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@afurtherinquiry
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Go bareheaded, tie scarves to the ends of poles and wave hijab flags to protest compulsory veiling. We stand in solidarity with women standing up to the most intolerant ideology of our time that sees women as a sexualised object.
#NoHijabDay
#Solidarity
Please take a selfie holding a sign with the hashtag
#FreeInHijab
. In caption, tell us how you are free in
#hijab
. Inbox your picture with the caption or send it to us using this link:
#WorldHijabDay
Woke up to a tirade of vitriol on Twitter for not wearing hijab- a symbol of women's oppression.
So much for a 'matter of choice for women.' 🙄
I have only one thing to say in response to your disgusting comments
JUST FU*K OFF!
My name is Khadija Khan and I’m not a Muslim. I once was but am not anymore.
I love my name but now I love it even more because it pisses all the right people off….
Get a life!
#butthurt
A goddess is depicted on the Coin of Kanishka, from the Gandhara region in modern-day Pakistan.
I was born/raised in a place where women were once worshipped. Sadly, women are now treated as second-class citizens there due to the overzealous influence of Islam.
#BritishMuseum
The hijab represents a misogynistic ideology that perpetuates women's rights abuses. Those celebrating the hijab should hang their heads in shame.
Forever solidarity with courageous women who speak out against toxic hijab culture& those who suffer in silence.
#NoHijabDay
🙏✊❤️
A blatant lie that children from Muslim background are somehow obliged to pray in schools. This is not a common practice even in Muslim-majority countries. This seems just another excuse to assert 'Muslim superiority' in the "land of infidels".
@guardian
These 'queens' have no face, no sovereignty, no identity, no dignity. They're 'cherished' bc they're submissive. This is the erosion of women from society in plain sight and blatant misogyny that comes from religion. Those trying to legitimize it should hang their heads in shame.
My father didn't want me to go to school.Once he said,'girls who go to college/uni become a whore.They can't be obedient wives.'
My mum replied,' if so then I don't want my girl to be an obedient wife.She can be far better than that.'
For all the support&love you gave me,Ami ❤️🙏
No yelling, no screaming, no aggression, no fireworks, no calls for invoking "armies", no attacks on police & no genocidal slogans/placards.
How many British Muslims are feeling intimidated or confined in their homes due to this march?
None.
THIS is a peaceful march.
In Islam:
For wives
Halala
Wife beating permissible
Unlimited Sex slaves
No concept of marital rape
An older man can marry an underage girl
In Western secular society:
Polygamy/Marital rape is NOT allowed.
Equal rights under the LAW.
NO sex slaves.
Child marriage is BANNED.
🤷🏽♀️
Latifa Abuchakra and Bushra Sheikh are the same women who have complained in British media about being discriminated against in British society.
And this is how they reacted on October 7 when Hamas brutally massacred Israeli civilians. 👇
Courageous Pakistani women burned hijabs in defiance of the Islamist regime imposed by Zia Ul Haq in 1983.
This legacy of defiance is our strength. This unites us all in this struggle against religious misogyny.
#NoHijabDay
#FreeFromHijab
#Solidarity
🙏❤
Hijab wearing Pakistani woman raped and murdered 'by medical staff who drugged her when she visited Pakistani hospital for her toothache'.Hijab doesn't protect women from harm. It rather emboldens toxic modesty culture that sees women as candies&meat.
#FreeFromHijab
The boy said in Urdu, "Nobody will be spared".
These bigots no longer even attempt to disguise their hatred of Jewish people.
For these people, it doesn't matter who you are/where you're from- you just identify as a Jewish person.
You live in London and you are reporting Pakistanis to Pakistani authorities for pointing out social evils plaguing Pakistani society.
I live in the UK. I dare you to come after me, you coward.
#Kate
is wearing Pakistani traditional dress, not hijab/abaya/burqa. I appreciate
#royalcouple
for setting an example for the rest of the world that they don't have to bow down to archiach and misogynistic traditions to appease male dominated society in Muslim world.
Sharia-compliant misogynistic hijab laws sustain gender apartheid across the Muslim world. Women face unabated violence for refusing to wear hijab even in the West.
