Hijab Diminish Muslim Women's Rights

To What Degree Does Wearing a Hijab Diminish Muslim Women 's Rights? In the Western world it is the stereotypical belief that Muslim women are treated unequally and forced to cover up, "The burqa does not fit comfortably with Western sentiments. It 's closed; Westerners are open. It 's also viewed as a prison for women -- even if Muslim women are free to choose it. And it symbolizes fundamentalist Islam, which conjures up images of terrorism.”, however that is not at all the case. Randa Abdel-Fattah contests, "To the Muslim woman, the hijab provides a sense of empowerment. It is a personal decision to dress modestly according to the command of a genderless Creator; to assert pride in self, and embrace one 's faith openly, with independence and courageous conviction." This essay will illustrate how head coverings do not reduce a woman’s freedom, but in fact adds to her liberation because it her choice to wear it. This essay will illustrate the ways in which others have taken away the rights of veiled women, how Muslim women view their veil, and discuss the small differences in real life between veiled and non-veiled women.
In the recent years two cases arose in Canada and France in which the governments are debated making it against the law to wear hijabs. In France this law was passed causing and outcry by covered women in the country who feel their rights have been further reduced because of the ignorance of Westerners. In
To a Muslim woman it does not represent oppression or imprisonment but rather a commitment to modesty. The fact that most Muslim women choose to dress this way shows they are not forced into this practice and it is wrong to assume that this modesty is something that would have to be forced upon women by men. It is my firm belief that choosing dress this way does not take away from a woman’s