Is it only me or does anyone else feel the same way? - that women donning the head scarves and long sleeved abayas these days are getting increasingly aggressive to put it mildly. Time and again, and as today in the parking lot of Sunday bazaar, this ninja woman fighting for a parking spot, holding up the traffic and screaming abuses at other drivers was a sight to behold. I mean what's with them? Why and on what and with whom are they angry? What's the issue? Was it actually the parking spot that was bothering the lady in question (and which was even more aggressively taken by another maulana with dreadlocks (smile:)) I somehow doubt it, I feel the minute we tend to become religiously inclined and start to follow the percepts of Islam literally instead of walking the earth more humbly and in supplication, we become self-righteous and get a 'holier than thou' attitude. The mental make up goes something like this, if I am as good as to take the hijab and cover my head from the looks of strange lewd men, then somehow I am a better person than the women who are stuttering around in western clothes or with their hair and chest barely covered (implicit is the fact -trying to attract men). I have noticed this change in my friends who have suddenly decided to don their heads and spare this world the sight of their ears and bare hair.
I feel this happens when we misinterpret the meaning of some basic verses of Quran which say that God chooses whomsoever he wishes to reveal the true path, and the ones who remain deaf to its message. This is taken as they being better ones whom God has somehow hand picked for salvation over the lesser mortals who will burn in hell fire. We have to understand the Quranic verses always in context, and not pick one or two sentences and quote them as the ultimate truth. It is mentioned frequently in Surah Bani-Israel and Surah Kahaf that God only knows the truth, all other knowledge is imperfect, who will get punished and who will bear rewards is the decision of God, and we know nothing about it before hand. Yes, following the path of the Prophet (PBUH) is one way of assuring our entrance into Jannat, but it's no guarantee of a confirmed seat.
So ladies, hold on, before you start to condemn the entire non-hijabi's of the world think about how many times God has invoked us to be humble, modest and polite. Where does this acute aggression fit in with the Islamic life-style that you are propounding and publicly claiming to follow?
Am I stereotyping hijab donning women? Am I being a bigot? Perhaps, but seriously that's been my experience!
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