How appalling that a British MP is celebrating hijab-a tool of women's oppression. A betrayal of womankind!
Many Muslim women choose to wear the hijab, reflecting their personal religious beliefs.
Hijab-wearing women often face discrimination and heightened Islamophobia for their visible Muslim identity.
On
#WorldHijabDay
show them your support!
Over a million Uyghur Muslims have been detained against their will in "re-education" camps,many have been imprisoned&sterilisation has been forced on women by the state.
London hardly witnesses even a tiny march for such blatant discrimination against Uyghur Muslims.Wonder why?!
Thousands of Syrians killed in ruthless airstrikes. So many women murdered in Iran. Nobody cared. But some British Islamists and Leftists are enraged that
#Hamas
is being pounded and might be decimated.
#Palestine
is an excuse. This is about supporting violent extremism.
Under blasphemy laws, people like me should be beheaded for denouncing Islam. Islamophobia has become a synonym for blasphemy laws in the UK.Hope you defend my right to denounce Islam& still be alive. Let's focus on protecting people.People have rights, but religious ideas don't.
I’m confused, so Islamophobia is now an acceptable term for criticising the religion? I am glad we Muslims are being told when we should feel discriminated against. And do we have any acceptable terms for Catholicism? Judaism? Hinduism? Or just the Muslims?
Children don't choose to wear hijab. They are forced, coerced, and bullied into wearing it. I know, as a child, I didn't have a choice. I was forced to wear a hijab. Normalising coercion as a "choice" for children is utterly shameful,
@BBCNews
She was bullied by Muslims&forced to make a public apology for taking off her hijab FOR TEN MINS.This exposes how shallow notion of "hijab is a matter of choice for women" palys into the hands of Islamists who deny women their right to live w dignity.
#FreeFromHijab
#NoHijabDay
#Bangladesh
's top court said that word "virgin" must be removed from Muslim marriage certificates in a landmark Verdict, after women's rights campaigners challenged the "humiliating and discriminatory" term.
#solidarity
While I acknowledge that no society is perfect, I would rather live in a society that does not adhere to Sharia law and where I am not dependent on a male for protection everytime I leave my home.
#UK
🇬🇧 ❤️
Students at Batley Grammar School have started a petition to keep their teacher. Thousands have signed. Please support them!
#ReinstateTheTeacher
#BatleySchool
The fact that a non-Muslim woman felt obliged to wear a hijab is telling.
Religious zealots don't want you to 'respect' their feeling. They want you to submit to their orthodox beliefs. Spare me this nonsense that has been normalized as 'diversity'.
#Wakefield
The mother of an autistic 14 year old boy who was involved in the desecration of the Holy Quran at Kettlethorpe High School in Wakefield tells Muslims at Jamia Masjid Swafia that her son is a "very silly boy" without "malicious intent" who is genuinely remorseful.
1)When Pakistani women take to the streets to demnad their basic human rights,they're called "shameless", "vulgar","disgraceful", and what not.
But when foreign women rides bikes on the streets of Pakistan, they receive respect&hospitality.
#AuratMarch2020
Once my father brought me colourful hijabs 2make me get used to this practice. My mother pulled that hijab off my head&confronted my father shouting,"i didn't give birth to a slave".I regard that day as my liberation from the guilt of being an embodiment of sin.
#HijabNotForGirls
Such bizarre glorification of
#hijab
runs counter to the reality of women in Muslim-majority countries, where women are incarcerated, tortured& in the worst cases killed for refusing to wear hijab. How disgraceful for a British school to celebrate a tool of women's oppression!
This is what you posted on October 7 when Hamas massacred 1400 Israeli civilians including children, women and the elderly. People like you have lost the moral high ground. Remove your filter and face the mirror.
The Israel state has become the very thing they claim to be fighting. If killing children without any regard isn't terrorism then what is. A rogue government acting on complete lawlessness with the help of the US & others. Ceasefire now. Keep applying the pressure 💪🏾
"my religion doesn't teach me to hate anyone"
This claim is extraordinary when it clearly instructs to despise,ostracize, punish, or execute the following
"Disobedient women"
Infidels
Pagans
Jews
Christians
Apostates
Homosexuals
Blasphemers
This is more than half of humanity.
