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		<title>By: Abbas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Abbas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the writer is a such hypocrite.he seems agonized to see women wearing hijab(islamic dress).women are not isolated in hijab.they can go outside home for shopping,work,study etc.they can do any thing in hijab.stop discoureging people from adopting islamic tenants if u deviant hypocrit dont wnat to do it ur self.as for wht the quran says it seems to me  u havent read the quran atleast not with translation other wise u would,nt said wht u did.quran says where modest clothes to women.but who going to decide what is modest clothing.me u or anyone of us no.allah has explained clearly and catagorically in the quran wht is a modest dress or wht should women wear in public or infront of non mehrem.in surah ahzaab allah clearly says that women should be fully dressed infront of non mehrem men and should cover themselves from head to feet.except for hands and face and there dress should be tight as it shows diffrent parts of the body.that allahs order that is a modest dress code in islam.deviant hypocrits like u need to read the quran and dont make self thought statements about the quran.hijab or headscarf tht women where these days is perfectly comptible with islamic modest dress code clearly stated in the quran.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the writer is a such hypocrite.he seems agonized to see women wearing hijab(islamic dress).women are not isolated in hijab.they can go outside home for shopping,work,study etc.they can do any thing in hijab.stop discoureging people from adopting islamic tenants if u deviant hypocrit dont wnat to do it ur self.as for wht the quran says it seems to me  u havent read the quran atleast not with translation other wise u would,nt said wht u did.quran says where modest clothes to women.but who going to decide what is modest clothing.me u or anyone of us no.allah has explained clearly and catagorically in the quran wht is a modest dress or wht should women wear in public or infront of non mehrem.in surah ahzaab allah clearly says that women should be fully dressed infront of non mehrem men and should cover themselves from head to feet.except for hands and face and there dress should be tight as it shows diffrent parts of the body.that allahs order that is a modest dress code in islam.deviant hypocrits like u need to read the quran and dont make self thought statements about the quran.hijab or headscarf tht women where these days is perfectly comptible with islamic modest dress code clearly stated in the quran.</p>
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		<title>By: MOHAMMED ALI BAIG PARSAIYAN</title>
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		<dc:creator>MOHAMMED ALI BAIG PARSAIYAN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>NAKED NESS IS NOT A FREEDOM
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>NAKED NESS IS NOT A FREEDOM<br />
IN WESTERN WORLD FREEDOM IS GIVEN TO &#8220;extend your Hands where the others NOSE begin&#8221;</p>
<p>??????????????/<br />
with best regards</p>
<p>Mohammed Ali BAIG Parsaiyan<br />
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		<title>By: Muhammad Moosa</title>
		<link>http://www.pkhope.com/the-veil-holds-muslim-women-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1213796</link>
		<dc:creator>Muhammad Moosa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@faraz baig, thank you for defending true islam
@others who think hijab/burqa/niqab is not part of islam should ask me about the evidence that it is totally islamic. there are huge ahadith about them , i will post it if some one is willing to know .

@Darakhshanda

you said "Mohtaramh Fatima Jinnah, Mrs Liaqat ali Khan and other prominent women did not wear a hijab"
 well .. aisha(r.a) did wear hijab.(again i have proof , ask me), now choose whom to follow.

you said "All robbers, and Terrorists wear the kind of Hijab worn by our Lal Masjid women. The Lal Masjid woment indeed look like angels of death."

if that is logical reason for not wearing hijab, then referring to statistics, most of prostitutes are not wearing hijab, then what? 

you said "As Pakistanis we have a history that is rich in culture and traditions. We are blessed with music, poetry art and a faith that needs no intermediaries. The beauty of Islam is that you have a direct relationship with God and he knows what you are about."

yes you are right ALLAH is watching you, your music and your culture, yes it is very modest and ALLAh is very pleased with your culture, do you agree? what is our culture, dance to the music, combine mix parties of boys and girls, ,,, hold it before you say what is wrong in that, and think wither islam allows this kind of culture.

you said "Pakistan’s founding father was a modern man who believed in a secular Islamic set up along the same lines as Kamal Ataturk of Turkey."
SECULAR ISLAM,  i guess you want to change the islam with secular islam, OMG, repent now

you said " Pakistan’s political parties must take the lead and reclaim Pakistan from the clutches of religious vultures. PPP must organize all parties to join them in Pakistan’s war against these looters hiding behind “Sharia’s Burka”. If we do not do this, all will be lost."

