Does this hijab make my theology look intolerable?

As for the interpretation of the Qur'an by Islamic scholars the answer is yes. It is interesting that the women did this expecting to be harassed and intimidated yet none did. The most common reaction to the hijab, as reported by Muslim women was "...people trying not to look at me. If they looked at me kind of by accident, they [would] look down” Now why would people look away instead of at a Muslim woman? Could it have anything to do with the perception that Islam does not look kindly on men (unrelated males) looking at women for whatever reason? Is there an unspoken fear at work here; a fear of offending or insulting Muslims by the mere act of gazing at a veiled or hijabed woman?

The Western women trying to empathize with their Muslim sisters are getting a short shrift, if they really want to understand what a Muslim woman goes through each day, move to Saudi Arabia or Iran, maybe Yemen or Pakistan. There they can experience all the joy and fulfillment that comes with being a female in Islam.

From CBS Los Angeles November 9 by Greg Mills

Students Challenged To Wear Muslim Head Scarves On Campus

SAN BERNARDINO (CBS) — Students at California State University San Bernardino were challenged to wear traditional Muslim head scarves this week in a campaign that many people hoped would change attitudes.

Corinna Ordonez, a Catholic, was one of the students who took on the challenge, dressing in a traditional Muslim head scarf called a Hijab.

“I’m looking at them and I wonder how other people look at them and if they judge them. Things like that, so I wanted to try it,” she said.

That was exactly the idea behind the Muslim Student Association’s “Take the Hijab Challenge,” which they issued to students at CSUSB.

“Walk in our shoes for a little bit to see what we go through,” said Naheed Sahak, who believes there are common misconceptions in the U.S. regarding people, who are Muslim.

(...)Critics claim that wearing a Hijab is a form of oppression, that women are considered subservient to men, because they have to cover up while men do not. (see 4-3, 4-11, 4-15, 4-34)

Sahak said that she does not believe that to be true.

What Sahak believes is irrelevant; scholars, clerics and respected places of Islamic learning such as Al-Azhar University in Cairo have continuously upheld the requirement that women cover head to toe, especially the head. Sahak would do well to revisit her ancestral homeland to update herself on what it means to be female in a patriarchal society.

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