I can’t believe that I even have to say this, but amid so much disinformation about Islam, my religion doesn’t teach me to hate anyone.
Since researching Islam & practicing more, I have learned patience, empathy, love, tolerance, respect & how to treat others well.
I abhor
Iranian women posting photos of themselves online without headscarves on could be jailed up to 10 years. The world should stand in solidarity with these courageous women who are fighting for their basic human rights.
#Solidarity
✊
I am appalled at the Western media's promotion of these privileged western Muslim women who unabashedly defend vile ideology of Islamism and its adherents by slamming aside the helpless victims who suffer in silence in Sharia compliant society.
My latest:Cover-up of the grooming gang scandal was done to protect the sensibilities of a highly conservative section of Muslim communities.
Rather than challenging the culture in which misogyny&sexism thrives, British authorities enabled it to flourish.
"From the River to the Sea” is a hateful slogan in the charter of Hamas.
A slogan that rejects peace for the Palestinian people.
A slogan that rejects a two-state solution.
A slogan that is intimidating to the British Jewish community.
Don't tell me this is a "peaceful protest"
It's one thing that you want to wear it as an individual but wearing hijab to embolden the Islamist regime in a bid to sabotage the long-standing struggle for women's rights in
#Iran
is disgraceful.
Shame on you!
#MahsaAmini
#StandWithIranianWomen
@cjwerleman
Couple of points:1)Muslims burned down Christian colonies/churches&Hindu/Christian girls ARE abducted,raped,forcefully converted to Islam in Pakistan.
2:Some young Muslims hv gone down violent path only bc they felt offended. Is there any end to this glorification of violence?
Whatever your thoughts are about
@TarekFatah
, he was a staunch supporter of women fighting against religious misogyny. He amplified the voices of women challenging Sharia law.
I never met him in person but he was kind to me. 💔
#RestInCourage
Stoning to death
Child marriage
Nikah halala
Hijab imposition
FGM
Persecution of minorities
Forced conversion
Casual indifference to the plight of immigrant workers
Racism
Never ending list of human rights violations..
So much for 'Islamic values, culture and blah blah..'
Muslim countries are mostly praised by the “International Community” (the West) for how unIslamic they are — meaning how much they can accommodate haram and imitate the West.
They will never be praised or accepted for the Islamic values, morals, culture and laws. Remember this.
Brunei has announced it won't enforce death penalty for gay sex. It's a moratorium though.
But it only happened after Brunei received widespread criticism. International community needs to maintain push for complete abolishment of discriminatory laws against LGBT people.
Had a conversation with a convert to Islam.
Typical points she made:
- Islam is perfect, but Western democracy isn't.
-There is misunderstanding about Islam.
- Men are responsible for the bad image of Islam.
My response: I was born into Islam.I have lived it. Better save it.
A
#French
teacher who displayed a Renaissance Artwork of naked women has been accused of "offending" Muslim students.
School staff is on strike, citing fear for their lives.
Ever-growing Islamist influence on vulnerable Muslim youth remains alarming. Stop pretending otherwise.
Showing hair is deemed haram in Muslim society, hence many women are forced to wear hijab. This vile misogynistic mindset dehumanizes women.
Nothing is sinful about your hair.
You're beautiful.
You're strong.
You matter.
Down with religious misogyny!
Solidarity 🙏✊❤️
#IWD
Whenever there is a discussion about hijab as a symbol of women's oppression, it is disingenuously framed as "Islamophobia" with the obvious aim of sabotaging women's struggle against religious misogyny.
They have weaponised this term to lash out at women who refuse to comply.
In Iran I was told if I don’t wear hijab, I get kicked out from school, I get jailed, lashes, beaten up, and kicked out from my country. In the West I’m told, sharing my story will cause Islamophobia.
I’m a woman from Middle East and I am scared of Islamic ideology. Let us talk.
Iran has deployed 2,000new morality police units against women defying mandatory hijab law.That shows how Iranian authorities fear free women. World should stand by these women to end the use of religious misogyny that justifies denying women equal rights.