lol so now PPP the most corrupt cult will bring the true islam, well refer to statistics, they are just cheaters and thieves, 

and again i say any one intrested in the evidence from ahadith about hijab, can ask me...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@faraz baig, thank you for defending true islam<br />
@others who think hijab/burqa/niqab is not part of islam should ask me about the evidence that it is totally islamic. there are huge ahadith about them , i will post it if some one is willing to know .</p>
<p>@Darakhshanda</p>
<p>you said &#8220;Mohtaramh Fatima Jinnah, Mrs Liaqat ali Khan and other prominent women did not wear a hijab&#8221;<br />
 well .. aisha(r.a) did wear hijab.(again i have proof , ask me), now choose whom to follow.</p>
<p>you said &#8220;All robbers, and Terrorists wear the kind of Hijab worn by our Lal Masjid women. The Lal Masjid woment indeed look like angels of death.&#8221;</p>
<p>if that is logical reason for not wearing hijab, then referring to statistics, most of prostitutes are not wearing hijab, then what? </p>
<p>you said &#8220;As Pakistanis we have a history that is rich in culture and traditions. We are blessed with music, poetry art and a faith that needs no intermediaries. The beauty of Islam is that you have a direct relationship with God and he knows what you are about.&#8221;</p>
<p>yes you are right ALLAH is watching you, your music and your culture, yes it is very modest and ALLAh is very pleased with your culture, do you agree? what is our culture, dance to the music, combine mix parties of boys and girls, ,,, hold it before you say what is wrong in that, and think wither islam allows this kind of culture.</p>
<p>you said &#8220;Pakistan’s founding father was a modern man who believed in a secular Islamic set up along the same lines as Kamal Ataturk of Turkey.&#8221;<br />
SECULAR ISLAM,  i guess you want to change the islam with secular islam, OMG, repent now</p>
<p>you said &#8221; Pakistan’s political parties must take the lead and reclaim Pakistan from the clutches of religious vultures. PPP must organize all parties to join them in Pakistan’s war against these looters hiding behind “Sharia’s Burka”. If we do not do this, all will be lost.&#8221;</p>
<p>lol so now PPP the most corrupt cult will bring the true islam, well refer to statistics, they are just cheaters and thieves, </p>
<p>and again i say any one intrested in the evidence from ahadith about hijab, can ask me&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Safiya</title>
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		<dc:creator>Safiya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@pisces - The writer was not talking about "women who dance on poles" but about Muslim women in Muslim countries. Why are you thinking about women who dance on poles? I disagree, the writer does have a very good knowledge of Islam as I do and he does not even mention "the kuffar", as you so insultingly call them. You really do have a chip on your shoulder a mile wide. By your tone, you must be a very angry insecure man.  Try wearing around in a burqa all day every day, walking, eating, working - never being able to take it off; then tell me how much you like it. Why don't you start treating women like intelligent human beings and looking at them as people instead of objects?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@pisces - The writer was not talking about &#8220;women who dance on poles&#8221; but about Muslim women in Muslim countries. Why are you thinking about women who dance on poles? I disagree, the writer does have a very good knowledge of Islam as I do and he does not even mention &#8220;the kuffar&#8221;, as you so insultingly call them. You really do have a chip on your shoulder a mile wide. By your tone, you must be a very angry insecure man.  Try wearing around in a burqa all day every day, walking, eating, working - never being able to take it off; then tell me how much you like it. Why don&#8217;t you start treating women like intelligent human beings and looking at them as people instead of objects?</p>
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		<title>By: pisces</title>
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		<dc:creator>pisces</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>oh yes the veil holds the women back .... mayb the writer of this article forgot to mention about those women who dance on polls doing double dice 360's without any clothes on ... but thats not important cause thats called freedom .... the writer is an absolute JAHILL and has no knowledge of Islam and should do what he is best at doing which is trying to imitate the white man... it seems u r in a state of inferiority complex... well i dont blame u cause when i lived in the UK i saw alot of pakistanis in the same shoes as u... too bad they all ended up working up at kfc ..  xD ... support the kuffar as much as u want but to the kuffar u r nothing but a PAKI</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>oh yes the veil holds the women back &#8230;. mayb the writer of this article forgot to mention about those women who dance on polls doing double dice 360&#8217;s without any clothes on &#8230; but thats not important cause thats called freedom &#8230;. the writer is an absolute JAHILL and has no knowledge of Islam and should do what he is best at doing which is trying to imitate the white man&#8230; it seems u r in a state of inferiority complex&#8230; well i dont blame u cause when i lived in the UK i saw alot of pakistanis in the same shoes as u&#8230; too bad they all ended up working up at kfc ..  xD &#8230; support the kuffar as much as u want but to the kuffar u r nothing but a PAKI</p>
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		<title>By: concernedcitizen</title>
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		<dc:creator>concernedcitizen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If we abolished Sharia and Hadoood laws Burqa would automatically go away.</description>
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		<title>By: Anon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>People,

