I know what you say is not rubbish, but as I told you there is deferring among many schools of thoughts in Islam as to the position of niqab. Personally I do it, by choice, having read and studied the evidences from the Quran and hadith,and I am one of the only ladies in my family to do so, as I come from a family of mixed faiths, beliefs and ethnicity. And I am with with the scholars and people of knowledge who say it is not mandatory, which is what the Sheikhah probably meant. Hope I didn't sound like I was dissing you in anyway. Sorry if I did.

I agree, blind people can possess great talents. Many great scholars were blind, not to mention many great individuals from around the world. It's sad then that these women have been made to feel so lowly and unworthy of marriages to eligible men of upstanding character. Hope and pray they indeed get all the love, happiness and success of this world and the next.