Diversity and exclusivity is a two-way street. When will we see Christmas, Diwali, Vaisakhi, and other religious celebrations held in the Mosques of London?
The sound of the Azaan echoing through the halls of the
@V_and_A
is a beautiful reminder of the diversity and inclusivity of London. Tonight, we break our fast surrounded by art and history, celebrating the unity of the Muslim community
Your family but where are the women?!? Ohh...not permissible in Islam that women offer prayer alongside men.
You have been elected to represent a secular society where men& women enjoy equal rights and dignity.
Better stop wearing your religion on your sleeve. It's embarrassing.
My family and I spending our first night in Bute House after today's parliamentary vote. A special moment leading my family in prayer in Bute House as is customary after breaking fast together.
The threat posed by Islamism has long been downplayed in a bid to 'calm' the situation.
Had the authorities condemned Islamism head-on and w/o being politically correct,a bunch of Islamists wouldn't circumvent democratic values&seek to impose their intolerant beliefs on others.
A brave Iranian woman
#RoyaHeshmati
received 74 lashes for not covering her hair in Iran. Women are oppressed by Islamists for refusing to comply with Sharia-compliant laws& the politically correct left is busy working hard to humanise such Islamist regimes/groups. Disgraceful!
Saying that Islam is inherently "indecent" isnt anti Muslim bigotry or "islamophobia". Many people have been&will continue to be inspired by
@RichardDawkins
.Respect from a rationslist to rationalist, not like "cultish fans" of some religious figure.
@mehdirhasan
, cope and seethe.
If this becomes law, this will mark the sinister return of
#BlasphemyLaws
in the West.This will embolden Islamists to intimidate other W countries into submission.The end of the Enlightenment will be inevitable.If only we could defend our right to free speech in the face of fear.
BREAKING:
The Swedish government today announced that it intends to change the law to make it possible to ban public events during which the Holy Quran is burnt.
The government argues that such events are a threat to Sweden’s national security.
(1/2)
This sort of congregation is simply NOT required in Islam.
And above all,this creates trouble&inconvenience for other fellow human beings who happen to be non-Muslims.
Far from being "powerful", seems like a bunch of self-centred ppl are projecting their insecurities onto others.
My latest for
@AreoMagazine
: It’s disappointing that many westerners seem to accord more respect and sympathy to ISIS brides than to the hundreds of
#Yazidi
women and children who were taken and sold as sex slaves by ISIS militants.
Why I am now a proud secular humanist:
- Am free from cultish beliefs
- I believe in humanity
- I defy religious modesty
- I call out religious misogyny
- I support
#WomenLifeFreedom
- I refuse to obey misogynistic religious beliefs, traditions& rituals
- No gods No masters 🙏❤️
British Muslims who cry "Islamophobia" 24/7 have nothing to say about the plight of Afghans being deported from Pakistan. It's never been about the victim. It's about who is the perpetrator. Sadly,there's no "peace march" for u, my dear child. You're not the "right kinda victim".
Pakistani soldiers are beating up young Afghan refugee children as the military controlled government expels them to Afghanistan. While Pakistanis cry about the children in Gaza day and night, most of them remain silent about oppression against Afghans at home. Shameful
A female Islamic teacher beheaded an effigy of
#FrenchPresident
in front of the children in a madrassa in the capital city of
#Pakistan
.
These impressionable children are being brainwashed with a toxic ideology under the nose of the authorities
This is abhorrent and appalling!
He didn't date her.He actually married a nine-year-old.
Does this fact make you feel any more comfortable?
Now answer the bloody question.
And yes, I can't ask people to defend this horrible thing w humility.
You're free to make personal attack bc it seems this is what you do.
@pearlythingz
Date ? Are you ok ? If you want to ask questions about Islam, I suggest you do it with humility otherwise I will remind you of the rejection you felt in your high school days quicker than you can fit into a size 14 shoe
My latest: World Hijab Day trivialises the suffering of those who have tried to be free of the oppressive veil. All those right-on liberals celebrating it ought to be ashamed.
