...How many people have checked the Koran to see if wearing burka or headscarf is in any way mandatory before wearing them like slaves? It seems people are a slave of what so-called religious scholars teach them and totally opposed to independent research/creativity. Koran is the guidance for Muslims, not religious scholars. In the brightest time of Islam, there were no religious scholars who claimed it is only they who can interpret Koran and Muslims would do their own independent research on their religion, with creative thought encouraged, much like today's infidel secular western world...
With this quoted part of ur post I agree 1000%
Even Quran supports with bold part...
Quran:9:31:They have taken as lords beside Allah their religious scholars and their monks and the Messiah son of Mary, when they were bidden to worship only One God. There is no god save Him. Pure is HE from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!
You are not a Muslim yet you act like you anything about Islam. The Holy Quran DOES say to veil themselves.
Qur'an 33:59
Qur'an 24:30-31.
"Veil" if you meant
Burka or Niqab kind of veil then
NO u r wrong about Quran.
Like King-Solomon wrote muslim don't bother to read what Quran & Hadees
ACTUALLY say...
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Actual word Quran uses in 24:31 is
"Joyoob" which is pleural of
"Jayb"=Pocket\Neck-cut in shirt.
We use this word in urdu too for pocket. Here refers to female-pocket=
cleavage or cut-in-shirt that if not buttoned can reveal female-pocket... In Pakistan some Ladies keep money in there or a small purse.
Some Translators of Quran & Hadees have preconceived idea in their mind that whole chest has to be covered with an extra outer-covering besides the shirt so they mis-translate & insert the word "chest" from their own, similarly insert word "Face" from their own...
Like following Hadees does NOT have the word "face" in it but translators falsely inserted it. In Hadees
Aisha refereed to verse regarding covering "Joyoob" & said hence we covered ourselves with pieces that we torn from our "Izar"=Dhoote=Loin-cloth... Translated
mis-translate this Hadees as "hence we covered our
faces..."
See following picture...
http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/12364513/img/Anonymous/Hijab.jpg
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Listen this from
minutes 3:10+ (Dr. Ingrid Mattson: Women of Islam (4 of 4) ):
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Dr. Ingrid Mattson: Women of Islam (4 of 4) - YouTube
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& listen this from
minutes 1:49:30+ "cover Pockets" (Gary Miller)
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The Amazing Quran - dialogues of Gary Miller - YouTube
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As to verse the other verse 33:59, it is also mis-translated to insert word
"Faces" which is NOT there, what it really says is "over themselves""عَلَيۡہِنَّ "...
Quran:33:59: O Prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing women that they should draw down their outer-coverings over them. That will be better, so that they may be recognised and not annoyedmolested\teased\affronted\passed comments at. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Part in red above is also a mis-translation; word used is "ذَٲلِكَ أَدۡنَىٰٓ" meaning "this is less-good" while almost ALL translators translate wrongly as "it is better\convenient"
It refers to covering of heads in a way what is commonly called
"GhoonGhat Nikaalnaa" so that face is covered from sides(not front) so ladies don't feel uncomfortable from glances\stares (does
NOT say that every single hair has to be covered). It gives a condition as to WHY... Quran :33:59: "
يُؤۡذَيۡنَۗ "
"so that they will not be affronted\passed comments at\teased" ...
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So, Quran gives a condition. It is more applicable to so-called muslim countries where
guys stand on roads & stare at ladies, stalk them & pass comments as they pass... This was a problem at time of Prophet too as evident by following hadees..
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Sahih Muslim:26:5376Also Sahih Muslim:26:5375)
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Avoid sitting on the paths. They (the Companions) said: Allah's Messenger, we cannot help but holding our meetings (in these paths) and discuss matters (there). Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: If you insist on holding meetings, then give the path its due right. They said: What are its due rights? Upon this he said: Lowering the gaze, refraining from doing harm, exchanging of greetings, commanding of good and forbidding from evil.
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Here, women sitting with Prophet without head-coverings,,,
Does it sound like what Mullahs will preach today...!!!
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Bukhari:5:57:32:-
Narated By Sad bin Abi Waqqas : Umar bin Al-Khattab asked the permission of Allah's Apostle to see him while some Quraishi women were sitting with him, talking to him and asking him for more expenses, raising their voices above the voice of Allah's Apostle.
When 'Umar asked for the permission to enter, the women quickly put on their veils. Allah'› Apostle allowed him to enter and 'Umar came in while Allah's Apostle was smiling, 'Umar said "O Allah's Apostle! May Allah always keep you smiling." The Prophet said, "These women who have been here, roused my wonder, for as soon as they heard your voice, they quickly put on their veils. "'Umar said, "O Allah's Apostle! You have more right to be feared by them than I." Then 'Umar addressed the women saying, "O enemies of yourselves! You fear me more than you do Allah's Apostle ?" They said, "Yes, for you are harsher and sterner than Allah's Apostle." Then Allah's Apostle said, "O Ibn Al-Khattab! By Him in Whose Hands my life is! Never does Satan find you going on a way, but he takes another way other than yours."
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In the holiest of the islamic rituals where men & women are intermingled shoulder to shoulder , in the "Hajj" ... covering face is forbidden ,,, Read a Hadees in the very first link in this post ... what else can I say ...