The buraq,hijab,niqab is very much worn by women when they go to public places i.e., to the local market. This is essentially to cover their ezaat and protect them from unwanted attention of men (we all know men have no shame in staring esp. in the south asian countries). 

Its about respecting yourself and adab. The women that have the strenght to do this are commendable and we should'nt tell them to take it off/wear it. Let them be happy as is.</description>
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<p>The buraq,hijab,niqab is very much worn by women when they go to public places i.e., to the local market. This is essentially to cover their ezaat and protect them from unwanted attention of men (we all know men have no shame in staring esp. in the south asian countries). </p>
<p>Its about respecting yourself and adab. The women that have the strenght to do this are commendable and we should&#8217;nt tell them to take it off/wear it. Let them be happy as is.</p>
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		<title>By: Darakhshanda</title>
		<link>http://www.pkhope.com/the-veil-holds-muslim-women-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1014230</link>
		<dc:creator>Darakhshanda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>FARAZ BEG:

I think you would be happier living in Saudi Arabia where you need not show your face in public.
I  challenge you to spend a day inside the tent Burqa or Hijab. When you cover your face you are blocking the amount of air that enters your mouth and nose. This is simple common sense.
If youstill like to wear it, Please wear it all the time but stop connecting it to the holy prophet and an obligation. 
In Pakistan Burqa was worn for cultural  and not religious reasons. Mohtaramh Fatima Jinnah, Mrs Liaqat ali Khan and other prominent women did not wear a hijab. My Mother who was a baloch wore the Burqa with the face showing when she went back to her village in Mianwalli. This was purely because of the Pathan/Baloch  culture of people who had settled in that area, It partly comes from the Nomadic lifestyle of Baloch traders who would live in tent during their journeys. It had nothing to do with her Muslim faith.. She always taught me that Sharam is in the eyes. 

All robbers, and Terrorists wear the kind of Hijab worn by our Lal Masjid women. The Lal Masjid woment  indeed look like angels of death.
When I was growing up in pre-Islamization Pakistan in the 60's and early 70's Burqa was worn by prostittutes to hide their identity when hanging out with clients in public. 

The Hijab is an import from the Middle East along with the Madrassas and the angry mullahs funded by Saudi money. The veil does help a man with two, three or four wives to hide their identity because someone will think the other two or three are his daughters. Stop treating women like sheep
Please stop referring to Arabic words to impress us with faith-based arguments.


We are Pakistanis; we are not Arabs. Taliban and their supporters the Mullahs  want to take us back 1400 years and subtract all that we have learned since the time of our Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). As Pakistanis we have a history that is rich in culture and traditions. We are blessed with music, poetry art and a faith that needs no intermediaries. The beauty of Islam is that you have a direct relationship with God and he knows what you are about.

A small minority of Mullah’s and Taliban are holding 170 million Pakistanis hostage, whose future is being hijacked by God's self-appointed dispensers of justice on earth. Who has given them this right? The Taliban and the Islamic parties are falsely using the ideology behind the creation of Pakistan as a separate homeland for the Muslims to impose Sharia law on Pakistan and grab power like their counterparts elsewhere. Like the Ten Commandments, Sharia laws were never intended by God to violate human rights. Any interpretation that does so runs contrary to divine human rights given to us by God.

Pakistan's founding father was a modern man who believed in a secular Islamic set up along the same lines as Kamal Ataturk of Turkey. It is ironic to imagine that if Quaid-i-Azam were alive today, the Taliban for not being a good Muslim would have flogged him. His first crime would have been having his sister Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah alongside him without a "Burka". Quaid-i-Azam was not supported by the mullahs and is not held in high esteem by them. You will never hear the Jamat-e-Islami or the Taliban refer to him while supporting their call for "Sharia". They are fully aware of Quaid-i-Azam's views. I would not put it past our Mullahs to destroy the Quaid's mausoleum.