#NoHijabDay
My latest:
#ShamimaBegum
blames her family, alleged racism in British society and even her friend Sharmeena Begum for her predicament in the
@bbc5live
podcast. But she doesn’t condemn the ideology that inspired her to join a death cult in the first place.
My latest: The shameful episode in
#Wakefield
is no more about “blasphemy laws through the backdoor”. The sheer capitulation on the part of the authorities has created an unruly,ferocious monster that is now an overt threat to anyone – even schoolchildren.
Hindu&Christian underage girls have been abducted,forcefully converted& married off to elderly Muslim Men under IK's watch as PM but he remained silent.
Ilhan didn't like to answer questions related to FGM prevalent in Minnesota.
BUT both are outspoken critics of 'Islamophobia'.
US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar called on Chairman PTI in Bani Gala. They discussed Islamophobia & related issues.
@Ilhan
expressed her admiration for
@ImranKhanPTI
& his position on & work against Islamophobia globally. IK appreciated her courageous & principled position on issues.
Showing hair is deemed haram in Muslim society, so women are forced to wear a veil or hijab. This vile&misogynistic mindset dehumanizes women.
Nothing is sinful about your hair.
Forever solidarity with those courageous women who are risking breaking these shackles.
#LetUsTalk
I have been blocked by an investigative journalist
#JoshuaBaker
for merely asking questions, why can't we listen to the
#YazidiWomen
- victims of ISIS on the BBC 'investigative' podcast? Is this too much to ask,
@bbc5live
?
What did I do to deserve this?
I am not THE monster here.
I have witnessed these terrible scenes in Pakistan, where political extremists driven by religion inject religion into politics, leading to persecution and oppression of dissent.
Every time I hear these chants of "Allahu Akbar" after a political victory, my heart bleeds.
UK - Gipton and Harehills in Leeds, has been won by the … erm ….Green Party.
Here the winning candidate makes it clear what his agenda is and it certainly doesn’t sound like it’s the environment “Allahu Akbar”
The media has neglected to show you this council result.
Women don't have freedom to refuse to wear hijab in Sharia compliant societies.
There's no other betrayal than calling hijab "a matter of choice for women."
Our resolute defiance is our resistance to patriarchy that derives its legitimacy from religion.
#NoHijabDay
#Solidarity
✊
Let's be honest,
@NazShahBfd
, not your God but it's the British Law that affords you to be MP&many Muslim men chose to vote for you coz you're a staunch supporter of ShariaLaws/patriarchy/misogyny that benefit men. You don't speak for women who are exploited at Sharia Councils.
It's easy to get caught up peddling misconceptions about Shariah law when many people don't understand it correctly. I challenged those misconceptions today.
13-year-old Iranian girl,
#Romina
was beheaded by her father for family 'honour'.Iranian state media covered her hair,ankles&put a longer coat in a news photo.This vile misogynistic ideology belittles women's suffering. An innocent girl is dead but the vile ideology lives on.
When hijab- a symbol of oppression- becomes an ultimate tool of evaluating women's intellect and character that is an affront to women's dignity.
Proud of those women who refuse to comply with this toxic modesty culture. No validation is needed.
#DressedNotOppressed
#NoHijabDay
We live in Britain. We're NOT obliged to respect any religion. Religious beliefs can be criticized, mocked, debunked& ridiculed. It's not a crime here.
This crime is when school kids receive death threats from Islamists. People have rights, ideas don't have rights. Get over it!
There were 4 boys in total & yet the only teenager you decide to talk about is the Autistic one. Funny that.
Using disability to further this unnecessary 'Islamist' narrative is rather gross to witness.
The Quran is sacred to millions of us, respect that. No extremism present.
After receiving multiple death threats, the mother isn't pressing charges against anyone.
So the matter is not subject to the law of the
#UK
. Instead, the police officer and the victim have turned to the mosque in a bid to protect her autistic child.
A pathetic state of affairs!
The mother of an autistic 14 year old boy who was involved in the desecration of the Holy Quran at Kettlethorpe High School in Wakefield tells Muslims at Jamia Masjid Swafia that her son is a "very silly boy" without "malicious intent" who is genuinely remorseful.
