The Niqab Ban...Really?!

I am just sooo filled with emotions right now!! Anger mostly! I just read an article about the niqab ban in France that is now officially out there. I mean what is this?!

Islam asks women, once they reach puberty, to wear the modest hijab. And by that it means loose, not tightly-fitted clothing and a veil on the head covering the hair and neck. So what shows from a Muslim woman all in all is her face and her hands...that's the obligatory Hijab. Now, some woman in Islam feel they want to wear the niqab. It's not obligatory but they choose to, so as to earn more merits. And that is their choice. So who do the French authorities think they are creating such an ignorant law as to ban the niqab? What's next? Banning women from wearing the hijab all together? I won't be surprised if they actually do that!

Where is the word "freedom" in this world? Why has it become so twisted? The people who are "free" are the ones who steal, murder and kill innocents while getting away with it. While the people being arrested and put in jail are the ones who are not doing anything harmful and not putting anyone in danger, who are merely following something they believe in.

Some say this ban has been issued for safety reasons, so France feels it's safer if they see the peoples faces? Are you telling me, if someone had his face covered up with a medical mask for health reasons then they'd be asked to take it off or be fined a big sum of money because a large portion of their face is covered?
If this ban was truly for safety reasons, then whenever they actually felt like this woman is going to cause danger to France *eye roll* they could just get a female police to ask her, privately, to take it off or something...hellooo ever heard of polite requests?!

It really saddens me to see how our world has become.

Look at the picture below, is THIS what they call for?! Freedom for women?! Not oppressing them?! These women are protesting for their right to wear the niqab, doesn't this tell you something? That they WANT to wear it? That it is something they believe in and not something you have a right over?!

I mean do they actually believe that these women cause danger by wearing a piece of cloth to cover most of their face?!

Moreover, I protest against the people who feel pity for hijab wearing Muslimahs and want to free them from oppression! Can't you mind your own business?! We are NOT oppressed. On the contrary, we are more FREE than any other women on earth!!

What kind of treatment is this, pulling a woman like that huh?!

Verily, Allah is All-knowing, All-aware.

My Veil :)

As I softly put on

My beautiful veil

I think of how sadly

People seem to fail

To see its beauty

See why we do

Wear it daily

If only they knew

This veil to me

Is so extremely priceless

It's importance to my heart

You can never guess

To show such modesty

To keep myself away

From the prying eyes

That men have everyday

When you have a diamond

Of it you take care

Keeping it safely tucked

From people to stare

A woman is the same

So special and unique

You should be respectful, gentle

When with her you speak

She is not merely

Looks and nothing more

She's got ideas and goals

Her thoughts you should explore

And in the end

When the time is right

She'll meet her man

Her husband, her knight

Then she'll lead

Such a respectful life

Honored by him

As his queen and wife

Remember this dear reader

When you see a woman in a veil

She's not oppressed…but

A diamond so rare

- By : Dana SK

 The veil is so much more than a cloth on the head, it symbolizes something far more precious, far more  valuable. You know, I once read a sentence that was beautiful, it goes as follows: "Everything precious is naturally hidden and protected. Diamonds? Deep in the earth. Pearls? Deep in the sea protected in a shell. Gold? Deep in mines, well hidden. A womans' body and her beauty are much more valuable than any mineral. Why expose them?". In Islam things that are obligatory, are for our benefit. And things that are forbidden are harmful for us. So maybe you should just think for a bit, does a woman covering herself harm her or does it protect her? I think we both know the answer to that :)

And if Islam is truly oppressing women by making them wear the Hijab, then why do we see a lot of western women, leave their "freedom" of dressing as they please to become Hijab wearing muslimahs? Is it not because they found the reality of Islam and loved it? And by that it means they loved everything about it including the modest act of wearing the Hijab? A lot of my revert sisters/friends decided to wear it right after they said the shahadah, even though some of them faced problems in doing that, yet they said they will anyway because they understood the true, beautiful meaning of it! :)


To end this I wanted to share two things:

One: a song by Sami Yusuf called "Free"

and Two: a youtube channel showing the many ways and styles a hijab can be worn for those sisters who are interested to check it out :) Amenakins' Channel

Asalamu Aliekum Everyone! :)

PS: Something to think about...wearing the hijab doesn't mean wearing ugly clothes! Oh No! You can still be stylish...wearing beautiful, elegant clothes and still look modest, the way Islam asks us to! :)