On innumerable occasions the founding father of Pakistan Quaid-i-Azam had affirmed his faith in democracy. It will suffice to quote from his broadcast to the USA in February 1948. " Islam and its idealism have taught us democracy. It has taught us equality of man, justice and fair play to everybody. We are the inheritors to these glorious traditions and are fully alive to our responsibilities and obligations as framers of the future constitution of Pakistan. In any case Pakistan is not going to be a theocratic state --to be ruled by priests with a divine mission. We have many non-Muslims--Hindus, Christians and Parsis--but they are all Pakistanis. They will enjoy the same rights and privileges as any other citizens and will play their rightful role in the affairs of Pakistan. 

Bangla Desh today passed a law where religious parties cannot contest elections on the basis of their religious agenda--read taking a country back 1400 years.
We should do the same in Pakistan by folloewing our smart Bengali brothers

Pakistan's political parties must take the lead and reclaim Pakistan from the clutches of religious vultures. PPP must organize all parties to join them in Pakistan’s war against these looters hiding behind "Sharia’s Burka". If we do not do this, all will be lost.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FARAZ BEG:</p>
<p>I think you would be happier living in Saudi Arabia where you need not show your face in public.<br />
I  challenge you to spend a day inside the tent Burqa or Hijab. When you cover your face you are blocking the amount of air that enters your mouth and nose. This is simple common sense.<br />
If youstill like to wear it, Please wear it all the time but stop connecting it to the holy prophet and an obligation.<br />
In Pakistan Burqa was worn for cultural  and not religious reasons. Mohtaramh Fatima Jinnah, Mrs Liaqat ali Khan and other prominent women did not wear a hijab. My Mother who was a baloch wore the Burqa with the face showing when she went back to her village in Mianwalli. This was purely because of the Pathan/Baloch  culture of people who had settled in that area, It partly comes from the Nomadic lifestyle of Baloch traders who would live in tent during their journeys. It had nothing to do with her Muslim faith.. She always taught me that Sharam is in the eyes. </p>
<p>All robbers, and Terrorists wear the kind of Hijab worn by our Lal Masjid women. The Lal Masjid woment  indeed look like angels of death.<br />
When I was growing up in pre-Islamization Pakistan in the 60&#8217;s and early 70&#8217;s Burqa was worn by prostittutes to hide their identity when hanging out with clients in public. </p>
<p>The Hijab is an import from the Middle East along with the Madrassas and the angry mullahs funded by Saudi money. The veil does help a man with two, three or four wives to hide their identity because someone will think the other two or three are his daughters. Stop treating women like sheep<br />
Please stop referring to Arabic words to impress us with faith-based arguments.</p>
<p>We are Pakistanis; we are not Arabs. Taliban and their supporters the Mullahs  want to take us back 1400 years and subtract all that we have learned since the time of our Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). As Pakistanis we have a history that is rich in culture and traditions. We are blessed with music, poetry art and a faith that needs no intermediaries. The beauty of Islam is that you have a direct relationship with God and he knows what you are about.</p>
<p>A small minority of Mullah’s and Taliban are holding 170 million Pakistanis hostage, whose future is being hijacked by God&#8217;s self-appointed dispensers of justice on earth. Who has given them this right? The Taliban and the Islamic parties are falsely using the ideology behind the creation of Pakistan as a separate homeland for the Muslims to impose Sharia law on Pakistan and grab power like their counterparts elsewhere. Like the Ten Commandments, Sharia laws were never intended by God to violate human rights. Any interpretation that does so runs contrary to divine human rights given to us by God.</p>
<p>Pakistan&#8217;s founding father was a modern man who believed in a secular Islamic set up along the same lines as Kamal Ataturk of Turkey. It is ironic to imagine that if Quaid-i-Azam were alive today, the Taliban for not being a good Muslim would have flogged him. His first crime would have been having his sister Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah alongside him without a &#8220;Burka&#8221;. Quaid-i-Azam was not supported by the mullahs and is not held in high esteem by them. You will never hear the Jamat-e-Islami or the Taliban refer to him while supporting their call for &#8220;Sharia&#8221;. They are fully aware of Quaid-i-Azam&#8217;s views. I would not put it past our Mullahs to destroy the Quaid&#8217;s mausoleum.</p>
<p>On innumerable occasions the founding father of Pakistan Quaid-i-Azam had affirmed his faith in democracy. It will suffice to quote from his broadcast to the USA in February 1948. &#8221; Islam and its idealism have taught us democracy. It has taught us equality of man, justice and fair play to everybody. We are the inheritors to these glorious traditions and are fully alive to our responsibilities and obligations as framers of the future constitution of Pakistan. In any case Pakistan is not going to be a theocratic state &#8211;to be ruled by priests with a divine mission. We have many non-Muslims&#8211;Hindus, Christians and Parsis&#8211;but they are all Pakistanis. They will enjoy the same rights and privileges as any other citizens and will play their rightful role in the affairs of Pakistan. </p>
<p>Bangla Desh today passed a law where religious parties cannot contest elections on the basis of their religious agenda&#8211;read taking a country back 1400 years.<br />
We should do the same in Pakistan by folloewing our smart Bengali brothers</p>
<p>Pakistan&#8217;s political parties must take the lead and reclaim Pakistan from the clutches of religious vultures. PPP must organize all parties to join them in Pakistan’s war against these looters hiding behind &#8220;Sharia’s Burka&#8221;. If we do not do this, all will be lost.</p>
<p>I</p>
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		<title>By: Faraz Beg</title>
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		<dc:creator>Faraz Beg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well!

