Should the Burqa be banned in Australia

[nero_bolt]

Should the Burqa and Niqab be banned in Australia?

[cherry*135]

This was her final comment, for the last photo (below)

Although Almutawakel would prefer not to cover up at all, she doesn’t want to add to negative portrayals of the hijab. 'A lot of strong, liberated, working women wear the veil,' she says. 'We are not all weak, oppressed and ignorant.'

[iapetus_rocks]

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@azureline** wrote:

Best check that story about the 6 yr old, her father offered her in marriage then, Mahommed turned him down, she was offered again at the time she "became of child bearing age" as was usual in that era.............. and he accepted. She was a scholar and has left much behind for others to read, the truth is probably in there somewhere.

How about Abraham and Sarah? he was 100 and she was 90 when Isaac was born........... and no one questions that, lol

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"The majority of traditional hadith sources state that Aisha was married to Muhammad at the age of six or seven, but she stayed in her parents' home until the age of nine, or ten according to Ibn Hisham when the marriage was consumated with Muhammad, then 53, in Medina"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha

That's just one source, but there are others

[iapetus_rocks]

Although Almutawakel would prefer not to cover up at all, she doesn’t want to add to negative portrayals of the hijab.

And how would she do this if she didn't wear it?

She said herself that she would prefer to not cover up.

[azureline**]

Just as many sources say otherwise.

Wiki is not the best evidence either, I have found, to my cost.

here is 1...........

http://www.islamswomen.com/marriage/ayshah_and_muhammad.php

and apologies for spelling his name wrong..........

[cherry*135]

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@iapetus_rocks wrote:

Although Almutawakel would prefer not to cover up at all, she doesn’t want to add to negative portrayals of the hijab.

1. And how would she do this if she didn't wear it?

2. She said herself that she would prefer to not cover up.

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1. In her photography work.....Photographer Boushra Almutawakel’s ongoing series about the hijab explores the many ways to look at the hijab, and how it affects identity of and assumptions about the women who wear it.

2. She also made positive comments about wearing the hijab.

[Anonymous]

yes, i know it was her last comment. 

you posted it earlier.  i posted the ones

you didnt from the same link LOL

and she is referring to the hijab in that

final comment.

[azureline**]

and another

some modern Muslim scholars have more recently cast doubt on the veracity of the saying, or hadith, used to assert Aisha's young age. In Islam, the hadith literature (sayings of the prophet) is considered secondary to the Qur'an. While the Qur'an is considered to be the verbatim word of God, the hadiths were transmitted over time through a rigorous but not infallible methodology. Taking all known accounts and records of Aisha's age at marriage, estimates of her age range from nine to 19.

[cherry*135]

I wanted to match the comment with that end photo. I didn't post all the comments because I posted the link. Anyone interested could read them themselves...the comments alongside each photo.

The series is about the hijab, so yes, her last comment refers to that. I never thought otherwise.

Photographer Boushra Almutawakel’s ongoing series about the hijab

Really, that whole photograph series posted, without any accompnaying text to explain it, isn't relevant to this discussion on burqa's anyway.

[iapetus_rocks]

Just as many sources say otherwise.

I think you'll find that those sources are Islamic websites which are engaging in just a little damage control.

[cherry*135]

Boushra Y. Almutawakel studied in the USA and Yemen 

I also want to be careful not to fuel the stereotypical widespread negative images most commonly portrayed about the hijab/veil in the Western media, especially the notion that most, or all women who wear the hijab/veil, are weak, oppressed, ignorant, and backwards.

Furthermore, I hope to challenge and look at both Western and Middle Eastern stereotypes, fears, and ideas regarding the veil

Read more in link

http://muslima.imow.org/content/hijab-veil-series