Thoughts on the Hijab

You might be interested in my comments on Marika Eva's post: Parents And Children: Dilemma.

The problem with this kind of thinking is the assumption that the person wearing the Hijab is being forced to but she is willingly and enthusiastically wearing jeans/make up/etc.

We all make our choices based on the cultures we live in, with the values from our past, with help along the way from our family, friends, and to a certain extent every one that touches our lives.

However, when we go around assuming coercion when someone is different than us it just shows how deep and firm our own convictions, however they might be acquired, are.

By your description, this young lady is trying to do what we all do: balance our lives. She may be wearing the Hijab for her parents sake, but we all do things for our parents sake that we would do differently on our own. Or she may actually like wearing the hijab. Have you considered that it may actually have been a fashion statement? I know a lot of people that wear a cross, who don't exactly stick to everything the Pope says.

Anyway, it's completely her business, not ours.