" families (often moving across country), rather than living together multigenerationally and all in the same house or neighborhood or even town.fake consultanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09254946474239731269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694951501116035172.post-45220618510023008362007-11-14T09:06:00.000-08:002007-11-14T09:06:00.000-08:00interesting view point.interesting view point.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694951501116035172.post-89523390531123742942007-11-09T13:52:00.000-08:002007-11-09T13:52:00.000-08:00Very interesting post, Kizzie and thank you for th...Very interesting post, Kizzie and thank you for this insight. As long as the veil is a choice, I don't see a problem with it. I can see that Egyptian women just can't win in current circumstances and that is shocking about the girl at the Marriott. - There is nothing "modern" or "civilised" about employers who require that.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694951501116035172.post-15946132062571378502007-11-08T13:51:00.000-08:002007-11-08T13:51:00.000-08:00We had a furore here when Jack Straw (a leading mi...We had a furore here when Jack Straw (a leading minister) stoked Islamophobia by coming out against the veil.<BR/><BR/>Thst this should come from a Socialist was pretty shocking and shows how our government is prepared to use mass hysteria for their own ends.Crushedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694951501116035172.post-88500176424411074852007-11-06T19:20:00.000-08:002007-11-06T19:20:00.000-08:00"that is presented outwardly I suddenly have to "t..."that is presented outwardly I suddenly have to "tone down" the crazy to make them uncomfortable." <BR/><BR/>I meant to make them COMFORTABLE, not uncomfortable. :'\ sorry. i was typing in a hurry before class.Daluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06304037708607497527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694951501116035172.post-74972621260091138022007-11-06T10:33:00.000-08:002007-11-06T10:33:00.000-08:00Salaam waleykum! I have to agree with your post bu...Salaam waleykum! I have to agree with your post but also with Dalu's post. Bihejabis often get discriminated against by hejabis, and hejabis often get discriminated against by bihejabis. It works both ways.<BR/><BR/>You posted that wearing a veil is the right to religious freedom. We have a post that deals with hejab as women's rights, rather than religious rights; check it out!Fatemehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16613418086139499603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694951501116035172.post-847289647903774662007-11-06T09:42:00.000-08:002007-11-06T09:42:00.000-08:00To be honest, I am one of those people who "Censor...To be honest, I am one of those people who "Censors" herself around veiled women. :'( I always feel like I should be extra "pious" because seriously veiled girls to me are like nuns, or rather should be like nuns. And I've been gradually trying to break that habit. <BR/><BR/>I think I ended up being this way though because there has been many times where other veiled women (and other people of different religions, i.e. very strict christians) have chastised my behavior. So I'm more likely to "remember" those moments of chastisements and act "accordingly" from then on. <BR/><BR/>I mean I think I'm a "good person" but I swear a lot, I am known to hang with "no no groups" so I always feel like in the presence of people who have very clear religious beliefs...that is presented outwardly I suddenly have to "tone down" the crazy to make them uncomfortable. <BR/><BR/>And also to make myself comfortable. <BR/><BR/>Because to be seen as a "immoral" being is really not a very good feeling. <BR/><BR/>But thanks for this post, kizzie, it really makes me thinkDaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06304037708607497527noreply@blogger.com