Divergent
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There's been something on my mind lately, I've always sensed this but it's never come to a point where I thought I'd have to address it and has only been triggered due to recent events.
Why is there a misconception that a liberal/western dressed female lacks credibility in comparison to a fully covered female or that she is less intelligent or lacks knowledge on Faith?
I assure you one would be extensively gob smacked when the female you thought was just a 'good look' comes out with incredibly smart, clear and coherent communication, which'd leave you in astonishment annihilating any typecast.
If a person's Imaan was to be weighed or determined on their dress code then the amount of people which are dressed in Jubbas and Burqas would accomplish the nobility that Faith teaches worldwide and extremism wouldn't exist nor would unjustified judgement. Yet extremism has never come from a female who is uncovered or a male who doesn't have a beard but from a few so-called kufr stamping 'particularly' attired individuals who deem themselves superior.
Though I'm trying to fight a stereotype and have the utmost respect for those who wish to remain withdrawn and stood for their rights, I very well know mine wouldn't be fought for. Nor do I ask for it. But what I do ask is, can we stop judging? Not all of us are grand ambassadors of Faith nor claim to be, but don't you dare take away the right of anyone talking about it and brand it as 'hypocrisy' based on attire. Hypocrisy is when a man who doesn't have a beard criticises another man for not having one, not when a Man who doesn't have a beard advises another man to quit drinking/drugs as he himself does not engage in such activities. We really need to look up the word 'hypocrite' before we brandish people with it.
A head to toe covered female may have 100 odd defects within her internally and be of impure heart, yet a liberal dressed woman would have perhaps a few external defects but be of pure heart and character. A cake doesn't taste nice based on how it looks but the right ingredients used within it.
We live in times where society has vastly changed and people are too quick to judge, but let's be honest and come to terms with the brutal fact that fully covered females aren't 'saints' or 'Virgin Mary's'.
I'm not denying beliefs to adhere to a certain dress code, but that everyone's journey, household, background is different and we shouldn't devalue nor undermine an individual's capability.
It's 2017 - people are different, come in all forms of shapes and sizes. The day we come to realise this, is the day we will truly be tolerant. Also the more you come to terms with not concluding a person by appearance the less ignorant you'll be and not be conned by your own deficient judgement.
Divergent.
Why is there a misconception that a liberal/western dressed female lacks credibility in comparison to a fully covered female or that she is less intelligent or lacks knowledge on Faith?
I assure you one would be extensively gob smacked when the female you thought was just a 'good look' comes out with incredibly smart, clear and coherent communication, which'd leave you in astonishment annihilating any typecast.
If a person's Imaan was to be weighed or determined on their dress code then the amount of people which are dressed in Jubbas and Burqas would accomplish the nobility that Faith teaches worldwide and extremism wouldn't exist nor would unjustified judgement. Yet extremism has never come from a female who is uncovered or a male who doesn't have a beard but from a few so-called kufr stamping 'particularly' attired individuals who deem themselves superior.
Though I'm trying to fight a stereotype and have the utmost respect for those who wish to remain withdrawn and stood for their rights, I very well know mine wouldn't be fought for. Nor do I ask for it. But what I do ask is, can we stop judging? Not all of us are grand ambassadors of Faith nor claim to be, but don't you dare take away the right of anyone talking about it and brand it as 'hypocrisy' based on attire. Hypocrisy is when a man who doesn't have a beard criticises another man for not having one, not when a Man who doesn't have a beard advises another man to quit drinking/drugs as he himself does not engage in such activities. We really need to look up the word 'hypocrite' before we brandish people with it.
A head to toe covered female may have 100 odd defects within her internally and be of impure heart, yet a liberal dressed woman would have perhaps a few external defects but be of pure heart and character. A cake doesn't taste nice based on how it looks but the right ingredients used within it.
We live in times where society has vastly changed and people are too quick to judge, but let's be honest and come to terms with the brutal fact that fully covered females aren't 'saints' or 'Virgin Mary's'.
I'm not denying beliefs to adhere to a certain dress code, but that everyone's journey, household, background is different and we shouldn't devalue nor undermine an individual's capability.
It's 2017 - people are different, come in all forms of shapes and sizes. The day we come to realise this, is the day we will truly be tolerant. Also the more you come to terms with not concluding a person by appearance the less ignorant you'll be and not be conned by your own deficient judgement.
Divergent.
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