So there ya go. This isn't even about religion as much as it is about a corporate dress code and the desire of any employee to abide by it.
Where do you "see it all the time"? Be honest, because if you live in the Houston area, I know you are lying.
brilliant. my point still stand. I wouldn't care if that dress was protected in a corporate environment. In a retail store with pop music playing, low lights and huge pictures the employees are a part of the image.
I literally just saw a family in the galleria. dad and kids dressed totally normal. Went to visit my friend in UT housing near med center. two walking around perimeter. It would be an odd thing to lie about. I really didn't care except in the galleria I thought "WTF is she planning to buy" and the girls walking i thought " they are at high risk for getting hit by car" as it was dusk.
that is in the last month,and I gave you specific examples you asked for and why i remember them. I don't care enough to have all of the exact locations for 10 years logged in some sort of Foursquare app. I mean, I go to all different sort of places in Houston.
Let's have some perspective. The girl in this court case has a very different definition of modesty (or even hijab) than what this thread has led us to believe https://samanthaiman.wordpress.com/ In all honesty, she wouldn't be out of place at the Galleria
I'm calling out your bull****. Lived in Houston my first 18 years and was raised Muslim attending and being involved in Islamic religious services in SW Houston/Sugar Land and only witnessed one woman wear a burka and possibly 3 wear a niqab.
Well then I'm not sure WTF would have satisfied you. I also don't understand how this got so sidelined outside of you making some point on terminology to prove you know more about islam than me which I happily agree with. If you think I am lying that just makes the original statement I made even stronger "If they didn't hire a girl for their corporate offices because she wore a burka I understand that is a problem." as they would be even more rare. I'm not lying, I gave specific examples, I admit they are not as ubiquitous as leggings but to say you never saw them makes me think you never got out of the suburbs or just never got out.
The most common place I have seen the niqab (in Houston) is at Texas Children's Hospital. Many families from the Middle East come to the med center to get treatment for their kids. I don't go to MD Anderson, but I imagine it is the same over there. These are probably the same women that Bandwagoner saw in the Galleria. Not very common, but they can stick out.
Makes sense and I am typically around med center, greenway plaza, galleria, heights, rice village. Not katy or mo city.
Oh please, what does Christian theocracy have to do with Sharia law? That just further establishes your taste for ranting rather than debating. And yes, the title was tongue in cheek. Not sure if you understand the meaning of "Lulz" or not.
Which hijab are you two talking about... I've seen women dressed different ways with the hijab (wearing clothes but not dressed like hookers). There are many women who say it's a symbol of liberation because women who are covered are not judged by how they look because you can't even begin to have equality when looks are part of the equation. It also helps avoid unwanted advances. In this country there's been a many of time when a woman was raped and both men and women blamed the way she was dressed. I would like to know why you guys think the hijab is a symbol of oppression of women... Especially considering 70-80% of the converts to Islam are women. Nuns cover up too... Do you consider how they dress a symbol of oppression...?
Being a nun is a choice. The question is whether young girls who grow up in Muslim households are making the choice or if they're intimidated, through the fear of being ostracized or disowned or even worse possibly, into a tradition without being able to make the choice.
The onus should be on the man to pay attention to the woman if she has something important to say. Women are sexual creatures also. So why do we men not have to cover our hair/faces from woman who don't pay attention to us? I'll tell you why. Because men wrote the holy books. Look at the most powerful women on this planet. None of them need to wear a hijab to have men pay attention to them. I bet you a Yahoo employee is ****ing paying attention to Marissa Mayer and she's attractive.
