Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Neighborhood Hijab Watch

Since it's a slow Shari'a news day, I'll share a personal observation I had the other day:

While taking a walk around my neighborhood I went past the house of an Islamic family, their car in the drive way complete with Islamic bumper stickers. I had seen their young daughter on occasion, but on this day it had been the first time I'd seen her in hijab. I'd guess this girl is about 6. Her mother was getting into the car and drove off, leaving the child to play with her bike. On my return trip past the house, the girl was still outside riding her bike around on the street- she'd removed her hijab.

I find it interesting that this girl, with her childlike innocence and honesty, would reject hijab. Islamic apologists would have us believe that it is the woman's choice to wear hijab. I highly doubt this six year old girl was given a choice to put on hijab, but when given a chance to remove it, she did. Only fools and children tell the truth as the saying goes. If that's the case, then the truth is little girls don't want to wear hijab. My little neighbor proved it.

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