Summary: Should Muslim Women Wear The Hijab

Why Muslim Women Wear the Hijab
In this contemporary age, there has been growing public concern about whether Muslim women should wear hijab in the Western world. Naheed Mustafa, who wrote "My Body is My Own Business", asserts that wearing the hijab offers her freedom. On the other hand, Catherine Meckes, the author of "Wearing a Uniform of Oppression", objects that wearing the hijab is like "[be] an animal in a cage "(Catherine Meckes 91). Personally, I am in favor of the former view. There are two reasons to support my opinion: earing the hijab represents Muslim women 's sense of identity and rights.
Convincing arguments can be made that Muslim women express their sense of identity by wearing the hijab. First of all, wearing the hijab stands for
It is hijab that can represent themselves who trust in God and are able to control their bodies. Consequently, Muslim women acknowledge themselves as respectable women but not violable by wearing the hijab. Moreover, Muslim women 's sense of identification with their ethnic culture also can be revealed by wearing the hijab. Those women believe in God and obey the Koran 's instructions. The Koran expects Muslims, including men and women, to dress modestly, and has made it an obligation in Muslims ' minds. Obviously, the term hijab encompasses not only a head cover for Muslim women but also a symbol of piety of their ethnic culture. Therefore, wearing the hijab represents their sense of approval of Muslim culture as well. Lastly, there is no doubt that Muslim women 's attitude on insisting wearing the hijab is not merely due to their esteem of their own traditional culture, but also reflects their lack of sense of identification with