" v_2abdun said Dottie, Hijab is not just for women but men too ...
Dottie , I want to pick on your posting because majority of them like you think that Hijab is for women only…
In Islam,Hijab applies to Muslim men as much as women.
It states the requirements for a Muslim man should not wear tight, sheer, revealing, or eye-catching clothing and The moment a man looks at a woman and if any brazen or unashamed thought comes to his mind, he should lower his gaze."
If this is the case.... there are going to be a lot of men walking into walls;-)
Someone mentioned earlier about South Asian Muslims being so much more radical... strange, but I have thought this myself a few times.
Coming from a western country and living here in the M-E, my sense of dress has not changed - I still wear jeans and t-shirt on a daily basis - and here in Doha I attract far more attention than I ever did in my own country. Where I come from men carry on their own business and don't bother looking at women walking down the street - but here they will follow you - I am not the only one to have experienced this - I have Qatari lady friends that have the same problem and they are covered from head to toe - please explain this to me.
It would seem to me, it doesn't matter what you wear, you will always attract male attention in these countries - personally i think it has more to do with the segregation of men and women as opposed to what they are wearing - if men and women were allowed to mix, you would find men would be far less inclinded to leer, as it would be something they had seen before and would be no longer a mystery to them.
"if you don't like the heat... get out of the kitchen... but stop trying to fan the flames before you leave... it will burn you on the a** as you go through the doorway...." ME
" v_2abdun said Dottie, Hijab is not just for women but men too ...
Dottie , I want to pick on your posting because majority of them like you think that Hijab is for women only…
In Islam,Hijab applies to Muslim men as much as women.
It states the requirements for a Muslim man should not wear tight, sheer, revealing, or eye-catching clothing and The moment a man looks at a woman and if any brazen or unashamed thought comes to his mind, he should lower his gaze."
If this is the case.... there are going to be a lot of men walking into walls;-)
Someone mentioned earlier about South Asian Muslims being so much more radical... strange, but I have thought this myself a few times.
Coming from a western country and living here in the M-E, my sense of dress has not changed - I still wear jeans and t-shirt on a daily basis - and here in Doha I attract far more attention than I ever did in my own country. Where I come from men carry on their own business and don't bother looking at women walking down the street - but here they will follow you - I am not the only one to have experienced this - I have Qatari lady friends that have the same problem and they are covered from head to toe - please explain this to me.
It would seem to me, it doesn't matter what you wear, you will always attract male attention in these countries - personally i think it has more to do with the segregation of men and women as opposed to what they are wearing - if men and women were allowed to mix, you would find men would be far less inclinded to leer, as it would be something they had seen before and would be no longer a mystery to them.
"if you don't like the heat... get out of the kitchen... but stop trying to fan the flames before you leave... it will burn you on the a** as you go through the doorway...." ME
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