Comments on: “Islamic-style” Swimsuit http://livinghalal.com/blog/archives/92 mind. body. soul. Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:56:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: amina http://livinghalal.com/blog/archives/92/comment-page-1#comment-124 amina Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:18:00 +0000 http://livinghalal.com/blog/?p=92#comment-124 SubhanAllah. It's a shame that people have to endure such situations. As a hijabi who has participated running 5k events, it's strange the reactions I've gotten from people. They assume I'm a cancer patient covering a bald head, or they realize it's a religious covering and avoid looking my way. Either way, alhamdulillah I never had to face a reaction like that sister got. I say good for her for being out there and participating in sports she loves, and shame on the man who didn't have better manners than to attack a woman because she refused to show off her body. Here in the US maybe she could have sued him for sexual harrassment! SubhanAllah. It’s a shame that people have to endure such situations. As a hijabi who has participated running 5k events, it’s strange the reactions I’ve gotten from people. They assume I’m a cancer patient covering a bald head, or they realize it’s a religious covering and avoid looking my way. Either way, alhamdulillah I never had to face a reaction like that sister got. I say good for her for being out there and participating in sports she loves, and shame on the man who didn’t have better manners than to attack a woman because she refused to show off her body. Here in the US maybe she could have sued him for sexual harrassment!

]]> By: purvis http://livinghalal.com/blog/archives/92/comment-page-1#comment-123 purvis Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:25:00 +0000 http://livinghalal.com/blog/?p=92#comment-123 Reading this made me so ANGRY. Not because of how that man behaved, but because of the "journalist" who didn't feel it relevant to interview the woman at the center of the very incident she was writing about. This reminds me of a similarly-minded writer, deciding on behalf of civilization that a niqabis should remove their veils (although she herself has not likely met or worked with a Muslim woman, much less a niqabi) because she finds it "rude." http://tinyurl.com/3xvhaf<br/><br/>This sister wrote beautifully about her experience, and I hope that enough British people read it to re-think whatever two-dimensional stereotypes they have about Muslim women. Reading this made me so ANGRY. Not because of how that man behaved, but because of the “journalist” who didn’t feel it relevant to interview the woman at the center of the very incident she was writing about. This reminds me of a similarly-minded writer, deciding on behalf of civilization that a niqabis should remove their veils (although she herself has not likely met or worked with a Muslim woman, much less a niqabi) because she finds it “rude.” http://tinyurl.com/3xvhaf

This sister wrote beautifully about her experience, and I hope that enough British people read it to re-think whatever two-dimensional stereotypes they have about Muslim women.

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