Yes i'm afraid to show my women. It's because I have knowledge about the hijab. I fear ALLAH's wrath. I fear that taking the commandments of RasooluLLAH (saw) lightly will make me a disbeliever. I fear to even think that I'm more pious than RasooluLLAH (saw) or his Sahaba (ra). So I don't want to cross the line. If Hijab is made mendatory to us, we have to follow it,period. It's the logic of faith. 

If you're happy that your women are strip searched at the US airports... well, I can't force you but that's what the "free society" is doing to you. You may close your eyes and look elsewhere but the other person may not!

It may raise a few eye brows but to me the writer of this article is in complete disarray, conjuring up baseless theories about the veil's scientific and health hazards. Quoting out of context verses from Al-Quran, and well, to put it simply, wasting his time and ours writing an article about something that he should have left to more learned people. 

The word for Woman in arabic is "Imrah", it's plural is Nisa. "Aurat" in arabic means something "hidden". So by definition, woman IS something to be hidden. Putting something at its proper place is not degrading, it's apt! 

And in any case, the ONLY difference between all the Muslim sects is whether or not the fact should be covered. That's it. This difference in no way means that the Ummah is divided on the question of Hijab. It's not! No proper aalim will say that this small difference allows the women to show off their beauty the way they are showing to non-mehram people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well!</p>
<p>Yes i&#8217;m afraid to show my women. It&#8217;s because I have knowledge about the hijab. I fear ALLAH&#8217;s wrath. I fear that taking the commandments of RasooluLLAH (saw) lightly will make me a disbeliever. I fear to even think that I&#8217;m more pious than RasooluLLAH (saw) or his Sahaba (ra). So I don&#8217;t want to cross the line. If Hijab is made mendatory to us, we have to follow it,period. It&#8217;s the logic of faith. </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re happy that your women are strip searched at the US airports&#8230; well, I can&#8217;t force you but that&#8217;s what the &#8220;free society&#8221; is doing to you. You may close your eyes and look elsewhere but the other person may not!</p>
<p>It may raise a few eye brows but to me the writer of this article is in complete disarray, conjuring up baseless theories about the veil&#8217;s scientific and health hazards. Quoting out of context verses from Al-Quran, and well, to put it simply, wasting his time and ours writing an article about something that he should have left to more learned people. </p>
<p>The word for Woman in arabic is &#8220;Imrah&#8221;, it&#8217;s plural is Nisa. &#8220;Aurat&#8221; in arabic means something &#8220;hidden&#8221;. So by definition, woman IS something to be hidden. Putting something at its proper place is not degrading, it&#8217;s apt! </p>
<p>And in any case, the ONLY difference between all the Muslim sects is whether or not the fact should be covered. That&#8217;s it. This difference in no way means that the Ummah is divided on the question of Hijab. It&#8217;s not! No proper aalim will say that this small difference allows the women to show off their beauty the way they are showing to non-mehram people.</p>
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		<title>By: captainjohann</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I found the following article in SPEIGEL concerning the burqa with BLUE TOOTH.
 
  http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,537517,00.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I found the following article in SPEIGEL concerning the burqa with BLUE TOOTH.</p>
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