So...not required? Hum. Tehran, 19 Dec. (AKI) - A top Muslim cleric in Iran, Hojatolislam Gholam Reza Hassani said on Wednesday that women in Iran who do not wear the hijab or Muslim headscarf, should die.[/quote] Of the flu? Could be chilly, I suppose. Flu. Must be. :bugeye: Now seriously; what's with punishing the male members of the family? Hearkening back to the literalist reading of Sura 4? Which cracking down on headscarves will help because...? Shia islam doesn't amount to that many people, but I'd always understood that the legal application was meant to be less whacky, not more. There's a long debate about headscarves, as we know. Personally, I've been in favour of letting women wear what they want - yet it is a symbol of oppression, and women have lost their lives for refusing it. A point of note to Western legalists, perhaps.
That's the thing about many religions, and expecially Islam. The "law" is whatever some given fruitcake cleric DECIDES it is. While others say it is something very different...
There was a recent case in Toronto, Canada where a Muslim man murdered his 16 year old daughter for refusing wear the hijab. I'm not sure if the story was posted here.
That is actually very pretty. I personally think that they are very attractive but in a free society it should be the woman's choice whether to wear them. Lots of devout Muslims don't.
The scary thing is the person is in a position of authority and his example may end up resulting in some poor young girl having her head chopped off.
It should be a matter of personal choice. The State, and anyone else for that matter, should not factor in the girl's decision to wear it or not. They shouldn't be forced to wear it, just like they shouldn't be force to not wear it.
A lot of Muslim men in the west do not have beards and do not pray 5 times a day. Most western Muslim women wear western clothes. Does this mean they are ignorant of their religion? How can they justify not following these rules?
A lot of Muslim men in Saudi Arabia also do not sport beards or pray 5 times a day. Many of their women go shopping in Europe. This probably holds true for other countries with Muslim men and women.
