women covering up

[pancakes_are_yummy]

in the university i go to, which is in canada, there are two girls who are umm white but they cover their whole bodies up except their face and hands... wear scarf and lots of layers of clothing...

i thought in the middle east many women are fighting to be able to take off their veils and stuff.

i am guessing lots of people here are, or were brought up in a muslim culture. so what do you think about it?

[Nazanin]

Yani dokhtara irani nistan?

[Rasputin]

hmm,i don't think so !

[Nazanin]

So YTF are they covered

[IQ]

may be they converted to islam.


i have a fried. he is from englan and he converted to islam.

[Rasputin]

IQ hmmm !

[Riaz]

Well it depends where in the Middle East. Most Iranian women don't like to cover up, but in Iraq, before the US invasion, for example, about half of the women chose to cover up (now it is dangerous not to because of militants).

Iranians are more liberal than those around them.

[pancakes_are_yummy]

Well it depends where in the Middle East. Most Iranian women don't like to cover up, but in Iraq, before the US invasion, for example, about half of the women chose to cover up (now it is dangerous not to because of militants).

Iranians are more liberal than those around them.

i guess so... but it is in Canada

maybe it just looks weird cuz they are white people... one of them also covers up her daughter who is probably only 8

[Riaz]

Oh ok, so they're white. They may still be Muslim...or perhaps they are Jewish. Married Jewish women cover their hair, but usually by shaving and wearing a wig I believe...

[Nazanin]

Have u ever talked to them? Do u know them?

[Rasputin]

are they iranian or ...?

[pancakes_are_yummy]

Have u ever talked to them? Do u know them?

nope... i was just wondering.

[Rasputin]

hala in chera enghadar lili be lalaye in topic mizareh ??

[Nushabeh]

yani chee red?


well peopel who are really hardcore muslims cover up everythng liek that but does not make them from teh middle east .. that region only has 30% of worlds muslim population anyway.. and they dont see it as a form of opression or lack fo freedom or anything like that ....

[Cop]

so simple... different ppl. different beliefs