Don't hate her because she's beautiful ... and wears a burqa
[via Amsterdam Historical Museum : My headscarf]:
What does wearing a headscarf actually mean, why does someone choose to wear a headscarf, where do you buy them, how many have you got, how do you tie a headscarf, what must you be careful about when putting on a headscarf, when did you first wear one and have you still got it, does your headscarf go with the clothes you wear? All these questions were put to Amsterdam Muslim women and girls on the street, at the university, in shops and other places. Their answers give an impression of the relationship young women in Amsterdam have with their headscarves.
Here's a slideshow I made of images from my visit to this exhibit.
Here's the podcast.
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Submitted by liza on 29 May 2006 - 11:13pm.
It's weird but the word is used in Europe, at least in Amsterdam and France. it's interchanged with "head scarf". Tudung is a term I've found only on Indonesian resources.
As to your comments, this resonates with me:
[quote]Trying to ban a religious covering like the hijab or tudung is only setting one's self up for failure, because we will look at the two authors of the law (man vs. Allah (swt)), and decide accordingly.[/quote]
That to me says it all. Just as a feminist atheist I have decided to respond to the law of woman, so I believe any religious man or woman should have the liberty and freedom to respond to their higher authority.
I guess I am rare breed of progressive libertarians.
On another note, Hebrew National is the only hot dog I buy because it has no milk. We're allergic to cow milk and we buy halal and kosher whenever we can.
None of those are "burqas."
All of the pictures and styrofoam "models" are wearing hijabs (or tudungs, as they're called here in SE Asia). A burqa is a type of all-concealing robe that has a little "grilled window" that allows the woman to see through and tends to be worn only by Muslim women in central Asia (e.g., Afghanistan). The hijab and tudung, however, are worn by Muslim women most everywhere else.
I agree with your basic sentiment, though. Don't hate her because she's beautiful and wears a tudung. My wife (we are both Muslims) has been wearing a tudung since long before we met and, of course, I think she looks beautiful either with or without the scarf. But she doesn't wear the tudung to please me (although that's a side benefit for myself), she wears it to please Allah (swt), because she tries to be a proper Muslim. And that, I feel, is the problem with many non-Muslims, such as the Dutch who are proposing this "ban." They don't seem to be willing to look at the issue from our perspective. They're merely worried about whether the Muslim community will integrate into their culture. That's a legitimate concern for any country, of course, but it's not *our* primary concern. Like Hebrew National said in their hot dog commercials, "we answer to a higher authority." Trying to ban a religious covering like the hijab or tudung is only setting one's self up for failure, because we will look at the two authors of the law (man vs. Allah (swt)), and decide accordingly.