Why am i constantly reminded of being a"coloured woman" from MINORITY group by some of those who claim to challenge racism&bigotry based on gender/race/sexuality/ethinicity/religion/nationality?
Or it's just putting me in a category(minority group)makes them feel superior to me?
This is perversion.
Women don't need
#hijab
.These men need to be civilised. No women should have to cover her hair for fear of offending religious sensibilities/inciting"Chemical reactions of men."
This mindset is an affront to female dignity and this is what symbolizes hijab.
Showing hair is deemed haram in Muslim society, so women are forced to wear a veil or hijab. This vile&misogynistic mindset dehumanizes women.
Nothing is sinful about your hair.
Forever solidarity with those courageous women who are risking breaking these shackles.
#NoHijabDay
Some religious zealots appear to be enraged by the fact that many ex-Muslims have chosen not to support the terrorist organisation Hamas.
Dissenters of Islam are well aware of the threat posed by these "Jihadi fighters"& their sympathizers in the West.
Sorry NOT sorry
@SEltantawi
Such unhinged normalisation of the Hijab for children is reprehensible. This sells an imagined feeling of freedom,a fictitious sense of independence, to girls from Muslim background who have no choice but to comply.
Shame on
@BBCNews
for being complicit!
When I was told the first time I can't offer prayer when menstruating, I locked myself in a room for three days.I felt ashamed&disgusted for not being able to offer prayer.I loathed myself for
being 'impure' & I was just 11 years old.
Religious piety is thinly disguised misogyny.
What is written in religious scripture is irrelevant. Hijab IS a symbol of women's oppression&burning hijab is an act of defiance against religious misogyny. This attire has long been weaponized to take women's rights away.
And my name is MY name, not a Muslim name. Get over it!
@KhadijaKhan__
Forget Zia Ul Haq - Please refer to what the Qur'an majeed & Nabi (saws) say about Hijab! Ur name sounds Muslim! Pls refer to Surah 33 Ayat 59.
The term
#Islamophobia
deploys a flawed conception of WHAT it's to be a Muslim.
-Ahmadi Muslims ain't considered Muslims
-Moderate Muslims are treated as pariahs
-Dissent is censured
bc they don't qualify for the 'perceived Muslimness'.
It doesn't protect Muslims as people.
Islamophobia Awareness Month begins today.
It's abhorrent that, in England and Wales, almost half of religious hate crime is directed at Muslims.
As Mayor of one of the world’s most diverse cities, I strongly condemn Islamophobia and hate crimes of all kinds.
#IAM2022
Child marriage is prevalent in Pakistan.
When a bill setting an age limit was presented in the NA,strong opposition came from the council of Islamic ideology. They have declared child marriage restraint laws "un-Islamic".
#ReligiousMorality
is an oxymoron.
My latest: Western Muslim women who are free to make a choice should stop pandering to this toxic modesty culture and stand in unconditional solidarity with these brave women struggling to be free from religious based misogynistic traditions.
"If there was rape and sexual violence committed, we don't see this on the footage."-
@OwenJones84
If you don't see rape, does it mean it never happened?!?! Such vile sadistic misogyny is on display.
Such a pathetic excuse for a human being!
'Motives' are unknown in this tragic case but the photo of
#sarasharif
in hijab begs the question that is yet to be answered.
A child wearing hijab, being pulled out of school, multiple fatal injuries....was she suffering in silence and why didn't British authorities intervene???
Thanks for being brave for me, Mother! ❤
When i see four-year old girl wearing hijab my heart bleeds.
Your girls are not objects, they are free human beings.Stop robbing them of their childhood and dignity.
.
#HijabNotForGirls
My article: how the Muslim world imposes hijab on women shows glorifying those face-coverings with a
#WorldHijabDay
is deceitful&makes a mockery of the staunch resistance of the brave women who protest against them.
World hijab day: nothing to celebrate
Some parents think that Female Genital Mutilation is good for their girls.They pin their toddlers/girls down,grab their hands&legs&let brutal practitioners mutilate their genital.
@spikedonline
, do u think that these parents know what's best fo their girls?